Dashboard

Overview

The dashboard is your landing page in BrainSTEM, providing quick access to your recent research activity and frequently used resources. Click on any item to navigate to its detail page.

The BrainSTEM dashboard interface

Dashboard Components

Projects

Shows your most recently edited projects.

• Click on project names to navigate to project details
• View total count of projects you can access

Subjects

Displays recently edited subjects.

• Click on subject names to view full details and history
• Check last modified date to track recent updates

Sessions

Shows your most recent experimental sessions for immediate access to ongoing work.

• Click on session names to view full session details
• Check last modified date to track recent updates

Cohorts

Lists recently created subject cohorts (groups of subjects with shared characteristics).

• Click on cohort names to see member subjects
• Useful for organizing treatment groups, littermates, or subjects by experimental condition

Collections

Displays recent session collections (groups of related sessions).

• Click on collection names to view included sessions
• Useful for accessing multi-day experiments or related session groups

Statistics

Strain Statistics

The most commonly used animal strains across all users.

• View frequency of strain usage in your research
• Click on strain names to filter and see all subjects of that strain
• Useful for colony management and planning breeding strategies

Consumable Statistics

The most frequently used consumables (probes, drugs, viruses, etc.).

Hardware device statistics

The most frequently used Hardware devices (data acquisition devices, cameras, surgical equipment, etc.).

Navigation Tips

• Click any item name to view its detail page
• Hover over items to see quick action options
• Use the search bar (top right) to find specific entries
• Use the left sidebar navigation for full list views
• Filter data by project using the project dropdown