The iHUB: A Collaborative International Network for Ionomics

iHUB：离子经济学国际协作网络

• 批准号: 0953433
• 负责人: David Salt
• 金额: $ 53.05万
• 依托单位: Purdue University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-07-01 至 2016-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0953433&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: iHUB; Collaborative; International; Network; Ionomics

Purdue University is awarded a grant to develop ionomicHUB (iHUB), an international collaborative cyber research environment to enhance our ability to identify and understand the genes and gene networks that function to control the ionome, the mineral nutrient and trace element composition of an organism or tissue. The iHUB is a collaborative workspace with components that integrate both cyberinfrastructure and human interactions to maximize both community access to ionomic resources, and knowledge extraction from these resources. Specifically, the iHUB project will deliver (1) tools to allow the easy sharing and annotation of data, (2) the LitCloud: A tool to allow the easy filtering and sharing of literature, (3) tools to allow the coordinated collection of ionomics data from distributed sites, (4) tools to allow the easy sharing of presentations and lectures, (5) tools to allow the self formation of online work groups and communication, (6) the iHUB interaction map (iHUB interactome), and (7) on-line help tools. The iHUB will be founded on the existing public ionomics database (www.ionomicshub.org) which currently contains ionomic data on over 200,000 samples, including Arabidopsis thaliana, rice and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. To ensure integration of the iHUB with the community we also plan workshops and scientist exchanges.These iHUB functionalities will help bridge the growing gap between the high-throughput generation of ionomic data and the efficient probing of gene function on a genomic and comparative genomic scale. The iHUB will facilitate open communication and exchange of information, and will lower the barrier for entry into the field of ionomics, allowing a diverse set of researchers from developed and developing nations to participate in advancing the field. The information obtained from the discoveries facilitated by the iHUB will be valuable from the point of view of improving crop yields, enhancing agricultural sustainability, and improving food quality for human nutrition.

普渡大学获得了开发 ionomicHUB (iHUB) 的拨款，这是一个国际协作网络研究环境，旨在增强我们识别和理解基因和基因网络的能力，这些基因和基因网络可控制生物体或组织的离子组、矿物质营养和微量元素组成。 iHUB 是一个协作工作空间，其组件集成了网络基础设施和人类交互，以最大限度地提高社区对离子组学资源的访问以及从这些资源中提取知识。具体来说，iHUB 项目将提供 (1) 允许轻松共享和注释数据的工具，(2) LitCloud：允许轻松过滤和共享文献的工具，(3) 允许从分布式站点协调收集离子组学数据的工具，(4) 允许轻松共享演示和讲座的工具，(5) 允许自我形成在线工作组和交流的工具，(6) iHUB 交互图 （iHUB 交互组），以及 (7) 在线帮助工具。 iHUB 将建立在现有的公共离子组学数据库 (www.ionomicshub.org) 的基础上，该数据库目前包含超过 200,000 个样本的离子组学数据，包括拟南芥、水稻和酿酒酵母。为了确保 iHUB 与社区的整合，我们还计划举办研讨会和科学家交流。这些 iHUB 功能将有助于弥合离子组学数据的高通量生成与基因组和比较基因组规模上基因功能的有效探测之间日益扩大的差距。 iHUB 将促进开放式沟通和信息交流，并降低进入离子组学领域的门槛，让来自发达国家和发展中国家的各类研究人员能够参与推进该领域的发展。从 iHUB 促进的发现中获得的信息对于提高作物产量、增强农业可持续性和改善人类营养的食品质量将非常有价值。