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Date 2023-06-19
Heading Urgent maintenance of SSBD OMERO
Content Due to urgent maintenance of SSBD OMERO, there are problems viewing images. We are working to resolve the problem.

Date 2023-05-18
Heading QTBD5Viewer - a visualizer for BD5-format files - is now available.
Content QTBD5Viewer https://github.com/openssbd/QTBD5Viewer - a visualizer for BD5-format files - is now available. It runs on Windows, macOS, and Ubuntu Linux. BD5-format is a unified file format for quantitative biodynamics data and SSBD:database provides various types of such data in BD5-format.

Date 2022-12-24
Heading System maintenance, Jan 20, 17:00 - Jan 21, 17:00, 2023.
Content Due to system maintenance, the SSBD database, SSBD repository, and related databases will be unavailable from January 20, 17:00, to January 21, 17:00. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Date 2022-11-30
Heading System maintenance 9:00-17:00, Dec 7, 2022
Content Due to system maintenance, SSBD might be unavailable between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm on Wednesday, December 7, 2022. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Date 2022-11-23
Heading SSBD:database 2022.11 update
Content We are pleased to announce the SSBD:database 2022.11 update, which includes 1123 image datasets (6.5TB). Added datasets are 163-Wang-MitochondrialDyn, 186-Tsuboi-TumorDyn, 187-Tsuboi-TumorDyn, 197-Bannai-CalciumIonSignaling, 199-Ichimura-MulticellularDyn, 209-Kimura-SkinMorphology, 210-Takeo-HFregeneration, 218-Tanaka-CellSignallingDyn, 222-Dodo-RamanImaging, 224-Kamada-MitosisDyn, 225-Seiriki-WholeBrainDev, 226-Matsumura-WholeBrainDev, 227-Egoshi-RamanImaging, 228-Kanadome-CellInteration, 229-Yamada-GeneExpression, 233-Nishiyama-CellDyn, 234-Kobayashi-ChemotaxisDyn, 235-Hattori-SmartphoneBioImaging, 239-Miyamoto-MitochondrialDyn, 240-Yoshizawa-MitosisDyn, 241-Vu-TemperatureDyn, 242-Wazawa-CellDyn.

Date 2022-04-08
Heading SSBD:database the second half of 2021 update
Content We are pleased to announce the second half of the SSBD 2021 update in the cherry blossom season in Japan. The update includes 755 image datasets (569 GB) and one quantitative dataset (13MB). The added datasets are 131-Wen-NeuronalNucDyn, 138-Ito-SPBDyn, 164-Ono-NeuPMCA, 170-Tsutsui-HookBM, 172-Yoshida-ERKTracheaDev, 177-Kinjo-cAMPsignalingDyn, 178-konagaya-CellMigration, 179-Kobachi-BLVRAactivity, 180-Watabe-Biosensoractivity, 183-Iwasaki-SpineDyn, 184-Tanaka-SpineDyn, 185-Hoshino-MyotubeCa2Signal, 188-Ipponjima-NHEKsCornification, 189-Kobayashi-NSCsDyn, 190-Iguchi-SpineDyn, 192-Hiroshima-SingleMolDyn, 194-Obashi-SpineDyn, 196-Sueda-GeneExpReg, 202-Miyagawa-ChemotaxisDyn, 203-Tanabe-SingleDyn, 205-Shen-CellPatterning, 206-Miyamoto-CiliaryMorphology, 207-Kuroda-FinMorphology, 211-Hiroshima-EGFRTracking, 212-Kajikawa-GeckoEmbryos, 213-Yoshida-SpindleDyn, 217-Sakai-iRFPactivity.

Date 2021-11-30
Heading SSBD:database the first half of 2021 update
Content We are pleased to announce the first half of the SSBD 2021 update, which includes 1799 image datasets (8TB) and four quantitative datasets (6MB). We have a plan for the second half of the 2021 update until next spring. Added datasets are 70-Yoshida-KTMTDyn, 72-Kyogoku-CytoplasmNucDyn, 120-Ding-CentromericDyn, 126-Imanishi-CellMorNuCyM, 127-Konishi-ERKDyn, 128-Muta-IECsERKDync, 129-Komatsu-ERKBiosensorActivity, 130-Sano-CellMigrationDyn, 161-Tanaka-MEFMitochondrial, 165-Kinjo-ERKactivity, 166-Takubo-ECsTrajectory, 171-Ochi-Hes1DynNPCs.

