Coming soon —this product is in development. The Data Browser experience described below is the planned shape; today our published flow runs through Nansen.
NDI Data Browser · For labs
Every session, every version, one workspace.
The Data Browser is where your lab works. Upload sessions from the rig or your workstation, group them into datasets, attach openMINDS metadata, and publish with a DOI when the dataset is ready. The same data model, from rig to citation.
What it does
Browse, organize, and publish your lab’s data.
The Data Browser is the control room for everything in your lab’s data pipeline — from the rig’s first write to the published DOI.
Dataset management
Upload sessions and files, organize them into datasets, track status across your lab. Search by species, probe, region, stimulus, or any metadata field — everything is queryable.
openMINDS metadata
Every session carries structured openMINDS metadata — real ontology IDs, not free-text. A query for NCBITaxon:10090 returns every M. musculus session in your lab; a query for UBERON:0002436 returns every V1 recording. Search across years of work in one go.
DOI publishing
When your dataset is ready, publish it to the NDI Data Commons. A DOI (under the NDI 10.63884 prefix) and a public landing page are created so other researchers can cite your work.
MATLAB + Python SDKs
Same workspace, two SDKs. NDI-MATLAB for rig control and analysis notebooks, NDI-Python for pipelines and batch jobs. Built-in readers for Intan, Blackrock, CED Spike2, and SpikeGadgets.
Workflow
From upload to published dataset.
A few commands on your workstation, a few clicks in the browser.
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Upload files
Raw recordings, analysis outputs, and supporting files upload from your workstation. Progress is visible in real time.
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Add metadata
Attach species, brain region, probe type, stimulus, and contributor info. Fill in abstracts, funding, and associated publications — stored in the openMINDS schema alongside your data.
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Publish with DOI
Choose a license (CC-BY 4.0), review the metadata, and publish. Your dataset gets a DOI and a public landing page on the Data Commons.
Session detail
Rich metadata, not just files.
Every session carries its full provenance — species, probe, stimulus, QC status, sync state, notebook cross-references. Indexed by the Data Commons and queryable by LabChat.
- openMINDS species, region, strain, sex — real ontology IDs
- Permanent session IDs that don't change
- Linked notebook entries, protocols, and analysis scripts
- Role-based access: PI, members, collaborators, public
V1 whole-cell · gratings_session_212
PublishedDOI 10.48324/ndi.ds.94a2f08
Species M. musculus
2.4 GB
Chronic probe stability · cohort_30d
Syncing 84%Sessions 412
Species R. norvegicus
Natural movies · V1 response library
DraftSessions 214
Species M. musculus
31 GB
Part of NDI Cloud
Works with the rest of the NDI ecosystem.
The Data Browser is one of three connected tools on NDI Cloud. Datasets you manage here are searchable on the public Data Commons and queryable through LabChat. One account, three products.
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Data Commons
Public search · DOI landing pages
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Data Browser
Your lab's private workspace
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LabChat
Ask questions about your data
Get your first dataset published in two weeks.
Create the account, upload a session you already have on disk, and we’ll walk you through the metadata fields and the first publish. Most labs ship their first DOI inside two weeks.