When a kinetics experiment is pushed to the portal, we generate a new archive that captures the exact data version customers can download.

Getting Started
- Download the
package.zip
archive from the Foundry Portal (Download Data
→Download additional raw data
). - Unzip and open the extracted
package/
directory. - Use the sections below as a field guide while browsing.
Folder Overview
kinetics/
PNG sensorgrams for each sample replicate, named <name>_<replicate>.png
.
Use these plots for quick visual QC without loading raw data.
raw_data/
CSV exports of the instrument readouts, using <name>_<replicate>_<concentration>.csv
.
Columns:
t
: time in secondsy
: instrument response in nanometers
- Values are rounded to three decimals to reduce package size.
- Neutralisation controls follow
control_<index>_<concentration>.csv
and share the same schema.
fit_data/
Modelled sensorgrams for replicates with approved fits (t
, y
columns), matching the raw_data/
filename convention. Overlay these with the raw traces to reproduce kinetics calculations.
aux/
Metadata lives in replicate_info.csv
:
name
: OS-safe protein identifierreplicate
: replicate indexmethod
:BLI
orSPR
MAE
: mean absolute error (two decimals)rel_MAE
: MAE normalized by maximum signalrmax_estimate
: estimated Rmax value
blanks/
(when provided)
Background and reference material for the experiment.
raw_data/
<blank_run>_<index>.csv
: blank curves (t
,y
)read_data.csv
: metadata withread
,run
,concentration_nM
,filename
figures/
blank_<run>.png
: visualizations of blank sensorgrams
run_mapping.csv
- Columns:
name
,replicate
,runs
— shows blank runs tied to each replicate.
- Columns:
Additional Notes
- Filenames replace spaces and special characters with underscores for compatibility.
- Folder structure is machine-readable and works well with automated pipelines.
- Each archive reflects the current data version; redownload after updates to stay in sync.