Abstract

Cell biology is increasingly focused on cellular heterogeneity and multicellular systems. To make the fullest use of experimental, clinical, and computational efforts, we need standardized data formats, community-curated “public data libraries”, and tools to combine and analyze shared data. To address these needs, our multidisciplinary community created MultiCellDS (MultiCellular Data Standard): an extensible standard, a library of digital cell lines and tissue snapshots, and support software. With the help of experimentalists, clinicians, modelers, and data and library scientists, we can grow this seed into a community-owned ecosystem of shared data and tools, to the benefit of basic science, engineering, and human health.

Date

December 9, 2016

Authors

Samuel H Friedman, Alexander RA Anderson, David M Bortz, Alexander G Fletcher, Hermann B Frieboes, Ahmadreza Ghaffarizadeh, David Robert Grimes, Andrea Hawkins-Daarud, Stefan Hoehme, Edwin F Juarez, Carl Kesselman, Roeland MH Merks, Shannon M Mumenthaler, Paul K Newton, Kerri-Ann Norton, Rishi Rawat, Russell C Rockne, Daniel Ruderman, Jacob Scott, Suzanne S Sindi, Jessica L Sparks, Kristin Swanson, David B Agus, Paul Macklin

Journal

bioRxiv

Pages

090696

Publisher

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory