REMBI: Recommended Metadata for Biological Images-enabling reuse of microscopy data in biology.
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SUBMITTER: Sarkans U
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8606015 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec
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REMBI: Recommended Metadata for Biological Images-enabling reuse of microscopy data in biology.
Sarkans Ugis U Chiu Wah W Collinson Lucy L Darrow Michele C MC Ellenberg Jan J Grunwald David D Hériché Jean-Karim JK Iudin Andrii A Martins Gabriel G GG Meehan Terry T Narayan Kedar K Patwardhan Ardan A Russell Matthew Robert Geoffrey MRG Saibil Helen R HR Strambio-De-Castillia Caterina C Swedlow Jason R JR Tischer Christian C Uhlmann Virginie V Verkade Paul P Barlow Mary M Bayraktar Omer O Birney Ewan E Catavitello Cesare C Cawthorne Christopher C Wagner-Conrad Stephan S Duke Elizabeth E Paul-Gilloteaux Perrine P Gustin Emmanuel E Harkiolaki Maria M Kankaanpää Pasi P Lemberger Thomas T McEntyre Jo J Moore Josh J Nicholls Andrew W AW Onami Shuichi S Parkinson Helen H Parsons Maddy M Romanchikova Marina M Sofroniew Nicholas N Swoger Jim J Utz Nadine N Voortman Lenard M LM Wong Frances F Zhang Peijun P Kleywegt Gerard J GJ Brazma Alvis A
Nature methods 20211201 12
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