Community Cyberinfrastructure for Advanced Microbial Ecology Research and Analysis explained
| CAMERA |
| Description: | Community Cyberinfrastructure for Advanced Microbial Ecology Research and Analysis |
| Center: | University of California, San Diego |
| Laboratory: | Center for Research on Biological Systems and Calit2 |
| Pmid: | 21045053 |
CAMERA, or the Community Cyberinfrastructure for Advanced Microbial Ecology Research and Analysis, is an online cloud computing service that provides hosted software tools and a high-performance computing infrastructure for the analysis of metagenomic data.[1] [2] [3] The project was announced in January 2006, becoming Calit2's flagship project.[4]
Mission
The project aims to accelerate genomic research by amassing a large repository of metagenomic data generated by independent members of the research community at large, by developing a custom bioinformatics toolset optimized for cluster computing, and by offering the high-performance computing infrastructure on which to run it.[5] [6]
CAMERA helps scientists access and work with data from the Venter Institute's Global Ocean Sampling Expedition.[7] In 2007, their GOS dataset was the largest ever released in the public domain.[8] The group also places many other datasets for download on its website.[9]
The project is funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation which awarded a 7-year, $24.5-million research grant to the CAMERA project, beginning in January 2006.[10]
History
At its inception, CAMERA's mission focused on genomic research of marine microorganisms. CAMERA later expanded its mission to include terrestrial ecology and dropped the word, "Marine" from its original name, the "Community Cyberinfrastructure for Advanced Marine Microbial Ecology Research and Analysis".
People
CAMERA's leadership includes:[11]
See also
External links
Notes and References
- yes. Sun. Shulei. Chen Jing . Li Weizhong . Altintas Ilkay . Lin Abel . Peltier Steve . Stocks Karen . Allen Eric E . Ellisman Mark . Grethe Jeffrey . Wooley John . Jan 2011. Community cyberinfrastructure for Advanced Microbial Ecology Research and Analysis: the CAMERA resource. Nucleic Acids Res.. 39. Database issue. D546-51. England. 21045053. 10.1093/nar/gkq1102. 3013694.
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1821059/ PubMed Central: "CAMERA: A Community Resource for Metagenomics"
- http://microbialgenomics.energy.gov/databases.shtml DOE Microbial Genomics: Microbial Genome Databases
- http://www.moore.org/newsitem.aspx?id=436 Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation: Leading Department of Energy Genome Scientist to Direct Joint Marine Microbial Metagenomics Cyberinfrastructure Initiative (press release)
- Web site: CAMERA: What is CAMERA? . 2012-04-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120423060121/http://camera.calit2.net/about/index.shtm . 2012-04-23 . dead .
- Web site: CAMERA: Reference Datasets . 2012-04-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120421054055/http://camera.calit2.net/camdata.shtm . 2012-04-21 . dead .
- http://dwb.adn.com/news/alaska/story/9155271p-9071801c.html Anchorage Daily News: Scientist stalks wily microbes from sailboat
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/03/070314074922.htm Science Daily: Millions Of New Genes, Thousands Of New Protein Families Found In Ocean Sampling Expedition (press release)
- Web site: CAMERA: Full Datasets . 2008-09-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081021154616/http://camera.calit2.net/about-camera/full-datasets . 2008-10-21 . dead .
- Web site: CAMERA: What is CAMERA? . 2008-09-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080926132953/http://camera.calit2.net/about-camera/what-is-camera . 2008-09-26 . dead .
- Web site: About CAMERA: People . 2012-04-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121229083015/http://camera.calit2.net/people/index.shtm . 2012-12-29 . dead .
