ETDB-Caltech: A blockchain-based distributed public database for electron tomography

ETDB-Caltech: A blockchain-based distributed public database for electron tomography

Three-dimensional electron microscopy techniques like electron tomography provide valuable insights into cellular structures, and present significant challenges for data storage and dissemination. Here we explored a novel method to publicly release more than 11,000 such datasets, more than 30 TB in...

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Veröffentlicht in:PloS one 2019-04, Vol.14 (4), p.e0215531-e0215531
Hauptverfasser: Ortega, Davi R, Oikonomou, Catherine M, Ding, H Jane, Rees-Lee, Prudence, Jensen, Grant J
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Archives & records
Bioengineering
Biology
Blockchain
Blockchains (Databases)
Cellular structure
Computer and Information Sciences
Computer Communication Networks
Cryptography
Data storage
Database administration
Databases, Factual
Datasets
Downloading
Electron Microscope Tomography
Electron microscopy
Engineering
Engineering and Technology
File sharing
Humans
Information Dissemination
Information Storage and Retrieval
Library collections
Medical imaging
Medicine and Health Sciences
Methods
Microscopy
Novels
Peer to peer networking
Physical Sciences
Public access
Research and Analysis Methods
Social networks
Software
Software upgrading
Technology application
Tomography
Web browsers
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Zusammenfassung:Three-dimensional electron microscopy techniques like electron tomography provide valuable insights into cellular structures, and present significant challenges for data storage and dissemination. Here we explored a novel method to publicly release more than 11,000 such datasets, more than 30 TB in total, collected by our group. Our method, based on a peer-to-peer file sharing network built around a blockchain ledger, offers a distributed solution to data storage. In addition, we offer a user-friendly browser-based interface, https://etdb.caltech.edu, for anyone interested to explore and download our data. We discuss the relative advantages and disadvantages of this system and provide tools for other groups to mine our data and/or use the same approach to share their own imaging datasets.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0215531