Journal article

Publication year: 2021

Journal: eLife

Volume number: 10

ISSN: 2050-084X

Open access status: Gold

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.65376

Publisher: eLife Sciences Publications

Abstract: 
Insect neuroscience generates vast amounts of highly diverse data, of which only a small fraction are findable, accessible and reusable. To promote an open data culture, we have therefore developed the Insect Brain Database (IBdb), a free online platform for insect neuroanatomical and functional data. The IBdb facilitates biological insight by enabling effective cross-species comparisons, by linking neural structure with function, and by serving as general information hub for insect neuroscience. The IBdb allows users to not only effectively locate and visualize data, but to make them widely available for easy, automated reuse via an application programming interface. A unique private mode of the database expands the IBdb functionality beyond public data deposition, additionally providing the means for managing, visualizing, and sharing of unpublished data. This dual function creates an incentive for data contribution early in data management workflows and eliminates the additional effort normally associated with publicly depositing research data.

Harvard Citation style: Heinze, S., el Jundi, B., Berg, B., Homberg, U., Menzel, R., Pfeiffer, K., et al. (2021) A unified platform to manage, share, and archive morphological and functional data in insect neuroscience, eLife, 10, Article e65376. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.65376

APA Citation style: Heinze, S., el Jundi, B., Berg, B., Homberg, U., Menzel, R., Pfeiffer, K., Hensgen, R., Zittrell, F., Dacke, M., Warrant, E., Pfuhl, G., Rybak, J., & Tedore, K. (2021). A unified platform to manage, share, and archive morphological and functional data in insect neuroscience. eLife. 10, Article e65376. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.65376