Welcome to the reagent contribution shortcut, where we work together to enable you to easily add reagent information to the Knowledge-Base. You provide the scientific information, and we take care of the technical parts (git, GitHub, formatting).

Please read the general contribution instructions before proceeding. Primarily, familiarize yourself with the expected supporting image conventions if you intend to provide supporting images.

First, download the full Knowledge-Base zip file and navigate to the docs/reagent_contribution_shortcut directory. This directory contains an example contribution and you will need to provide your data in a similar fashion.

You will need to provide us with the following:

  1. A csv with the columns listed in this example. This csv is similar to the one used by the Knowledge-Base and contains two additional columns, Publications,and Notes.
  2. Publications column - If there are one or more publications associated with a reagent validation, list each one in a markdown file and reference them in this column (file names are separated by a semicolon). If there are no publications, leave the column entry empty.
  3. Notes column - If there are notes that you would like to provide, information that is not listed in any of the columns, this is where to provide it. For example “This alpha smooth muscle actin antibody labels cytoskeleton proteins in various mouse tissues. In the tumor, the AF488 conjugate (53-9760-82) works very well and labels actin family of proteins, smooth muscle cells, and cancer associated fibroblasts.” If there are no notes, leave the column entry empty.
  4. Image Files column - If you have one or more images that support the specific validation, list them in this column (file names are separated by a semicolon). Note that the same file may support multiple validations and we only keep a single copy of it. Consequentially, you will need to decide in which directory (target_conjugate directory name) you want the image to reside. In the example we have two image files and both will reside under a directory BCL2_Unconjugated.
  5. Provide the image files in a single directory. Use meaningful image file names similar to those used in the example.