Figure 1

A part of the screenshot of the main PIMS page. The actions irrelevant to the functionality described are greyed out. The "Last Week Sequencing Orders" widget displays the list of orders submitted during last seven days by the current user. "Last Month's Orders" is an active link which takes the user to a page displaying the list of their orders submitted during the last month. The black triangle next to each sequencing order name gives access to a number of actions: creating a new order, viewing or deleting the order. The sequencing orders widget at the bottom of the screenshot allows a user to create and search the orders.