Getting Started

Quickstart FaceBase Data Philosophy

Using FaceBase

Key Concepts for FaceBase Users Browsing and Filtering Data Visualizations in FaceBase Data Sharing and Citing Data Exporting Data from FaceBase Accessing Data Programmatically Using 3D Viewers Viewing NIfTI files Converting TIFF to OME-TIFF (using Bio Formats)

Requesting Controlled-Access Human Data

Controlled-Access Human Data - Policy and Requests A. Read and complete the Data Use Certificate Agreement (DUC) B. Complete the online Data Access Request (DAR) form C. Select the Requested Datasets D. Print, Gather Signatures and Submit the DUC and DAR forms E. Receive notification and further instructions F. Create and upload your encryption keys G. Renew access

Submitting Data - Basics

Video Tutorials for Contributors Key Concepts for Data Contributors Data Submission Process Creating a Dataset Creating Experiments, Biosamples, and Replicates Uploading Data Files Quality Control Rules Releasing Your Dataset Self-guided Tutorial

Submitting Data - Advanced

Using the Annotations Editor (2D images) Defining Surface Models for the Surface Mesh Viewer (3D models) Linking Thumbnails to Files

Tools

DERIVA Tools - Bulk upload and export

Support

Getting Help FAQs

Introduction for FaceBase Users

Who is this for?

This guide describes how end users, such as biomedical researchers, clinicians, or students, interact with the FaceBase data browser to filter through our repository of disparate data types to find particular data of use to your research.

Features and capabilities

The FaceBase Data Browser is designed to allow the end user to:

Narrow a list of data by various attributes via filters in a sidebar or through free text search.
Browse and access metadata and related data.
Download available data files from a record.
Export metadata as a CSV file or export large files to a BDBAG and use our client tools to materialize the files to a local environment or remote cluster.
Use journal-quality citations to share data and include in your publications and presentations.
Request access to human data through a secure process.