This  database is funded by the UCSF Library; the Ernest Gallo Clinic & Research Center; and the David Erle Lab. Additional funding partners are needed, please contact Collections.

IPA provides users integrated access to the most current knowledge available on: genes, drugs, chemicals, protein families, normal cellular and disease processes, signaling and metabolic pathways.

Uses:

• exploratory investigation of genes, proteins, chemicals, and biological functions
• creating customized pathways for targets, biomarkers, process, and disease
• comparing pathways for common, unique, or union of biological molecules
• designing publication quality pathways
• interpreting your expression data in the context of biological pathways, processes, and networks
• assessing toxicity and safety of compounds in context of pathways and networks
• identifying potential biomarkers
• exploring metabolic genotype-phenotype relationships

Sessions:  the database is limited to two concurrent users through December 2009; one concurrent user beginning with January 1, 2010.

To set up an Individual User Account:

• Java or the Java applet must be installed on your computer to run the program. Applet is resident on public access and Galen access computers at Parnassus and Mission Bay.
• allow pop-ups for analysis.ingenuity.com
• click on "Click here to create a new account"
• create an individual account by filling in the form
  • requires UCSF email or other Internet Service Provider account
  • there is no Institutional License Key
  • add your UCSF department name
  • your username and password will be emailed to you

System requirements.