Collaborative research: Automated and community-driven synthesis of the tree of life

合作研究：自动化和社区驱动的生命之树合成

• 批准号: 1208741
• 负责人: Laura Katz
• 金额: $ 38万
• 依托单位: Smith College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-06-01 至 2017-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1208741&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; research; Automated; community; driven

The tree of life links all biodiversity through a shared evolutionary history. This project will produce the first online, comprehensive first-draft tree of all 1.8 million named species, accessible to both the public and scientific communities. Assembly of the tree will incorporate previously published results, with strong collaborations between computational and empirical biologists to develop, test and improve methods of data synthesis. This initial tree of life will not be static; instead, we will develop tools for scientists to update and revise the tree as new data come in. Early release of the tree and tools will motivate data sharing and facilitate ongoing synthesis of knowledge.Biological research of all kinds, including studies of ecological health, environmental change, and human disease, increasingly depends on knowing how species are related to each other. Yet there is no single resource that unites knowledge of the tree of life. Instead, only small parts of the tree are individually available, generally as printed figures in journal articles. This project will provide the global community of scientists who study the tree of life with a means to share and combine their results, and will enable large-scale studies of Earth's biodiversity. It will also create a resource where students, educators and citizens can go to explore and learn about life's evolutionary history.

生命之树通过共同的进化历史联系了所有生物多样性。该项目将生产出所有180万个命名物种的在线，全面的一流树，公共和科学社区均可访问。树的组装将结合先前发表的结果，并在计算生物学家和经验生物学家之间进行强有力的合作，以开发，测试和改善数据合成方法。这种生命的最初树不会是静态的。取而代之的是，我们将为科学家开发工具，以随着新数据的出现而更新和修改树。树木和工具的早期发布将激发数据共享并促进知识的持续综合。各种研究的生物学研究，包括对生态健康，环境变化和人类疾病的研究，越来越多地取决于了解物种彼此相关的知识。然而，没有一个资源将了解生命之树的知识结合在一起。 取而代之的是，只有树的一小部分可用，通常是期刊文章中的印刷图。该项目将为研究生命之树的全球科学家社区提供共享和结合结果的方法，并将对地球的生物多样性进行大规模研究。它还将创建一种资源，学生，教育者和公民可以去探索和了解生活的进化史。