Patent ID: 8090748

Claim:
A method of storing experimental data on a computer system, comprising the steps of: collecting a plurality of image data and a plurality of feature data from each of a plurality of sub-containers in a container, each sub-container having a biological specimen disposed therein or thereon; creating a first database, wherein the first database includes links to other databases, and wherein the first database is used as a pass-through database by a display application to view data collected from the container; creating a first entry in the first database linking the first database to a second database, wherein the second database includes: configuration data used to collect data from the container, summary data for the container calculated from the plurality of sub-containers, and summary data for the sub-containers calculated from the plurality of image data and plurality of feature data, wherein the summary data for the sub-containers is organized in a plurality of tables, each table corresponding to a different one of the sub-containers; and creating a plurality of second entries in the first database linking the first database to a plurality of third databases, wherein each third database includes a portion of the plurality of image data and the plurality of feature data collected from the plurality of sub-containers, and wherein the image and feature data for each third database is organized in a plurality of tables.