brainlife.io: A Decentralized and Open-source Cloud Platform to Support Neuroscience Research

Authors

• Soichi Hayashi, Indiana University - Bloomington
• Bradley A. Caron, Indiana University - Bloomington
• Anibal Solon Heinsfeld, University of Texas at Austin
• Sophia Vinci-Booher, Indiana University - Bloomington
• Brent McPherson, Indiana University - Bloomington
• Daniel N. Bullock, Indiana University - Bloomington
• Giulia Berto, University of Texas at Austin
• Guiomar Niso, Indiana University - Bloomington
• Sandra Hanekamp, University of Texas at Austin
• Daniel Levitas, Indiana University - Bloomington
• Kimberly Ray, University of Texas at Austin
• Anne MacKenzie, University of Texas at Austin
• Paolo Avesani, Fondazione Bruno Kessler
• Lindsey Kitchell, Indiana University - Bloomington
• Josiah K. Leong, University of Arkansas, FayettevilleFollow
• Filipi Nascimento-Silva, Indiana University - Bloomington
• Serge Koudoro, Indiana University - Bloomington
• Hanna Willis, University of Oxford
• Jasleen K. Jolly, Anglia Ruskin University
• Derek Pisner, University of Texas at Austin
• Taylor R. Zuidema, Indiana University - Bloomington
• Jan W. Kurzawski, New York University
• Kyriaki Mikellidou, University of Cyprus
• Aurore Bussalb, Sorbonne Universite
• Maximilien Chaumon, Sorbonne Universite
• Nathalie George, Sorbonne Universite
• Christopher Rorden, University of South Carolina
• Conner Victory, Lawrence Technological University
• Dheeraj Bhatia, University of Texas at Austin
• Dogu Baran Aydogan, University of Eastern Finland
• Fang-Chen F. Yeh, University of Pittsburgh
• Franco Delogu, Lawrence Technological University
• Javier Guaje, Indiana University - Bloomington
• Jelle Veraart, New York University
• Jeremy Fischer, Indiana University - Bloomington
• Joshua Faskowitz, Indiana University - Bloomington
• Ricardo Fabrega, Indiana University - Bloomington
• David Hunt, Indiana University - Bloomington
• Shawn McKee, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
• Shawn T. Brown, Hewlett-Packard
• Stephanie Heyman, SHEGEL
• Vittorio Iacovella, University of Trento
• Amanda F. Mejia, Indiana University - Bloomington
• Daniele Marinazzo, University of Ghent
• R. Cameron Craddock, University of Texas at Austin
• Emanuale Olivetti, University of Trento
• Jamie L. Hanson, University of Pittsburgh
• Eleftherios Garyfallidis, Indiana University - Bloomington
• Dan Stanzione, University of Texas at Austin
• James Carson, University of Texas at Austin
• Robert Henschel, Indiana University - Bloomington
• David Y. Hancock, Indiana University - Bloomington
• Craig A. Stewart, Indiana University - Bloomington
• David Schnyer, University of Texas at Austin
• Damian O. Eke, University of Nottingham
• Russell A. Poldrack, Stanford University
• Steffen Bollmann, University of Queensland
• Ashley Stewart, University of Queensland
• Holly Bridge, University of Queensland
• Ilaria Sani, The Rockefeller University
• Winrich A. Freiwald, The Rockefeller University
• Aina Puce, Indiana University - Bloomington
• Nicholas L. Port, Indiana University - Bloomington
• Franco Pestilli, Indiana University - Bloomington

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-2024

Keywords

Cognitive neuroscience; Computational neuroscience; Databases; Technology; Translational research

Abstract

Neuroscience is advancing standardization and tool development to support rigor and transparency. Consequently, data pipeline complexity has increased, hindering FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable) access. brainlife.io was developed to democratize neuroimaging research. The platform provides data standardization, management, visualization and processing and automatically tracks the provenance history of thousands of data objects. Here, brainlife.io is described and evaluated for validity, reliability, reproducibility, replicability and scientific utility using four data modalities and 3,200 participants.

Citation

Hayashi, S., Caron, B. A., Heinsfeld, A. S., Vinci-Booher, S., McPherson, B., Bullock, D. N., Berto, G., Niso, G., Hanekamp, S., Levitas, D., Ray, K., MacKenzie, A., Avesani, P., Kitchell, L., Leong, J. K., Nascimento-Silva, F., Koudoro, S., Willis, H., Jolly, J. K., Pisner, D., Zuidema, T. R., Kurzawski, J. W., Mikellidou, K., Bussalb, A., Chaumon, M., George, N., Rorden, C., Victory, C., Bhatia, D., Aydogan, D. B., Yeh, F. F., Delogu, F., Guaje, J., Veraart, J., Fischer, J., Faskowitz, J., Fabrega, R., Hunt, D., McKee, S., Brown, S. T., Heyman, S., Iacovella, V., Mejia, A. F., Marinazzo, D., Craddock, R. C., Olivetti, E., Hanson, J. L., Garyfallidis, E., Stanzione, D., Carson, J., Henschel, R., Hancock, D. Y., Stewart, C. A., Schnyer, D., Eke, D. O., Poldrack, R. A., Bollmann, S., Stewart, A., Bridge, H., Sani, I., Freiwald, W. A., Puce, A., Port, N. L., & Pestilli, F. (2024). brainlife.io: A Decentralized and Open-source Cloud Platform to Support Neuroscience Research. Nature Methods, 21 (5), 809-813. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-024-02237-2

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