What is the BRAINCommons?

Community + Data + Tools

The BRAINCommons empowers the global research community by providing access to multi-model data, state-of-the-art tools and a secure interoperable system for data sharing.

We are entering a new era in brain research, driven by powerful data acquisition technologies generating multi-modal data at all spatial scales, coupled with a dramatic evolution in the cost of computing.  To meet the challenges associated with brain health research, a paradigm shift is required that adapts our existing data analysis toolsets and data management processes to integrate massively multi-dimensional data to facilitate holistic modeling of the brain and its organization.

The BRAINCommons represents a next-generation digital ecosystem that is uniquely able to meet today’s data analysis challenges facing brain researchers.

In order to maintain brain health, we must gain a profoundly deeper understanding of the brain’s trajectory through its lifespan, including the perturbations that represent disorder, disease and dysfunction as well as resiliency. The BRAINCommons’ innovative integration of Data, Tools and Community will make this possible.

The BRAINCommons implements best practices for data sharing:

Findable. Accessible. Interoperable. Reusable. (FAIR)

The BRAINCommons is designed for people that want to:

  • Safeguard and protect data integrity & privacy
  • Securely store and access large (petabyte) cohort multi-modal data sets from numerous studies
  • Leverage deeply phenotyped, curated and harmonized data that expedites analysis and discovery
  • Access and run advanced, best-in-class analytic tools and pipelines to support cross-study and cross-disease research
  • Remove data-sharing hurdles and collaborate with R&D Peers across Industry, Academia, Government and Nonprofits
  • Contribute to hypothesis generation, data exploration, replication, validation and systems- modeling for brain health
  • Contribute to a sustainable solution that leverages scalable infrastructure and shared maintenance costs

How the BRAINCommons works

BRAIN Commons - How it Works

Brain Health Researchers
Move your analysis and data visualization to the Commons and find fruitful collaborations based on productive friction with both known and new colleagues.
Data Scientists
Adopt a scalable, flexible platform to host, analyze and explore research related to brain health.
Policy Makers
Understand the state of the science in brain health research with informative data visualization.
Patients/Caregivers
Stay up-to-date on the state of the science in brain health research that is pertinent to you and your loved ones.
Modelers
Create holistic, systems models of the brain using high-performance AI tools.

The BRAINCommons is an enabling digital ecosystem designed to fuel discovery in an interconnected research community and that promotes multidisciplinary team science, data sharing, analytics and collaboration.

This will ultimately lead to novel discoveries that drive diagnostic and therapeutic innovation to reduce the burden of brain-related disorders and promote brain health.