Now that we’ve gotten through doing analysis and transferring instrument data, we’re finally at my favorite part - collecting metadata. You can think about a typical biology experiment as two parts: 1) You set up a biological system, whether it’s in a dish or in cells, or in an animal, etc. with carefully chosen conditions. 2) You measure something about this system. The things that you measure in Step 2 become the data. The information about how you set up the system in Step 1 is the metadata.
It matters which details matter (to you).
It matters which details matter (to you).
It matters which details matter (to you).
Now that we’ve gotten through doing analysis and transferring instrument data, we’re finally at my favorite part - collecting metadata. You can think about a typical biology experiment as two parts: 1) You set up a biological system, whether it’s in a dish or in cells, or in an animal, etc. with carefully chosen conditions. 2) You measure something about this system. The things that you measure in Step 2 become the data. The information about how you set up the system in Step 1 is the metadata.