Kyoda Koji, Itoga Hiroya, Yamagata Yuki, Fujisawa Emi, Wang Fangfang, Miranda-Miranda Miguel, Yamamoto Haruna, Nakano Yasue, Tohsato Yukako, Onami Shuichi
Laboratory for Developmental Dynamics, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, 2-2-3 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan.
Life Science Data Sharing Unit, RIKEN Information R&D and Strategy Headquarters, 2-2-3 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan.
Nucleic Acids Res. 2025 Jan 6;53(D1):D1716-D1723. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkae860.
SSBD (https://ssbd.riken.jp) is a platform for the sharing and reuse of bioimaging data. As part of efforts to build a bioimaging data ecosystem, SSBD has recently been updated to a two-tiered data resource comprising SSBD:repository, a public repository for the sharing of all types of bioimaging data reported in journals, and SSBD:database, an added-value database for the sharing of curated, highly reusable, metadata-rich data. This update addresses the conflicting demands of rapid data publication and sharing of richly annotated data, thereby promoting bioimaging data sharing and reuse. With this update, SSBD is now positioned as a core repository and database within the foundingGIDE, an international consortium working to establish a global image data ecosystem. Harmonizing metadata between data resources enables cross-searching and data exchange with data resources from other countries and regions.
