Home - National Microbiome Data Collaborative Advancing microbiome science together Enabling microbiome science by connecting data, people, and ideas Submission Portal Contribute and share your own study and biosample information User Guide Data Portal Discover and access standardized multi-omics microbiome data User Guide API Programmatic access to standardized microbiome metadata and data User Guide Community-driven data infrastructure The NMDC is tackling existing gaps in microbiome science through distributed data infrastructure and linked data technologies. Our components — the Submission Portal, the Data Portal and API — are driven by community needs. They support data, information, knowledge sharing, and access. Learn more about the NMDC → Photo: Edward Pablo & Andrea Starr Photo: Patrick Sorensen Photo: Cathy Ryan Photo: Melanie Mayes Photo: MGM Workshop Interdisciplinary community The NMDC seeks to connect and engage the microbiome community to unlock new possibilities in microbiome data science. Our User Research program ensures we develop resources that advance microbiome science. We support participation in data curation, discovery, and analytical processes through active partnerships among the research community. Get involved with the NMDC → Advancing how scientists create, use, and reuse microbiome data Data standards with expert curation Map existing ontologies and standard vocabularies to the rich contextual metadata used to describe sample collection and processing. Use ontology mapping tools and curation resources to enable automated annotation of standardized metadata to adhere to the FAIR principles. Standardized bioinformatics workflows Develop microbiome workflows for metagenomes, metatranscriptomes, metaproteomes, and metabolomics data processing leveraging high performance compute (HPC) systems. Generate and integrate interoperable and reusable microbiome data from data providers. Data integration and access Iteratively develop a graphical web-based interface that streamlines search, data exploration, and discovery. Provide access to FAIR multidisciplinary data and standardized, reproducible data products for comparative analyses. Engagement and partnerships Establish support for open science and FAIR microbiome data across research teams and science programs. Partner with publishers, funders, and scientific societies and consortiums to incentivize data sharing and reuse. Building a world where data is FAIR Complex data from microbial genomes, proteins, and metabolites provide a window into the microbial world. Yet these data are scattered and difficult to access among scientists and databases. The NMDC makes these datasets findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable ( FAIR Findable Ensuring all data registered within the NMDC ecosystem is human and machine readable Accessible Identifying datasets that are available, including any authentication and authorization requirements Interoperable Providing provenance, metadata, and uniformly processed data that can be exchanged across resources Reusable Enabling download of data, data products, and workflows for analyses and sharing Sign up for our Newsletter, The Microbiome Standard Subscribe to our newsletter for quarterly updates that cover software development, availability of new data, and ways to engage. Thank you for your interest Please be sure to check your inbox for the latest news, updates, and information.