Cargando…

Sharing neurophysiology data from the Allen Brain Observatory

Nullius in verba (‘trust no one’), chosen as the motto of the Royal Society in 1660, implies that independently verifiable observations—rather than authoritative claims—are a defining feature of empirical science. As the complexity of modern scientific instrumentation has made exact replications pro...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: de Vries, Saskia EJ, Siegle, Joshua H, Koch, Christof
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2023
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10335829/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37432073
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.85550
_version_ 1785071079490846720
author de Vries, Saskia EJ
Siegle, Joshua H
Koch, Christof
author_facet de Vries, Saskia EJ
Siegle, Joshua H
Koch, Christof
author_sort de Vries, Saskia EJ
collection PubMed
description Nullius in verba (‘trust no one’), chosen as the motto of the Royal Society in 1660, implies that independently verifiable observations—rather than authoritative claims—are a defining feature of empirical science. As the complexity of modern scientific instrumentation has made exact replications prohibitive, sharing data is now essential for ensuring the trustworthiness of one’s findings. While embraced in spirit by many, in practice open data sharing remains the exception in contemporary systems neuroscience. Here, we take stock of the Allen Brain Observatory, an effort to share data and metadata associated with surveys of neuronal activity in the visual system of laboratory mice. Data from these surveys have been used to produce new discoveries, to validate computational algorithms, and as a benchmark for comparison with other data, resulting in over 100 publications and preprints to date. We distill some of the lessons learned about open surveys and data reuse, including remaining barriers to data sharing and what might be done to address these.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-10335829
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2023
publisher eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-103358292023-07-12 Sharing neurophysiology data from the Allen Brain Observatory de Vries, Saskia EJ Siegle, Joshua H Koch, Christof eLife Neuroscience Nullius in verba (‘trust no one’), chosen as the motto of the Royal Society in 1660, implies that independently verifiable observations—rather than authoritative claims—are a defining feature of empirical science. As the complexity of modern scientific instrumentation has made exact replications prohibitive, sharing data is now essential for ensuring the trustworthiness of one’s findings. While embraced in spirit by many, in practice open data sharing remains the exception in contemporary systems neuroscience. Here, we take stock of the Allen Brain Observatory, an effort to share data and metadata associated with surveys of neuronal activity in the visual system of laboratory mice. Data from these surveys have been used to produce new discoveries, to validate computational algorithms, and as a benchmark for comparison with other data, resulting in over 100 publications and preprints to date. We distill some of the lessons learned about open surveys and data reuse, including remaining barriers to data sharing and what might be done to address these. eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2023-07-11 /pmc/articles/PMC10335829/ /pubmed/37432073 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.85550 Text en © 2023, de Vries, Siegle et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Neuroscience
de Vries, Saskia EJ
Siegle, Joshua H
Koch, Christof
Sharing neurophysiology data from the Allen Brain Observatory
title Sharing neurophysiology data from the Allen Brain Observatory
title_full Sharing neurophysiology data from the Allen Brain Observatory
title_fullStr Sharing neurophysiology data from the Allen Brain Observatory
title_full_unstemmed Sharing neurophysiology data from the Allen Brain Observatory
title_short Sharing neurophysiology data from the Allen Brain Observatory
title_sort sharing neurophysiology data from the allen brain observatory
topic Neuroscience
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10335829/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37432073
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.85550
work_keys_str_mv AT devriessaskiaej sharingneurophysiologydatafromtheallenbrainobservatory
AT sieglejoshuah sharingneurophysiologydatafromtheallenbrainobservatory
AT kochchristof sharingneurophysiologydatafromtheallenbrainobservatory