Whether you’re a scientist, a bioinformatician, a data scientist, or a member of the general public looking for data, data on the NF Portal can be explored in multiple ways. The portal offers helpful filtering tools to help you find data of interest. All of the data and resources uploaded into the portal are labelled with metadata and annotations, so they can be easily used to help query the list of resources in each page. You can find a detailed breakdown of metadata definitions and explanations in our metadata dictionary.
Is all data equally accessible?
Anyone can browse public content on the NF Data Portal, but you need a Synapse account in order to download data. Learn how to do so here. In addition, some data requires the
use of a Data Use Certificate (DUC), which takes time to processSome data on the portal is considered Controlled Use and requires you to request access by reading and electronically agreeing to data-specific terms. Learn how to complete a DUC do so here.
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