MetDAT: a modular and workflow-based free online pipeline for mass spectrometry data processing, analysis and interpretation

Bioinformatics. 2010 Oct 15;26(20):2639-40. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btq436. Epub 2010 Aug 11.

Abstract

Summary: Analysis of high throughput metabolomics experiments is a resource-intensive process that includes pre-processing, pre-treatment and post-processing at each level of experimental hierarchy. We developed an interactive user-friendly online software called Metabolite Data Analysis Tool (MetDAT) for mass spectrometry data. It offers a pipeline of tools for file handling, data pre-processing, univariate and multivariate statistical analyses, database searching and pathway mapping. Outputs are produced in the form of text and high-quality images in real-time. MetDAT allows users to combine data management and experiment-centric workflows for optimization of metabolomics methods and metabolite analysis.

Availability: MetDAT is available free for academic use from http://smbl.nus.edu.sg/METDAT2/.

Contact: sanjay@nus.edu.sg

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Database Management Systems
  • Databases, Factual
  • Electronic Data Processing
  • Mass Spectrometry / methods*
  • Metabolomics / methods*
  • Software*
  • Workflow