Nanoinformatics for environmental health and biomedicine

• Rong Liu and
• Yoram Cohen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 2449–2451, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.253

• nanomaterials. In one contribution, the latest version of caNanoLab is described along with a critical discussion of the challenges associated with database development for nanomaterials, as well as the needs for nano-data curation and sharing by the biomedical research community [4]. The latest development of

Nanocuration workflows: Establishing best practices for identifying, inputting, and sharing data to inform decisions on nanomaterials

• Christina M. Powers,
• Karmann A. Mills,
• Stephanie A. Morris,
• Fred Klaessig,
• Sharon Gaheen,
• Nastassja Lewinski and
• Christine Ogilvie Hendren

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1860–1871, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.189

• Institute’s (NCI) cancer Nanotechnology Laboratory (caNanoLab; https://cananolab.nci.nih.gov/caNanoLab/) data portal is to provide a comprehensive resource for individuals in the biomedical nanotechnology research community to share data that supports the use of nanotechnology in biomedicine (e.g., novel

• cancer diagnostic or therapeutic tools and technologies). As part of NCI, caNanoLab uses a nanotechnology information object model (nano-OM) to capture standardized nanomaterial composition and characterization concepts [5]. The nano-OM facilitates the use of Common Data Elements (CDEs) for cancer

• consistent across datasets and resources). The use of the nano-OM in caNanoLab supports queries on publications, protocols, nanomaterials and associated compositions and characterizations. These data can be used by modeling and simulation tools to discover data patterns that guide decisions on new biomedical

The eNanoMapper database for nanomaterial safety information

• Nina Jeliazkova,
• Charalampos Chomenidis,
• Philip Doganis,
• Bengt Fadeel,
• Roland Grafström,
• Barry Hardy,
• Janna Hastings,
• Markus Hegi,
• Vedrin Jeliazkov,
• Nikolay Kochev,
• Pekka Kohonen,
• Cristian R. Munteanu,
• Haralambos Sarimveis,
• Bart Smeets,
• Pantelis Sopasakis,
• Georgia Tsiliki,
• David Vorgrimmler and
• Egon Willighagen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1609–1634, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.165

• ], Nanomaterial-Biological Interactions Knowledgebase (http://nbi.oregonstate.edu/), caNanoLab (http://cananolab.nci.nih.gov/caNanoLab/) [7], InterNano (http://www.internano.org/), Nano-EHS Database Analysis Tool (http://icon.rice.edu/report.cfm), nanoHUB (nanohub.org/resources/databases/), NanoTechnology

Experiences in supporting the structured collection of cancer nanotechnology data using caNanoLab

• Stephanie A. Morris,
• Sharon Gaheen,
• Michal Lijowski,
• Mervi Heiskanen and
• Juli Klemm

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1580–1593, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.161

• Laboratory (caNanoLab) data portal is an online nanomaterial database that allows users to submit and retrieve information on well-characterized nanomaterials, including composition, in vitro and in vivo experimental characterizations, experimental protocols, and related publications. Initiated in 2006

• , caNanoLab serves as an established resource with an infrastructure supporting the structured collection of nanotechnology data to address the needs of the cancer biomedical and nanotechnology communities. The portal contains over 1,000 curated nanomaterial data records that are publicly accessible for

• nanotechnology data curation and sharing in the biomedical research community. We will also describe the latest version of caNanoLab, caNanoLab 2.0, which includes enhancements and new features to improve usability such as personalized views of data and enhanced search and navigation. Keywords: caNanoLab

Using natural language processing techniques to inform research on nanotechnology

• Nastassja A. Lewinski and
• Bridget T. McInnes

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1439–1449, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.149

• developing and implementing effective mechanisms for collecting, validating, storing, sharing, analyzing, modeling, and applying that information” [4]. Applications of nanoinformatics include data integration and exchange (e.g., caNanoLab, GoodNanoGuide), nanoparticle characterization (e.g., caNanoLab

• developed tool, ABMiner (available at http://discover.nci.nih.gov/abminer/). Three databases (ICON, caNanoLab, and NBI) were used as the data sources. Data extraction was performed using application programming interface (API) calling via web services and data scraping via parsing web pages. The model