October 28, 2009
Whole Brain Catalog
Researchers from the University of California, San Diego, have released the Whole Brain Catalog. At its core, it is meant to serve as a repository for data gathered about the mouse brain.
According to the website, "The Whole Brain Catalog™ is a ground-breaking, open-source, 3-D virtual environment. The Catalog aims to connect members of the international neuroscience community to facilitate solutions for today’s intractable challenges in brain research through cooperation and crowd sourcing."
Within the Catalog, researchers can view and contribute a wide range of data including:
* 3D meshes of subcellular scenes or brain region territories
* Large 2D image datasets from both electron and light level microscopy
* NeuroML and Neurolucida neuronal reconstructions
* Protein Database molecular structures
NY Times article
Whole Brain Catalog