Tips from the Repository Trenches: Using Barcodes to Track Samples
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Blog Post
...location which can all be extrapolated from the 2D barcode and LIMS:
Barcoded Tube
Plate
Freezer Rack
Freezer... location within a plate that can hold up to 96 tubes (see image below). Each plate has numbers and letters... Each sample that is transformed is plated onto a petri dish plate that is also barcoded. The barcodes... to give coordinates, from A1 through H12. Each plate is also barcoded with a 10 digit barcode and then...rack that contains five levels that can hold five plates on each level. This rack is located in one of five...sample type. It is critical for us to know which plate, rack, and freezer each sample is located in. Otherwise...identifies the contents of each individual tube. If a plate of samples is ever dropped, we can simply scan the...