Microbiology & Immunology
RESPIRE
There’s no shortage of publicly available lung disease data; the problem is actually using it. Relevant studies are scattered across multiple repositories and once you find them the data often need significant cleaning before any real analysis can begin.
What changed
RESPIRE gives lung disease researchers a single place to search across gene expression, microbiome, and other pulmonary datasets drawn from public sources. Researchers can filter by the criteria that matter to them, select the studies they need, and download everything in a consistent, analysis-ready format. No more stitching together data from half a dozen different portals.
Unified search interface
A web application that lets researchers search and download data across pulmonary datasets ingested from multiple public repositories. A central registry connects to one or more data modules, so everything is discoverable from a single search.
Modular data
Each data type — gene expression, microbiome, proteomics — lives in its own module, a REST API that plugs into the central application. New data types can be added without rebuilding the core system.
Portable, open source design
The system is engineered for portability and open-source dissemination, with future phases planned for proteomic data and additional self-service tools.