The Immune Epitope database and Analysis Resource, Dr. Randi Vita
- 01:02pm April 24, 2018
- Devon Gilpatrick
Biography: Dr. Vita is the Lead Ontology and Quality Manager at The Immune Epitope Database and Analysis Project located at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology in San Diego, California. She has spent the past 12 years involved in the curation of immunological data, the design and implementation of the IEDB database and website, and the integration of ontologies into the IEDB and other related projects. Her primary focus has been the use of ontologies to standardize data capture, facilitate interoperability between projects, and generate data validation.
Synopsis: The Immune Epitope Database (IEDB) (http://www.iedb.org) is a freely available, widely used bioinformatics resource sponsored by the NIAID. The IEDB catalogs all epitopes for humans, non-human primates, rodents, and any other studied vertebrate derived from allergens, infectious diseases, autoantigens, and transplantation antigens. Our data includes more than 1.5 million experiments derived from more than 19,000 publications. The IEDB also includes epitope prediction tools to accelerate immunology research around the world. In the webinar, Dr. Vita will give an overview of the IEDB, including where the data come from, how they are entered, structured, and retrieved, and how they can be used to further immunological research.