Date 2021-05-26
Heading [Press Release] Launch of “NeuroGT Database”, a brain atlas of neurogenic tagging CreER mouse drivers
Content Drs. Yukako Tohsato and Hiroya Itoga in our SSBD team, together with Prof. Tatsumi Hirata (NIG) and colleagues, developed the “NeuroGT database,” which contains whole-brain image data of tagged neurons based on time of neurogenesis. Through NeuroGT, researchers can find suitable neurogenic tagging driver lines for their research. https://so.riken.jp/2021/05/26/press-release-launch-of-neurogt-database-a-brain-atlas-of-neurogenic-tagging-creer-mouse-drivers/

Date 2021-05-24
Heading REMBI: Recommended Metadata for Biological Images
Content Our TL Dr Onami joined discussions on metadata standards in biological image data sharing with an international bioimaging community lead by EMBL-EBI. They propose global metadata guidelines, REMBI: Recommended Metadata for Biological Images. https://so.riken.jp/2021/05/24/rembi-recommended-metadata-for-biological-images/

Date 2021-05-11
Heading [Press Release] Recommendations for global standards of open image data formats and repositories.
Content TL Dr Shuichi Onami and Prof. Jason Swedlow (University of Dundee, UK) along with Global Bioimaging, an international consortium of the leading experts in bioimaging communities, released recommendations for bioimage data format standards and open access image data repositories. These recommendations contribute to accelerating the development of the bioimaging field through data sharing. https://so.riken.jp/2021/05/11/sharing-global-standards-of-open-image-date/

Date 2021-04-28
Heading Network maintenance on May 6
Content Due to network maintenance, the SSBD:database, SSBD:repository, and the sister databases will not be accessible from 00:00 a.m. to 01:30 a.m. JST (GMT-9) on May 6 (Thu) 2021. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Date 2021-03-18
Heading Network maintenance on Mar 23.
Content Due to network maintenance, the SSBD:database/repository will not be accessible intermittently on Mar 23 afternoon. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Date 2021-02-25
Heading Some BD5 APIs are not available
Content Some BD5 APIs are not available now cause of the technical issue. We're working on a fix.

Date 2021-02-09
Heading System maintenance on Feb 9
Content Due to system maintenance, the 4D visualizer and APIs will not be available on Feb 9, 9:00-16:00. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Date 2021-01-16
Heading System maintenance on 2021/1/22, 1/23
Content Due to system maintenance, SSBD:database/repository will not be available from Jan 22 17:00 to Jan 23 17:00. Sorry for inconvenience.

Date 2020-12-24
Heading SSBD 2020 Update
Content SSBD 2020 update, the metadata database fully renewed, and 77 image datasets (7GB) and 4 quantitative datasets are added. We are plaining next database update in a half year for COVID-19 situation.

Date 2020-11-25
Heading System maintenance
Content We will be performing some maintenance work on the SSBD:database this week (2020-11-25). You may experience some service outage from time to time.

Date 2020-08-12
Heading A new paper on BD5 is published in PLOS ONE
Content A new paper "BD5: an open HDF5-based data format to represent quantitative biological dynamics data" is now published in PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237468

Date 2020-07-23
Heading BD5 manual was updated.
Content BD5 manual was updated. http://ssbd.qbic.riken.jp/bdml/bd5.html

Date 2020-05-26
Heading SSBD:database and SSBD:repository video
Content Shuichi Onami presented SSBD:database and SSBD:repository at the online 2020 OME Community Meeting. You can watch it here https://downloads.openmicroscopy.org/presentations/2020/Dundee/main-talks/Shuichi_Onami.mp4

Date 2020-04-28
Heading A preprint paper on BD5 is available on bioarivx.
Content A preprint paper on "BD5: an open HDF5-based data format to represent quantitative biological dynamics data" is available in bioarivx. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.26.062976

Date 2020-02-07
Heading REST API service is now returned to normal
Content REST API service is now returned to normal operation.

Date 2020-02-03
Heading SSBD:repository page is open + some minor updates
Content We have opened SSBD:repository page. You can find it here http://ssbd.qbic.riken.jp/repository. We have made some minor updates to the system correcting some errors on past datasets and allowing more quantitative datasets to be accessed by REST API. We have also revised our Japanese page. For more details http://ssbd.qbic.riken.jp/update *Note: REST API is temporary unavailable (2020-02-03), we shall try to return it to service as soon as possible.

