REMBI: Recommended Metadata for Biological Images—enabling reuse of microscopy data in biology

DOI: 10.1038/s41592-021-01166-8

Authors: Ugis Sarkans (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute) , Wah Chiu (Stanford University) , Lucy M. Collinson (Francis Crick Institute) , Michele C. Darrow (SPT Labtech Ltd) , Jan Ellenberg (European Molecular Biology Laboratory) , David Grunwald (University of Massachusetts Medical School) , Jean-Karim Hériché (European Molecular Biology Laboratory) , Andrii Iudin (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute) , Gabriel G. Martins (Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia Oeiras) , Terry Meehan (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute) , Kedar Narayan (ational Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health) , Ardan Patwardhan (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute) , Matthew Robert Geoffrey Russell (Francis Crick Institute) , Helen R. Saibil (Birkbeck, University of London) , Caterina Strambio-De-Castillia (University of Massachusetts Medical School) , Jason R. Swedlow (University of Dundee) , Christian Tischer (European Molecular Biology Laboratory) , Virginie Uhlmann (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute) , Paul Verkade (University of Bristol) , Mary Barlow (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute) , Omer Bayraktar (Wellcome Sanger Institute) , Ewan Birney (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute) , Cesare Catavitello (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute) , Christopher Cawthorne (KU Leuven) , Stephan Wagner-Conrad (Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH) , Elizabeth Duke (Diamond Light Source) , Perrine Paul-Gilloteaux (Université de Nantes, CNRS, INSERM, l’institut du thorax; CHU Nantes, Inserm, CNRS, SFR Santé) , Emmanuel Gustin (Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson) , Maria Harkiolaki (Diamond Light Source) , Pasi Kankaanpää (University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University; Euro-BioImaging ERIC) , Thomas Lemberger (European Molecular Biology Laboratory) , Jo Mcentyre (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute) , Josh Moore (University of Dundee) , Andrew W. Nicholls (GlaxoSmithKline R&D) , Shuichi Onami (RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research) , Helen Parkinson (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute) , Maddy Parsons (King’s College London) , Marina Romanchikova (National Physical Laboratory) , Nicholas Sofroniew (Chan Zuckerberg Initiative) , Jim Swoger (European Molecular Biology Laborator) , Nadine Utz (University of Konstanz) , Lenard M. Voortman (Leiden University Medical Center) , Frances Wong (University of Dundee) , Peijun Zhang (Diamond Light Source; Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford) , Gerard J. Kleywegt (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute) , Alvis Brazma (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute)
Co-authored by industrial partner: Yes

Type: Journal Paper
Journal: Nature Methods , VOL 21

State: Published (Approved)
Published: May 2021

Abstract: Bioimaging data have significant potential for reuse, but unlocking this potential requires systematic archiving of data and metadata in public databases. We propose draft metadata guidelines to begin addressing the needs of diverse communities within light and electron microscopy. We hope this publication and the proposed Recommended Metadata for Biological Images (REMBI) will stimulate discussions about their implementation and future extension.

Journal Keywords: Data integration; Molecular imaging; Optical imaging

Subject Areas: Information and Communication Technology, Biology and Bio-materials


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Data management / presentation Information & Communication Technologies Life Sciences & Biotech

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