PyOmeroUpload

PyOmeroUpload automates uploading microscopy images and associated metadata to the Open Microscopy Environment (OMERO) to create annotated, multidimensional datasets for microscopy data management and reproducibility.


Key Features:

  • Automated Metadata Extraction: Extracts metadata from experiment logs and text files for comprehensive dataset annotation.
  • Image Processing and Upload: Processes image data and uploads annotated, multidimensional datasets to OMERO servers.
  • Platform Independence: Distributed in portable Docker images for cross-platform deployment.
  • Integration with Open Research Platforms: Facilitates deposition to OMERO to support dataset storage, annotation, and publication workflows.

Scientific Applications:

  • Microscopy Data Management: Automates creation, annotation, and organization of microscopy image datasets for research workflows.
  • Reproducibility and Open Science: Enables deposition of annotated datasets to OMERO to support data sharing, reproducibility, and open research practices.

Methodology:

Automates extraction of metadata from experiment logs and text files, processes image data together with extracted metadata to create annotated multidimensional datasets, and uploads the resulting datasets to OMERO servers.

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Details

License:
MIT
Programming Languages:
Python
Added:
1/18/2021
Last Updated:
1/30/2021

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Publications

Hay J, Troup E, Clark I, Pietsch J, Zieliński T, Millar A. PyOmeroUpload: A Python toolkit for uploading images and metadata to OMERO. Wellcome Open Research. 2020;5:96. doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15853.2. PMID:32766455. PMCID:PMC7388197.

PMID: 32766455
PMCID: PMC7388197
Funding: - Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council: BB/M018040 - Wellcome Trust: 204804

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