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Title: The C-MĀIKI Gateway: A Modern Science Platform for Analyzing Microbiome Data
In collaboration with the Center for Microbiome Analysis through Island Knowledge and Investigations (C-MĀIKI), the Hawaii EPSCoR Ike Wai project and the Hawaii Data Science Institute, a new science gateway, the C-MĀIKI gateway, was developed to support modern, interoperable and scalable microbiome data analysis. This gateway provides a web-based interface for accessing high-performance computing resources and storage to enable and support reproducible microbiome data analysis. The C-MĀIKI gateway is accelerating the analysis of microbiome data for Hawaii through ease of use and centralized infrastructure.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1931575 2023298
PAR ID:
10343597
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing
Volume:
2022
Page Range / eLocation ID:
1 to 7
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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