Panorama is a web application for storing, sharing, analyzing, an
d reusing targete
d assays create
d an
d refine
d with Skyline,1 an increasingly popular Win
dows client software tool for targete
d proteomics experiments. Panorama allows laboratories to store an
d organize curate
d results containe
d in Skyline
documents with fine-graine
d permissions, which facilitates
distribute
d collaboration an
d secure sharing of publishe
d an
d unpublishe
d data via a web-browser interface. It is fully integrate
d with the Skyline workflow an
d supports publishing a
document
directly to a Panorama server from the Skyline user interface. Panorama captures the complete Skyline
document information content in a relational
database schema. Curate
d results publishe
d to Panorama can be aggregate
d an
d exporte
d as chromatogram libraries. These libraries can be use
d in Skyline to pick optimal targets in new experiments an
d to vali
date peak i
dentification of target pepti
des. Panorama is open-source an
d freely available. It is
distribute
d as part of LabKey Server,2 an open source biome
dical research
data management system. Laboratories an
d organizations can set up Panorama locally by
downloa
ding an
d installing the software on their own servers. They can also request freely hoste
d projects on
https://panoramaweb.org, a Panorama server maintained by the Department of Genome Sciences at the University of Washington.
Keywords:
Software; knowledge base; mass spectrometry; targeted proteomics; SRM; MRM; chromatogram libraries; skyline