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  1.  Quick Start Guide: Selector

    Up to 50% of reagents are unsuitable and fail to produce reproducible results. Within the ASCEND by BenchSci platform , our Selector application helps scientists streamline the selection of suitable reagents and model systems and avoid...
  2. Overview of the BenchSci Platform

    This article is also available in Japanese (日本語) and Chinese (中文) . The ASCEND by BenchSci platform consists of 4 applications, including Selector, Navigator, Architect, and Defender What is the ASCEND platform? This su...
  3. Which browsers are compatible with the platform?

    ASCEND's web-based applications work on most modern browsers We support ECMAScript 6 (ES6 2015) Supported browsers: Google Chrome (recommended) Microsoft Edge Mozilla Firefox Safari If you ever experience strange behaviour, try ...
  4. Re-visiting recent and saved searches

    When starting a new search, you can readily rerun one of your last 15 searches Planning your next experiments and finding appropriate reagents and model systems can be an iterative process. To help you, clicking into an empty search bar shows y...
  5. Can I keep my account if I change institutions?

    Possibly! Please check out the scenarios below, and get in touch with us if you have any questions. If you change academic institutions , you are welcome to sign up for a brand new account with your new email address. However, if you have...
  6. Can I view preprint data?

    Yes — we analyze preprint articles from two open-access preprint repositories: bioRxiv and medRxiv Preprints are research articles that are shared publicly before peer review. By reviewing experimental data in preprints, scientists can gain ear...
  7. How secure is the platform?

    We know your data is sensitive, so security is a top priority BenchSci employs first-class network security and data encryption to restrict access to your system to only approved networks. Data is at minimal risk of loss due to our high-redunda...
  8. How comprehensive is BenchSci's database? Updated

    It's big. And it's only getting bigger! BenchSci has the world’s most powerful and comprehensive biomedical experiment-focused dataset and ontology, built using proprietary machine learning models that understand experiments like a Ph.D. sci...
  9. Opening the widget in private/incognito browsers

    If you are accessing ASCEND through a private/incognito window you may not be able to open the widget To ensure you are seeing relevant content. the widget feature relies on cookies from your session. Because cookies are generally blocked in ...
  10. Saving lists of products and figures of interest

    Build custom lists of product and figure search results  There are several ways to compare  and add products/figures of interest to a Saved List . After building a custom list, you can export specs for selected products in a ...