Date 2020-01-09
Heading System maintenance notice (3 February 2020)
Content The system will be under maintenance on 3 February 2019. SSBD database will not be available between 14:00~17:00 JST

Date 2019-11-20
Heading 2019 Release
Content In 2019 there are now 687 BDML files which include 810,685,686 entries, and 4,162 image sets. Please visit the Resources page http://ssbd.qbic.riken.jp/resources/ for more details.

Date 2019-11-15
Heading System maintenance notice (20 November 2019)
Content The system will be updated on 20 November 2019. SSBD database will not be available on that day.

Date 2019-09-12
Heading Logo changed
Content SSBD is now rebranded as SSBD:database with a new logo.

Date 2019-09-02
Heading MATLAB connecting to SSBD API released
Content MATLAB wrapper for connecting to SSBD API is now available at Github. https://github.com/openssbd/MATLAB_SSBDapi

Date 2019-08-13
Heading 4D Cell Nuclear Tracking - training course code
Content 4D Cell Nuclear Tracking - training course material is now available on Github https://github.com/openssbd/4D-cell-nuclear-tracking

Date 2019-07-24
Heading Latest update
Content All the visualization data for quantitative data have been updated. Error on Keller et al. 2010 had been reported and a new version of BDML/BD5 files have been updated.

Date 2019-07-22
Heading System maintenance notice (24 July 2019)
Content Due to system maintenance, SSBD database will not be available between. 14:00 - 17:00 on 24 July 2019,

Date 2019-01-04
Heading System maintenance notice (Date: Jan. 25~28 (JST))
Content Due to system maintenance, SSBD database will not be available between Jan. 25, 17:00 to Jan 28, 09:00 (JST)

Date 2018-11-15
Heading 2018 New Release
Content 453 sets of images and 103 sets of quantitative data were added. Please visit the Resources page http://ssbd.qbic.riken.jp/resources/ for more details.

Date 2018-10-25
Heading OMERO Open Workshop in Kobe 2018
Content OMERO Open Workshop in Kobe 2018 Click here for more details http://ssbd.qbic.riken.jp/event/omero2018/

Date 2018-03-23
Heading System maintenance - some disruption of service
Content We are migrating to a new server. Some of the services are not available during this period. We hope to provide full service asap.

Date 2017-12-01
Heading System maintenance notice (Date: Dec 4 JST)
Content Due to system maintenance, SSBD database will be unavailable on Monday 4 December 2017

Date 2017-10-10
Heading REST API v3 and manual have been released.
Content A new REST API v3 has been released to support SSBD 3.0. Manual of the REST API has been updated.

Date 2017-10-03
Heading BDML schema 3.0 and SSBD 3.0 released!
Content BDML schema version 3.0, PDPML schema version 1.0, and OMICSBDML version 1.0 have been released. All BDML-files have been updated. 23 BDML-files and 280 image-sets have been added. SSBD database system was updated.

Date 2017-07-10
Heading System maintenance notice (Date: July 10 (JST))
Content SSBD will not be available on 10 July 2017 due to unscheduled maintenance

Date 2017-05-20
Heading SSBD API notice
Content SSBD REST API full service is now available.

Date 2017-03-01
Heading SSBD API notice
Content SSBD REST API coordsXYZ is currently unavailable due to recent system maintenance. The service will resume shortly. Please check back later.

Date 2017-02-19
Heading System maintenance notice (Date: Feb. 20~ (JST))
Content Due to system maintenance, SSBD database will be unavailable Feb. 20 to 28 (About 9 days, JST).

Date 2017-01-27
Heading System maintenance notice (Date: Jan. 27~ (JST))
Content Due to system maintenance, SSBD database will be unavailable Jan. 27, 5:00 pm to 28, 05:00 pm (About 1 day, JST).

Date 2016-11-25
Heading New SSBD API
Content SSBD REST API "coordinates" is now available to retrieve data for both BDML ver0.15 and 0.18 files. "coordsXYZ" API is also available for backward compatibility, but it will be phased out in the future.

Date 2016-10-04
Heading 137 BDML-files added
Content 14 BDML-files in C. elegans have been updated and 123 BDML-files in C. elegans, D. discoideum, PC-12 cell, and so on have been added.

Date 2016-10-04
Heading SSBD API notice
Content SSBD REST API coordsXYZ is currently under maintenance and is unavailable due to recent update. The service will resume shortly after the updates. Please check back later.

