Frontiers in Plant Science (Jul 2011)
The iPlant Collaborative: Cyberinfrastructure for Plant Biology
- Stephen A Goff,
- Matthew eVaughn,
- Sheldon eMcKay,
- Eric eLyons,
- Ann E Stapleton,
- Damian eGessler,
- Naim eMatasci,
- Liya eWang,
- Matthew eHanlon,
- Andrew eLenards,
- Andy eMuir,
- Nirav eMerchant,
- Sonya eLowry,
- Stephen eMock,
- Matthew eHelmke,
- Adam eKubach,
- Martha eNarro,
- Nicole eHopkins,
- David eMicklos,
- Uwe eHilgert,
- Michael eGonzales,
- Chris eJordan,
- Edwin eSkidmore,
- Rion eDooley,
- John eCazes,
- Robert eMcLay,
- Zhenyuan eLu,
- Shiran ePasternak,
- Lars eKoesterke,
- William H Piel,
- Ruth eGrene,
- Christos eNoutsos,
- Karla eGendler,
- Xin eFeng,
- Chunlao eTang,
- Monica eLent,
- Seung-jin eKim,
- Kristian eKvilekval,
- B.S. eManjunath,
- B.S. eManjunath,
- Val eTannen,
- Alexandros eStamatakis,
- Michael eSanderson,
- Stephen M Welch,
- Karen eCranston,
- Pamela eSoltis,
- Douglas eSoltis,
- Brian eO'Meara,
- Cecile eAne,
- Tom eBrutnell,
- Daniel J Kleibenstein,
- Jeffrey W White,
- Jim eLeebens-Mack,
- Michael J Donoghue,
- Edgar P Spalding,
- Todd J Vision,
- Christopher R Myers,
- David eLowenthal,
- Brian J Enquist,
- Brad eBoyle,
- Ali eAkoglu,
- Greg eAndrews,
- Sudha eRam,
- Doreen eWare,
- Lincoln eStein,
- Dan eStanzione
Affiliations
- Stephen A Goff
- BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona
- Matthew eVaughn
- University of Texas
- Sheldon eMcKay
- BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona
- Eric eLyons
- BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona
- Ann E Stapleton
- University of North Carolina
- Damian eGessler
- BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona
- Naim eMatasci
- BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona
- Liya eWang
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
- Matthew eHanlon
- University of Texas
- Andrew eLenards
- BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona
- Andy eMuir
- BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona
- Nirav eMerchant
- BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona
- Sonya eLowry
- BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona
- Stephen eMock
- University of Texas
- Matthew eHelmke
- BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona
- Adam eKubach
- University of Texas
- Martha eNarro
- BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona
- Nicole eHopkins
- BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona
- David eMicklos
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
- Uwe eHilgert
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
- Michael eGonzales
- University of Texas
- Chris eJordan
- University of Texas
- Edwin eSkidmore
- BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona
- Rion eDooley
- University of Texas
- John eCazes
- University of Texas
- Robert eMcLay
- University of Texas
- Zhenyuan eLu
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
- Shiran ePasternak
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
- Lars eKoesterke
- University of Texas
- William H Piel
- Yale University
- Ruth eGrene
- Virginia Tech
- Christos eNoutsos
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
- Karla eGendler
- University of Texas
- Xin eFeng
- Ontario Center for Cancer Research
- Chunlao eTang
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
- Monica eLent
- BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona
- Seung-jin eKim
- BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona
- Kristian eKvilekval
- University of California
- B.S. eManjunath
- University of California
- B.S. eManjunath
- University of California
- Val eTannen
- University of Pennsylvania
- Alexandros eStamatakis
- Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies
- Michael eSanderson
- University of Arizona
- Stephen M Welch
- Kansas State University
- Karen eCranston
- National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent)
- Pamela eSoltis
- University of Florida
- Douglas eSoltis
- University of Florida
- Brian eO'Meara
- University of Tennessee
- Cecile eAne
- University of Wisconsin
- Tom eBrutnell
- Cornell University
- Daniel J Kleibenstein
- University of California
- Jeffrey W White
- USDA-ARS
- Jim eLeebens-Mack
- University of Georgia
- Michael J Donoghue
- Yale University
- Edgar P Spalding
- University of Wisconsin
- Todd J Vision
- University of North Carolina
- Christopher R Myers
- Cornell University
- David eLowenthal
- University of Arizona
- Brian J Enquist
- University of Arizona
- Brad eBoyle
- University of Arizona
- Ali eAkoglu
- University of Arizona
- Greg eAndrews
- University of Arizona
- Sudha eRam
- University of Arizona
- Doreen eWare
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
- Lincoln eStein
- Ontario Center for Cancer Research
- Dan eStanzione
- University of Texas
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2011.00034
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 2
Abstract
The iPlant Collaborative (iPlant) is a United States National Science Foundation (NSF) funded project that aims to create an innovative, comprehensive, and foundational cyberinfrastructure in support of plant biology research (PSCIC, 2006). iPlant is developing cyberinfrastructure that uniquely enables scientists throughout the diverse fields that comprise plant biology to address Grand Challenges in new ways, to stimulate and facilitate cross-disciplinary research, to promote biology and computer science research interactions, and to train the next generation of scientists on the use of cyberinfrastructure in research and education. Meeting humanity's projected demands for agricultural and forest products and the expectation that natural ecosystems be managed sustainably will require synergies from the application of information technologies. The iPlant cyberinfrastructure design is based on an unprecedented period of research community input, and leverages developments in high-performance computing, data storage, and cyberinfrastructure for the physical sciences. iPlant is an open-source project with application programming interfaces that allow the community to extend the infrastructure to meet its needs. iPlant is sponsoring community-driven workshops addressing specific scientific questions via analysis tool integration and hypothesis testing. These workshops teach researchers how to add bioinformatics tools and/or datasets into the iPlant cyberinfrastructure enabling plant scientists to perform complex analyses on large datasets without the need to master the command-line or high-performance computational services.
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