FAIR resources

​The canSERV Consortium would like to provide a range of resources to help users make the resulting data from service provision FAIR (Fair, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) and openly accessible for re-use in future research and other initiatives (e.g., UNCAN). According to the canSERV’s Terms and Conditions all resulting data need to comply with FAIR principles and open data sharing. Publications resulting from the approved projects need to be open access and acknowledge canSERV and resulting data needs to be made available for re-use.  

Resources include: repositories and registries, guidelines, playbooks, toolboxes, research portals, and relevant publications. 

European Chemical Biology Database – European Chemical Biology Database (ECBD) is a central data hub for data generated within the EU-OPENSCREEN network. 

BioImage Archive – The BioImage Archive is a free, publicly available online resource which stores and distributes biological images. It accepts submissions of data from any imaging modality, as long as the data are either associated with a peer-reviewed publication, or of value beyond a single experiment. 

• • FAIR Cookbook – applied example recipe: BioImage Archive – Recipe detailing the deposition process and considerations into BioImage Archive. 

EMPIAR – Deposition of electron microscopy data. 

Image Data Resource – Deposition of reference image datasets with manual metadata curation. 

TCIA [The Cancer Imaging Archive] – Deposition of cancer imaging data into restricted access repository. 

EUCAIM – Deposit, access, and process clinical cancer imaging data. 

PIDAR – Deposit metadata for preclinical (animal-model) imaging datasets. 

Figshare – Storing and sharing research data, figures, papers, and datasets across all disciplines. 

Dryad – Publishing and sharing datasets associated with peer-reviewed research, especially in life sciences and medicine. 

European Mouse Mutant Archive (EMMA) – EMMA is the INFRAFRONTIER’s non-profit repository for the collection, archiving (via cryopreservation) and distribution of relevant mutant mouse and rat strains essential for basic biomedical research. The comprehensive physical and data resources of EMMA support basic biomedical and preclinical research, and the available research tools and mouse/rat models of human disease offer the opportunity to develop a better understanding of molecular disease mechanisms and may provide the foundation for the development of diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic strategies. https://doi.org/10.25504/FAIRsharing.g2fjt2 

European Genome-phenome Archive (EGA) – The European Genome-phenome Archive (EGA) is a service for permanent archiving and sharing of personally identifiable genetic, phenotypic, and clinical data generated for the purposes of biomedical research projects or in the context of research-focused healthcare systems. 

WorkflowHUB – A registry for describing, sharing and publishing scientific computational workflows. 

ZENODO – Zenodo is a free, open, multi-disciplinary online repository for sharing and preserving all types of research outputs, including publications, datasets, software, and presentations. 

FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship – This resource offers guidelines to improve the Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reuse of digital assets.

The Metroline – Steps for your FAIRification Workflow – The FAIR Metroline provides practical guidance to help you reach your FAIR goals and make your data FAIRer.

Image Repository Decision Tree – Where do I deposit my imaging data 

FAIR Cookbook – An online, open and live resource for the Life Sciences with recipes that help you to make and keep data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable; in one word FAIR. 

Data sharing playbook – Playbook on data sharing in collaborative projects, especially public-private collaborations.  

The Research Data Management toolkit for Life Sciences – Best practices and guidelines to help you make your data FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable).

FAIR Data Cube – The FAIR Data Cube (FDCube) is a set of tools and services that help researchers in different stages of the Research Data Life Cycle including creating and describing new data, and finding, understanding and reusing existing FAIR multi-omics data. 

FAIRsharing – A curated, informative and educational resource on data and metadata standards, inter-related to databases and data policies. 

Multiomics Toolbox (MOTBX) – The Multi-omics Toolbox (MOTBX) is an open access web resource to help expedite translational research by making it easier for researchers in academia and industry to find relevant resources related to multi-omics analysis. 

Innovation Management Toolbox – The Innovation Management Toolbox is a reference library of resources in rare disease translational medicine. 

cBioportal – Research portal supporting analysis and visualization of cancer genomic data. 

OMICS Discover Index – Omics Discovery Index provides a platform for searching and linking omics public data. OmicsDI has implemented a unique and novel Search Engine for omics datasets including public and protected data. 

• A multi-omics data analysis workflow packaged as a FAIR Digital Object 

• Ten quick tips for building FAIR workflows 

• FAIR Principles for Research Software (FAIR4RS Principles) 

• Introducing the FAIR Principles for research software 

• Ten quick tips for navigating intellectual property in FAIR educational resources 

• Update of the Minimum Information About BIobank Data Sharing (MIABIS) Core Terminology to the 3rd Version 

• Enhancing Reuse of Data and Biological Material in Medical Research: From FAIR to FAIR-Health 

• An iterative and interdisciplinary categorisation process towards FAIRer digital resources for sensitive life-sciences data 

Euro-BioImaging Data Management Plan Template – Data Management Plan (DMP) template with questions tailored to bioimaging research projects.