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3.4.4 Setting up a plate layout
The role of the Plate Layout Editor is to define what types of samples go in to which wells of the
plate. It is represented in the top-right panel of the Experiment Editor. The plate layout can be
cleared or changed before or after the run.
As with the program setup, the plate layout can be defined in three ways:
Click this button when the plate layout is to be defined entirely from new.
Click Browse to search the plate layout library files for existing templates.
Click to edit the selected plate layout template.
3.4.4.1 Creating a new plate layout
• To create a new plate layout, click the New button.
The Plate Layout Editor will open up within the Experiment Editor with a blank plate layout
template.
• Run information: Add a user name and any comments as appropriate.
• Sample types: Shows the active sample types in use: No Template Control (NTC)
Standard (STD) and Unknowns (UNK) are defaults. Clicking on the ‘Sample type’ icon takes
the user through to a settings box, which allows other sample types to be chosen or for
custom types to be created.
• Next group/replicates: Permits up to 9 replicates to be set and these replicates are then
‘grouped’. To change the group name/order, adjust in Next group by scrolling down.
• Well information: As a sample is allocated to each well, information about the sample will
appear in the adjacent table. A default name and number is assigned e.g. Standard 1, but
this can easily be changed by highlighting and over-typing. Concentrations can be added for
standards (units defined by the drop-down menu) and any comments added.