Automated quality control method and system for genetic analysis

A computer program product for automating quality control for genetic analysis data, tangibly stored on a computer-readable medium, comprising instructions operable to cause a programmable processor to:

• receive genetic analysis data associated with at least one spectral species and genetic sample in each well of a plate;
• perform one or more genetic analysis related operations on the received genetic analysis data derived for each of the wells of the plate;
• identify at least one of the results from performing the one or more genetic analysis related operations determined to have anomalous characteristics according to a set of one or more quality control metrics;
• and
• flag one or more wells of the plate affected by the anomalous characteristics according to the set of one or more quality control metrics and making the resulting flagging of the one or more wells available for further processing.

An apparatus for automating quality control for genetic analysis data, comprising:

• means for receiving genetic analysis data associated with at least one spectral species and genetic sample in each well of a plate;
• means for performing one or more genetic analysis related operations on the received genetic analysis data derived for each of the wells of the plate;
• means for identifying at least one of the results from performing the one or more genetic analysis related operations determined to have anomalous characteristics according to a set of one or more quality control metrics;
• and
• means for flagging one or more wells of the plate affected by the anomalous characteristics according to the set of one or more quality control metrics and making the resulting flagging of the one or more wells available for further processing.