OME 2.6.1 Release

A new point release of the OME server. Major features include LDAP support, improved MATLAB+OME connection and integration with Bio-Formats (provided by the LOCI Group) Available from the downloads page.

Major features in 2.6.1 include:

• Integration with Bio-Formats (thanks in large part to Curtis R. from LOCI/UW-Madison!)

  • OME can use Bio-Formats to support > 50 microscopy image formats
  • More on Bio-Formats: http://loci.wisc.edu/ome/formats.html
  • You will need Sun Java installed on the OMEIS server to use this (comes with OS X, may need it for Linux)

• Integration with LDAP (thanks in large part to Mike M. from Vanderbilt!)

  • OME Experimenters can be securely authenticated against your LDAP server(s): supports SSL (ldaps), TLS, server and client certificates
  • Several Perl packages will need to be installed if you chose this option (please let the installer do this for you!)
  • You will need to know all the details how to connect to your LDAP server(s) (certificate files, search base, etc)
  • This was confirmed to work with LDAPs terminating in Active Directory - please let us know if it works for your setup!

• Improved MATLAB+OME connection

• Better organized system vs. custom HTML templates.

• Updated spreadsheet importer wizard (with Web UI) for producing mass annotations

Try out a collection of gene/probe/experiment annotations in custom/ DGAS-Annotations/