ELN 7.6.0 External Release Notes
These release notes highlight the key updates introduced in ELN 7.6.0. This release delivers enhancements to configurability, administration, and everyday usability to support more efficient workflows.
Experiment and Form Improvements
General
- The FlexForm has undergone major improvements, introducing a new tab-based format that makes creating experiments more intuitive, similar to working with Microsoft Word templates. Users can now build, save, and share custom templates, as well as use enhanced sketcher components for Plasmid and Insert workflow.
- FlexForm also supports FASTA sequence search and Smart BLAST search, enabling users to easily find and import sequences directly into their experiment components.
FlexForm
- The FlexForm template can now be configured to display specific components categories, helping streamline the authoring experience.
- Components designed for integrated applications such as RegMol or Inventory can now also be configured for use in non-integrated environments.
- Each table component now includes a Define Column option for greater configuration flexibility.
- Two new FelxForm components are now available:
- X-Ray Crystallography
- Protein Cryo-Electron Microscopy (Cryo-EM)
- When downloading data from the Instruments table, the Instrument No. column is no longer included in exported files.
- Component categories can now be configured directly in the component description.
- Chinese language translation has been added to the Save Sections and Append Field windows.
General Template
- A new experiment form, general template, is now availalbe in ELN. Similar to FlexForm, it provides a flexible starating point for creating custom experimen forms.
Protein Expression
- DNA constructs can now be loaded using a sequence ID.
Spreadsheet for Bioassay
- Users can now select from multiple spreadsheet templates attached to a single protocol.
Security
- System administrators can now view and manage users associated with child accounts, including contract research organizations, from the Accounts page in the admin interface.
User Interface and Experience
- The Choose Notebook option had been removed from the folder creation dialog in Project Docs to streamline the folder creation workflow.
- Unused icons have been removed from the Recycle Bin when viewing deleted experiments, providing a cleaner interface.