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Autoprotocol is a standard way to express experiments in life science. This repository contains helper functions to be used with the Autoprotocol-python library to generate Autoprotocol.

$ pip install autoprotocol_utilities

OR

$ git clone https://github.com/autoprotocol/autoprotocol-utilities
$ cd autoprotocol-utilities
$ python setup.py install

Check the releases tab or the changelog in this repository to see the latest release that will be downloaded.

.. code-block:: python

from autoprotocol import Protocol
from autoprotocol_utilities.container_helpers import volume_check

p = Protocol()
example_container = p.ref(name="exampleplate", id=None, cont_type="96-pcr", storage="warm_37")
p.dispense(ref=example_container, reagent="water", columns=[{"column": 0, "volume": "10:microliters"}])

# Checks if there are 5 microliters above the dead volume available in well 0
assert (volume_check(well=example_container.well(0), usage_volume=5)) is None
# Checks if the volume in well 0 is at least the safe minimum volume
assert (volume_check(well=example_container.well(0), usage_volume=0, use_safe_vol=True) is None

A folder of SublimeText snippets for this library is included in this repository.

The easiest way to contribute is to fork this repository and submit a pull request. You can also submit an issue or write an email to us at support@transcriptic.com if you want to discuss ideas or bugs.

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