OMERO: flexible, model-driven data management for experimental biology

Nat Methods. 2012 Feb 28;9(3):245-53. doi: 10.1038/nmeth.1896.

Abstract

Data-intensive research depends on tools that manage multidimensional, heterogeneous datasets. We built OME Remote Objects (OMERO), a software platform that enables access to and use of a wide range of biological data. OMERO uses a server-based middleware application to provide a unified interface for images, matrices and tables. OMERO's design and flexibility have enabled its use for light-microscopy, high-content-screening, electron-microscopy and even non-image-genotype data. OMERO is open-source software, available at http://openmicroscopy.org/.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biology / methods
  • Computer Simulation
  • Database Management Systems*
  • Databases, Factual*
  • Humans
  • Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods*
  • Information Storage and Retrieval / methods*
  • Models, Biological*
  • Software*
  • User-Computer Interface*