Date 2016-10-01
Heading System maintenance notice (Date: Oct. 4 (JST))
Content Due to system maintenance, SSBD database will be unavailable Oct. 4, 2016 13:00 pm to 18:00 pm (About 5 hours, JST).

Date 2016-05-20
Heading 14 BDML-file added
Content 14 BDML-files and the corresponding microscopy images in C. elegans have been added.

Date 2016-04-11
Heading OpenSSBD released and Web services updated
Content OpenSSBD, an open-source version of SSBD, has been released. Viewer and RESTful API have been updated.

Date 2016-01-18
Heading 2 BDML-files added
Content 2 BDML-files in M. musculus and microscopy images in M. musculus, R. norvegicus, and D. discoideum have been added.

Date 2015-11-27
Heading Phenochar and manuals updated!
Content Phenochar has been updated (version 3 and 2 for BDML schema 0.15 and 0.18, respectively). Manuals about SSBD-RDF data have been added.

Date 2015-10-03
Heading 1 BDML-file added.
Content 1 BDML-file in D. discoideum has been added.

Date 2015-08-19
Heading Viewer and RESTful API updated!
Content Viewer and RESTful API have been updated.

Date 2015-03-19
Heading System maintenance notice (Date: Mar. 19 (JST))
Content Due to system maintenance, SSBD database will be unavailable Mar. 19, 13:00 pm to 18:00 pm (About 5 hours, JST).

Date 2015-01-30
Heading System maintenance notice (Date: Jan. 30 (JST))
Content Due to system maintenance, SSBD database will be unavailable Jan. 30, 09:00 pm to 31, 09:00 pm (About 1 day, JST).

Date 2014-11-20
Heading BDML paper published online.

Date 2014-10-03
Heading OmicsBDML schema 0.18 released! 20 files added.
Content OmicsBDML schema version 0.18 have been released. 20 BDML-files in M. musculus and C. elegans have been added.

Date 2014-10-01
Heading System maintenance notice (Date: Oct. 1 (JST))
Content Due to system maintenance, SSBD database will be unavailable Oct. 1, 2014 11:00 am to 12:00 am (About 1 hour, JST).

Date 2014-08-28
Heading BDML schema 0.2 released!
Content BDML schema version 0.2 has been released. All software have been updated.

Date 2014-06-18
Heading BDML schema 0.18 released!
Content BDML schema version 0.18 have been released. All BDML-files and software have been updated.

Date 2014-03-17
Heading System maintenance notice (Date: Mar. 19 (JST))
Content Due to system maintenance, SSBD database will be unavailable Mar. 19, 2014 10:00 am to 13:00 pm (About 4 hours, JST).

Date 2014-03-07
Heading System maintenance notice (Date: Mar. 8 (JST))
Content Due to system maintenance, SSBD database will be unavailable Mar. 8, 2014 09:00 am to 13:00 pm (About 4 hours, JST).

Date 2013-12-03
Heading Visit us at MBSJ 2013 (booth: BioDB6)
Content Visit us at MBSJ 2013 (booth: BioDB6)

Date 2013-12-02
Heading 94 BDML-files added.
Content 94 BDML-files in Zebrafish, and C. elegans have been added.

Date 2013-11-27
Heading System maintenance notice (Date: Nov. 27 (JST))
Content Due to system maintenance, SSBD database will be unavailable Nov. 27, 2013 02:00 pm to 04:00 pm (About 2 hours, JST).

Date 2013-11-20
Heading System maintenance notice (Date: Nov. 21 (JST))
Content Due to system maintenance, SSBD database will be unavailable Nov. 21, 2013 10:00 am to 01:00 pm (About 3 hours, JST).

Date 2013-11-11
Heading System maintenance notice (Date: Nov. 12 (JST))
Content Due to system maintenance, SSBD database will be unavailable Nov. 12, 2013 04:00 pm to 07:00 pm (About 3 hours, JST).

Date 2013-10-03
Heading 17 BDML-files added.
Content 17 BDML-files in Zebrafish, D. melanogaster, and C. elegans have been added.

Date 2013-10-02
Heading System maintenance notice (Date: Oct. 9 (JST))
Content Due to system maintenance, SSBD database will be unavailable Oct. 9, 2013 10:00 am to 01:00 pm (About 3 hours, JST).

Date 2013-09-02
Heading SSBD database and BDML schema released!
Content SSBD database was opened. BDML schema version 0.15 and PDPML schema version 0.05 have been finalized and released.