Welcome to menoci.io

menoci is a collection of open source Drupal extension modules that can be used to rapidly deploy an integrated website and data management portal for research projects in the biomedical and life sciences.

The menoci modules are actively developed and maintained by the University Medical Center Göttingen, Department of Medical Informatics, and Scientific Data Center Göttingen, GWDG.

Architecture

Based on the Drupal web content management system, menoci introduces multiple extension modules that support scientific data management for life science research projects.

Features

Features of menoci include:

• Manage and display the scientific track record of your project in a standardized format (peer-reviewed article, published datasets, preprints, etc.)
• Document and display all resources linked to the published data
• Keep track of key assets for your biomedical experiments:
  • Antibodies,
  • Mouse lines and mice,
  • Cell lines* and cell models (iPSC, hiPSC)
  • Laboratory notebooks*
• Store your research data in CDSTAR and publish datasets with persistent resolvable identifiers from the ePIC consortium.

*) The menoci modules "Cell Model Catalogue" and "Lab Notebook Registry" are not currently included in the default software distribution but are freely available upon request.

Reference projects

Literature

The menoci software project has been covered in the following scientific articles:

• Freckmann, Luca, Henke, Christian, Kossen, Robert, Weber, Linus, Sax, Ulrich, Nussbeck, Sara Y., Kusch, Harald. 2023. Approaching automation of multiple instance orchestration of the menoci web portal. Bausteine Forschungsdatenmanagement. doi:10.17192/bfdm.2023.5.8608 . View in menoci
• Kusch H, Kossen R, Suhr M, Freckmann L, Weber L, Henke C, Lehmann C, Rheinländer S, Aschenbrandt G, Kühlborn LK, Marzec B, Menzel J, Schwappach B, Zelarayan LC, Cyganek L, Antonios G, Kohl T, Lehnart SE, Zoremba M, Sax U, Nussbeck SY. Management of Metadata Types in Basic Cardiological Research. Stud Health Technol Inform 2021 doi:10.3233/shti210542 . View in menoci
• Suhr M, Lehmann C, Bauer CR, Bender T, Knopp C, Freckmann L, Öst Hansen B, Henke C, Aschenbrandt G, Kühlborn LK, Rheinländer S, Weber L, Marzec B, Hellkamp M, Wieder P, Sax U, Kusch H, Nussbeck SY. Menoci: lightweight extensible web portal enhancing data management for biomedical research projects. BMC Bioinformatics 2020 doi:10.1186/s12859-020-03928-1 . View in menoci
• Suhr M, Lehmann C, Bauer CR, Bender T, Knopp C, Freckmann L, et al. menoci: Lightweight Extensible Web Portal enabling FAIR Data Management for Biomedical Research Projects. Feb 2020, doi:10.1186/s12859-020-03928-1View in menoci
• Lehmann C, Suhr M, Umbach N, Cyganek L, Kleinsorge M, Nussbeck SY, et al. Leaving spreadsheets behind – FAIR documentation and representation of human stem cell lines in the Collaborative Research Centre 1002. GMDS 2019, Dortmund. doi:10.3205/19gmds037 . View in menoci
• Rheinländer S, Aschenbrandt G, Nussbeck SY, Suhr M, Kusch H. Towards standardized documentation of mouse lines in biomedical basic research. GMDS 2019, Dortmund. doi:10.3205/19gmds038 . View in menoci
• Suhr M, Jahn N, Mietchen D, Kusch H. Wikidata as semantic representation platform of the scientific achievements of the biomedical Collaborative Research Centre 1002. GMDS 2018, Osnabrück. doi:10.3205/18gmds173 . View in menoci
• Kusch H, Schmitt O, Marzec B, Nussbeck SY. Data organization of a clinical Collaborative Research Center in an integrated, long-term accessible Research Data Platform. GMDS 2015, Krefeld. doi:10.3205/15gmds104 . View in menoci

Contact

This project is currently maintained by

• Linus Weber, linus.weber@med.uni-goettingen.de, University Medical Center Göttingen, Department of Medical Informatics
• Christian Henke, christian.henke@med.uni-goettingen.de, University Medical Center Göttingen, Department of Medical Informatics
• Luca Freckmann, luca.freckmann@med.uni-goettingen.de, University Medical Center Göttingen, Department of Medical Informatics