Navigate to [https://sodar.crc1550.com/](https://sodar.crc1550.com/)

Click "Create Project or Category" to create a new OMICs project.

Alert! It's of utmost importance selecting PROJECT at this step.

Add a "Title", a select the Project "Type", the owner and add a short "Description" (max. 512 characters). Also fill README, including smalls portions of text that contains keywords of biological problems and mention. Having a comprehensive README facilitates searching for the project.

Do not change any other parameter. Click in "Create" to consolidate the changes and create this project.

There are several templates to pick depending on the OMICs experiment type, or experimental design. If you have questions, contact us so we can help you to select the most relevant template. Select the "bulk_rnaseq" for the simplest RNA-seq template.

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Bulk RNA sequencing ISA-tab template
Bulk RNA sequencing ISA-tab template from hiPSC for stem cell core projects
Generic RNA sequencing ISA-tab template
Germline DNA sequencing ISA-tab template
MS Metabolomics Biocrates kit ISA-tab template
Mass cytometry ISA-tab template
Microarray ISA-tab template
Single cell RNA sequencing ISA-tab template
Single cell RNA sequencing ISA-tab template from hiPSC for stem cell core projects
Somatic sequencing ISA-tab template

Now is time to the metadata template fill Double-click the "investigation_title\*" field. Use a descriptive title, including where the sample was obtained, sequencing technology, study design

If you have questions or doubts for one field, add placeholder and come edit it later.

Click the "sample_names\*" field, and the sample names separated by commas. Fill the other fields and drop-down aiming for completeness. These can be edited in a later stage.

Runs with multiple organisms or sequencing methods need to be split in multiple sample sheets.

\[Optional\] Click "Edit Sheets" if need further editing.

Create a Project and iRODS Collections in SODAR