Sustaining MorphoSource 3D data Repository: Supporting a transformation in research and education practices relying on biodiversity and natural history collections

维持 MorphoSource 3D 数据存储库：支持依赖生物多样性和自然历史收藏的研究和教育实践转型

• 批准号: 2149257
• 负责人: Douglas Boyer
• 金额: $ 165.87万
• 依托单位: Duke University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-07-01 至 2027-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2149257&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Sustaining; MorphoSource; 3D; data; Repository

An award to Duke University is made in support of the MorphoSource on-line data resource for 3D specimen data. MorphoSource is a web accessible data repository that is uniquely specialized for 3D/2D image data representing physical specimens from museum or lab collections. Sources of 3D data include CT scanners (a common source of 3D imagery), laser scanners, photogrammetry modeling and more. Over the last decade, MorphoSource has initiated a revolution in the study of anatomy through unprecedented data access. In addition to providing digital data and tools for scientists to conduct research, MorphoSource also supports public engagement and is being widely used for public education and outreach. By making 3D data discoverable and accessible, MorphoSource helps neutralize access limitations due to geography, capability of travel, fragility of material, or high demand. By making web accessible 3D imagery available to any student with a basic computer or mobile device, MorphoSource broadens inclusivity in use of biodiversity and natural history museum collections in a way that was never previously possible.In 2013, MorphoSource.org was created to enable broad access to digitized “virtual specimens” and 3D data for advanced analyses of anatomic phenotypes. MorphoSource has since become a vital research resource for 3D data on anatomical form of specimens in biodiversity and natural history collections. MorphoSource has been cited by ~1,100 papers for data access or archiving and served a growing, active community of 15,000 users (with ~1,600 data contributors). Achieving this status has hinged largely on its standards-based data model, file format expertise, rich management tools, and collaboratively developed policies. Furthermore, MorphoSource supports deep integrations with a variety of federally-funded bioinformatic platforms and is a natural and robust partner in national efforts at digitization of biodiversity collections for handling 3D needs. With unprecedented depth of taxonomic sampling and a powerful 3D web viewer, Morphosource has already enabled start-to-finish studies of large-scale patterns in anatomical variation from “virtual specimens” for the first time. The ability to access and measure nuanced anatomical variation in massive numbers of specimens is essential to realizing NSF’s visionary goals of leveraging computer science frontiers like machine learning, computer vision and artificial intelligence in biological research. This NSF award will allow MorphoSource to continue serving its diverse communities as they grow for the next five years and to further develop policies and procedures that will eventually empower certain segments of user communities to help support the platform. Results from studies that leverage MorphoSource are frequently published in peer-reviewed scientific journals and presented at scientific meetings and in numerous outreach and training presentations.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

授予杜克大学是为了支持MorphoSource在线数据资源的三维标本数据。MorphoSource是一个可通过网络访问的数据存储库，专门用于表示博物馆或实验室收藏的物理标本的3D/2D图像数据。3D数据的来源包括CT扫描仪（3D图像的常见来源），激光扫描仪，摄影测量建模等。在过去的十年中，MorphoSource通过前所未有的数据访问发起了解剖学研究的革命。除了为科学家提供进行研究的数字数据和工具外，MorphoSource还支持公众参与，并被广泛用于公众教育和宣传。通过使3D数据可共享和可访问，MorphoSource有助于消除由于地理位置、旅行能力、材料脆弱性或高需求而造成的访问限制。MorphoSource让任何一个拥有基本电脑或移动终端的学生都可以通过网络访问3D图像，从而以前所未有的方式扩大了生物多样性和自然历史博物馆藏品的使用范围。2013年，创建了MorphoSource.org，使人们能够广泛访问数字化“虚拟标本”和3D数据，以进行解剖表型的高级分析。 MorphoSource已成为生物多样性和自然历史收藏中标本解剖形式的3D数据的重要研究资源。MorphoSource已被约1，100篇论文引用用于数据访问或存档，并为15，000名用户（约1，600名数据贡献者）的不断增长的活跃社区提供服务。实现这一地位在很大程度上取决于其基于标准的数据模型、文件格式专业知识、丰富的管理工具和协作开发的策略。此外，MorphoSource支持与各种联邦资助的生物信息学平台的深度集成，并且是处理3D需求的生物多样性集合数字化国家努力的自然和强大的合作伙伴。凭借前所未有的分类学采样深度和强大的3D网络查看器，Morphosource已经首次实现了对“虚拟标本”解剖变异中的大规模模式进行从头到尾的研究。访问和测量大量标本中细微解剖变异的能力对于实现NSF在生物研究中利用机器学习，计算机视觉和人工智能等计算机科学前沿的愿景目标至关重要。该奖项将使MorphoSource能够在未来五年内继续为其多样化的社区提供服务，并进一步制定政策和程序，最终使某些用户社区能够帮助支持该平台。利用MorphoSource的研究结果经常发表在同行评审的科学期刊上，并在科学会议和许多推广和培训演讲中发表。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。