plate.reformat: Prepares plate reader data for further analysis

In dkneis/knut: Kneis utilities

Description

Plate reader data are reformatted to facilitate further analysis. Specifically, the function merges info from two separate files and also subtracts the blank value.

Usage

plate.reformat(layout, dynamics)

Arguments

layout	Data frame with info on plate layout. Must have columns 'id_well', 'id_sample', 'id_replicate'. It is necessary that, for one or more records, the value in column 'id_sample' is set to 'blank'.
dynamics	Data frame with observed data. Must have column 'time'. All additional columns must be named after wells as specified in the field 'id_well' of the other input file. ".

Value

A data frame.

Note

The subtracted blank value is the mean of the blank wells for the respective time step. Possible negative results are set to zero.

Author(s)

David Kneis [e-mail]

Examples

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