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Title, description, contributor identity, institution, access level, data location type, and external repository links when applicable.
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Review what information is needed before signing in to contribute raw or processed data to PhysioVerse, including omics, imaging, metadata files, ZIP packages, or repository links.
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The MPS Engine metadata search is public and does not require an account. Contributors who want to add raw or processed data directly to PhysioVerse, such as omics, imaging, functional data, ZIP packages, metadata files, or supporting documents, must sign up or sign in. After signing in, contributors can create a dataset record, upload files, add metadata, link repositories, save drafts, submit records for review, and manage submission status from their dashboard.
Before you start
Prepare the information needed for a searchable dataset record
PhysioVerse uses a metadata-first submission workflow. Contributors first describe the dataset, system, modalities, files, metadata, access expectations, and provenance. This helps reviewers understand the submission and helps future users search and reuse approved records.
You can review the submission requirements before signing in. Creating a dataset record, uploading files, managing submissions, and sending a record for review require a PhysioVerse account.
Sign In to Submit DataPrepare these items
- Dataset title and short description
- Contributor name, email, and institution
- System category or categories, if more than one applies
- Component and process descriptors such as cell source, tissue context, materials, culture process, or perturbation
- Data modality or modalities, such as imaging, omics, functional assay, histology, or longitudinal measurement
- Sample or group information, when available, including control, treated, dose, time point, replicate, or notes
- Files, ZIP packages, metadata files, protocols, README files, data dictionaries, or external repository links
- Access and reuse expectations
Submission form preview
What the signed-in form will ask
The signed-in submission form is organized into a small number of practical sections. Some fields are required for search and review. More detailed sample, condition, treatment, dose, time point, and replicate fields are used when they apply to the study.
System description
Multiple system categories and component/process descriptors so contributors are not forced into a single label such as organoid or organ-on-chip.
Data modalities
One or more modalities, modality-specific notes, assay context, measurement endpoints, and file-type expectations.
Sample and study context
Optional sample or group rows for control, treated, dose, time point, replicate, and notes when those details apply.
Files and metadata
Raw files, processed files, ZIP packages, metadata tables, experimental design files, data dictionaries, protocols, README files, and repository links.
Review readiness
Pre-review checks confirm that the record contains enough context for review, discovery, access decisions, and responsible reuse.
Flexible system description
Use component and process descriptors instead of one rigid label
Organoid, organ-on-chip, body-on-chip, tissue-chip, and related systems can overlap. The submission workflow allows contributors to select multiple system categories and describe the underlying components and processes, such as cell source, tissue context, materials, devices, culture process, perturbations, reagents, and modalities.
When an “Other” option is selected, contributors are asked to explain it so new or hybrid systems can still be described clearly.
View Metadata GuideSearchable descriptors include
- System category or categories
- Cell sources and biological components
- Tissue, organ, species, or disease context
- Materials, matrix, scaffold, and device context
- Culture, generation, maturation, or process descriptors
- Perturbations, exposures, reagents, and key inputs
- Data modalities and measurement outputs
Contribution options
Provide files, packages, metadata, or repository links
A submission can include uploaded data files, complete ZIP packages, user-provided metadata files, or links to data already hosted in a public or institutional repository. Each file or link should be tied to the dataset record so the submission remains complete.
Upload files
Provide raw data, processed outputs, images, omics files, assay tables, documents, or other research files.
Upload a ZIP package
Submit a complete package that may include data, sample metadata, README files, protocols, or supporting documentation.
Upload metadata files
Add sample tables, data dictionaries, experimental design files, methods documents, or other user-provided metadata.
Link an external repository
Provide a public repository URL, DOI, accession number, persistent identifier, or institutional repository link.
After you begin
What happens after a dataset record is created
The submission remains editable while it is a draft. When the contributor is ready, the record can be sent for review. Review status, file records, manifests, pre-review checks, and curator notes stay connected to the same dataset record.
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Anyone can review the submission requirements. An account is required to save a dataset record, upload files, manage submissions, download protected files, remove files, or send a submission for review.
