Welcome to SpectConnect!

(Now hosted at Georgia Tech)

Analyze your GC/MS data in three steps...

Step 1: Extract putative components using AMDIS

Click here to show more detailed instructions on how to use AMDIS.

Step 2: Use SpectConnect to find conserved components and biomarkers

Fill in the fields below and click the submit button.

Number of conditions:       Maximum number of samples per condition:


Condition 1 name:

  .ELU file #1:
  .ELU file #2:
  .ELU file #3:

.MSL lilbrary file for target identifications (optional):

Email address to receive notification/results (optional):

Step 3: Analyze the results that you receive from SpectConnect.

Click here for some tips on interpreting the results that SpectConnect gives you.

Note: to cite us, use Styczynski et al. "Systematic identification of conserved metabolites in GC/MS data for metabolomics and biomarker discovery." Analytical Chemistry 79: 966-973, 2007.

NOTE: We have finally migrated this server to Georgia Tech! This also has resulted in a significant increase in computational speed (the previous server was well over a decade old), so hopefully jobs will be returned a bit more quickly. There may be some growing pains as the job queue scripts are tweaked on the new server --- if you encounter any difficulties, please don't hesitate to send email to marksty <at> gatech <dot> edu.


Source code: Here is all of the source code needed to run SpectConnect so that you can use it on your own computer/server via a command-line interface. This will require Python and a C compiler. It has some software library requirements that are described at the home page for Gemoda, a software package used by SpectConnect. In addition, it requires a relatively recent version of Python and SciPy, which may itself have some requirements such as NumPy. Though documentation is sparse, using a "--help" flag will give a starting point for using this command line interface.

If you'd like some sample files, feel free to download this file and this file to your computer (right-click each link and choose "Download" or "Save link target as"), adjust the parameters above, and then use the "Browse..." buttons above to find them and give them back to SpectConnect as input.

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Note that your input files and libraries are not stored; once your results have been generated, these files are deleted to ensure your privacy. Results are saved for a set period of time to allow you to access them and are automatically deleted after that time.

Questions? Please don't hesitate to email us at marksty <at> gatech <dot> edu