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MIACA is NOT a data repository: The initiative does not collect data from cell-based assays, e.g., for utilization or exploitation. However, MIACA indeed aims to stimulate exchange of data and information within the scientific community, based on standardized descriptions of the data and the experimental processes.

MIACA is NOT a collection of protocols. Instead, we invite scientists from academia and industry to test the MIACA guideline on their specific assays, and to provide feedback on limitations and shortcomings of the MIACA guideline in order to further improve this community development.

In late 2006, the Minimum Information About a Cellular Assay initiative has reached a major milestone with the submission of a manuscript to the Nature Biotechnology journal. There, this MIACA manuscript and a number of other manuscripts mostly on proteomics reporting guidelines are now open for public review.

The community is invited to visit NBT at http://www.nature.com/nbt/consult/index.html and to provide ideas and feedback on these guideline manuscripts, and in particular on the MIACA paper. This should be directly sent to biotech@natureny.com.... read more

The Schema file was updated to the April 2006 version accomodating new features (see release notes in the files section). A specialised schema for cell-based assays involving the transfection of nucleic acids is also avialable.

MIACA is one key topic of this year’s HUPO Proteomics Standards Initiative (PSI) workshop - Proteomics and Beyond, held in San Francisco, USA between April 21-23 (http://psidev.sf.net/meetings/2006-04/). There the MIACA working group will discuss the status quo and the next steps (MIACA session on Sunday from 9am to 1pm). A draft agenda is available in the >Docs< page: https://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=32260&group_id=158121