- Type any name, lipid identifier (MAPS, Avanti...) in the search lipid bar.
- Navigate with arrow keys within suggestions and press enter when you have found the correct lipid.
- For any lipid in the mix table, you can set your lipid stock concentration property, and specify either:
- a molar weight (for a 1:2:1 ratio you can set the ratio indifferently to 1:2:1 or 25:50:25)
- a volume of stock solution
- a quantity of lipid in your mix, in µmol or mg
- a mix of that (volume of lipid A, mass of lipid B, etc.)
- You also have to set the global properties of your mix. You can either:
- set the total volume and the quantity of lipids (in mass or mol)
- set the total volume and the concentration of lipids (mass or molar)
- Fields that you edit define the constraints that LipidMixator tries to meet. Constraints appear in bold in the table. After each user change, the table is recomputed in order to meet the mix settings and constraints. A bug forces you to enter the value twice for the bold to appear, grumpf...
- You can enter simple calculations such as
1.1*0.5/2, they will be evaluated.
- Rows are sortable and movable.
- Be aware of what you do. Some set of constraints can't be satisfied simultaneously.
- You can store your mix with the export buttons
- You can import your mix with the file selection and import button (your previous mix will be erased and the file should be a json file).
- Locally stored mixes are stored within your browser using html5 storage.
- If you store locally a mix with the same name, the previous mix will be erased.
- Only JSON lipid mixes can be re-imported.
- Once you have selected the JSON file to import,
do not forget to click the import button.
- There's something you cannot do in the table but you still want to do? JSON Files are text files. Just export the file, edit it, and re-import it!
Avanti, Echelon and Atto-tec lipids have been entered manually, so many are lacking. If you would like to have more types of lipids in this tool, you have several options:
- Type
custom in the lipid search bar and modify the lipid property as you want.
- Ask me to add it on twitter or by email @ nicolas {dot} chiaruttini {at} gmail {dot} com. Please provide a link to the lipid.
- Fork this project on GitHub and add your lipids of interest in the correct file.
- Tell lipid provider about this project so that they will want to share their data!
This tool exists thanks to many open source projects and to the accessibility of the
lipid Maps database.
Many thanks to the developpers of these projects:
You like Lipid Mixator and want to Tweet it, share it, or star it? I appreciate that!
For any suggestions / improvements / and mitsake you notice, please send a tweet to @nKiaru, open a GitHub issue or mail me.