Transforming Morphological Ssystematics From Desktop to Web Applications: Development of the Online Workspace Morphobank.org 3.0

石溪大学获得了一笔拨款，用于将比较解剖学的原型数据库开发为生产资源，以支持基于解剖学的系统发育研究。MorphoBank （www.morphobank.org）是为研究科学家和他们的学生创建的专业资源，为世界不同地区的比较解剖学家提供工具，使他们能够通过网络同时、实时地在一个项目上工作。MorphoBank允许专业科学家及其学员通过浏览器界面上传比较解剖学图像，对这些图像进行分析和标记，并从中创建形态特征矩阵（用于系统发育分析的原始数据）。根据该合同进行的工作将创建一个可扩展的Web应用程序，扩展字符管理的协作环境，并通过CIPRES项目实现基于Web的系统发育树搜索和基于Web的系统发育树查看。该项目将通过与生命史、古生物学和信息学（特别是数据库集成）方面的研究人员合作，为教育基础设施做出贡献。这里开发的图像存储、注释和分析工具对于描述与物种鉴定相关的解剖特征以及记录模式生物的解剖结构具有长期的重要性。pi将通过与SDSC/UCSD的本科生研究经验和学术丰富计划以及加州少数民族参与联盟（CAMP）计划的持续关系，积极招募少数民族和服务不足的实习生。

Stony Brook University is awarded a grant to develop a prototype database for comparative anatomy into a production resource to support anatomy-based phylogenetics research. MorphoBank (www.morphobank.org) was created as a professional resource for research scientists and their students that provides tools to allow comparative anatomists in different parts of the world to work simultaneously, in real time, on one project via the web. MorphoBank allows professional scientists and their trainees to upload images of comparative anatomy through a browser interface, to analyze and label these images, and to create morphological character matrices (the raw data for phylogenetic analysis) from them. The work performed under this award will create a scalable Web application that expands on the collaborative environment for character management and implements Web-based phylogenetic tree searches through the CIPRES project and Web-based phylogenetic tree viewing. The project will contribute to educational infrastructure by partnering researchers in the history of life, paleontology, and informatics (particularly database integration). The tools for image storage, annotation, and analysis developed here will have long term importance for describing anatomical traits relevant to species identification, and for documenting anatomy in model organisms. The PIs will actively recruit minority and underserved interns through ongoing relationships with the Research Experiences for Undergraduates and Academic Enrichment programs at SDSC/UCSD, and the California Alliance for Minority Participation (CAMP) Program.