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Standard values for the metadata .csv files that accompany an experiment. Keeping these consistent is what lets replicates be combined across shipments, plates and researchers.

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You don't have to use every .csv for every metadata folder, and you can add your own .csv if you need to cover a parameter not listed here.

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At a glance

File Captures
treatment.csv Compound or control in the well
conc.csv Concentration of whatever is in treatment.csv
species.csv Species name
strains.csv Strain within a species
stages.csv Life stage
celline.csv Mammalian cell line
timepoint.csv Hours relative to treatment
date.csv Experiment start or shipment date
exp.csv Experiment or library name
batch.csv Unique identifier for a group of worms
temperature.csv Incubation temperature

treatment.csv

Common anthelmintics — IVM, DEC, AZS (albendazole sulfoxide), ABZ (albendazole), EMO, LEV, PZQ, IDA, TBZ (thiabendazole), TCBZ (triclabendazole)

Other anthelmintics — all lowercase, spelled out

Amines — DOP, SER, HIS, ACH, TYR, OCT, NOR, EPI

Cholinergic — ATR, NIC, CAR, OXO

Controls — DMSO, HK, NaAz, Water, None

Salts — nacl, kpo4

Anything else — write out fully lowercase in the metadata, then make display labels in code.

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Use underscores when a well has more than one treatment — e.g. nacl_kpo4.

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Check this. The source doc lists the controls as "DMSO, HK, NaAz, Water, None (?)" — the question mark suggests None was never confirmed as a valid value. Decide whether it stays.

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conc.csv

Concentration of whatever sits in the treatment.csv cell.