Our TL Dr Onami and his research on data sharing in life sciences were featured in RIKEN NEWS which covers researchers at the forefront of their research fields.
You can read the article on RIKEN’s website. (Only in Japanese.)
Category: News
[Event] JST CREST “BioDX” Kickoff Symposium
JST and RIKEN BDR host an online symposium “JST CREST “BioDX” Kickoff Symposium” on November 21 – 22. This symposium provides presentation and discussion on the current status and future prospects of bio- DX from researchers working at the forefront.
For more information, visit the symposium website.
The symposium will only be in Japanese.
Seeking Data Annotator
We are currently looking for a data annotator as either a full time or part-time worker.
This position’s main role is data annotation in SSBD, such as selecting data from papers in life science research, extracting their metadata, requesting other laboratories inside/ outside the RIKEN to provide their research data, and registering them into SSBD.
The successful candidate must be able to understand papers in English as well as have excellent writing skills in Japanese.
Job Descriptions are posted on the RIKEN’s official website. (In Japanese only)
Technical Staff: テクニカルスタッフ募集（DD2101）
Research Part-timer: 研究パートタイマー募集（DD2102）
If you are interested in the position, please contact Dr Onami in advance of your application.
We look forward to your application!
[Press Release] Launch of “NeuroGT Database”, a brain atlas of neurogenic tagging CreER mouse drivers
Drs. Yukako Tohsato and Hiroya Itoga in our SSBD team, together with Prof. Tatsumi Hirata (NIG) and colleagues, developed the “NeuroGT database,” which contains whole-brain image data of tagged neurons based on time of neurogenesis. Through NeuroGT, researchers can find suitable neurogenic tagging driver lines for their research.
Learn more about Neuro GT on the National Institute of Genetics Press Release.
Reference
Hirata, T., Tohsato, Y., Itoga, H. et al. NeuroGT: A brain atlas of neurogenic tagging CreER drivers for birthdate-based classification and manipulation of mouse neurons. Cell Rep. Methods 1, 100012 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crmeth.2021.100012
REMBI: Recommended Metadata for Biological Images
Our TL Dr Onami joined discussions on metadata standards in biological image data sharing with an international bioimaging community lead by EMBL-EBI. They propose global metadata guidelines, REMBI: Recommended Metadata for Biological Images.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-021-01166-8
[Press Release] Recommendations for global standards of open image data formats and repositories.
TL Dr Shuichi Onami and Prof. Jason Swedlow (University of Dundee, UK) along with Global Bioimaging, an international consortium of the leading experts in bioimaging communities, released recommendations for bioimage data format standards and open access image data repositories. These recommendations contribute to accelerating the development of the bioimaging field through data sharing.
Read the full press release article on the RIKEN website (in Japanese).
Reference
Swedlow, J.R., Kankaanpää, P., Sarkans, U. et al. A global view of standards for open image data formats and repositories. Nat Methods (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-021-01113-7