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'''CAMERA''', or the '''Community Cyberinfrastructure for Advanced Microbial Ecology Research and Analysis''', is an online [[cloud computing]] service that provides [[Software as a service|hosted software tools]] and a [[high-performance computing]] infrastructure for the analysis of [[metagenomic]] data.<ref>{{cite journal|quote=yes|last=Sun|first=Shulei|author2=Chen Jing |author3=Li Weizhong |author4=Altintas Ilkay |author5=Lin Abel |author6=Peltier Steve |author7=Stocks Karen |author8=Allen Eric E |author9=Ellisman Mark |author10=Grethe Jeffrey |author11=Wooley John |date=Jan 2011|title=Community cyberinfrastructure for Advanced Microbial Ecology Research and Analysis: the CAMERA resource|journal = Nucleic Acids Res.|volume=39|issue=Database issue|pages=D546-51|location = England| pmid = 21045053|doi = 10.1093/nar/gkq1102| pmc=3013694}}</ref><ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1821059/ PubMed Central: "CAMERA: A Community Resource for Metagenomics"]</ref><ref>[http://microbialgenomics.energy.gov/databases.shtml DOE Microbial Genomics: Microbial Genome Databases] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006203032/http://microbialgenomics.energy.gov/databases.shtml |date=2008-10-06 }}</ref> The project was announced in January 2006, becoming [[Calit2|Calit2's]] flagship project.<ref>[http://www.moore.org/newsitem.aspx?id=436 ''Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation'': Leading Department of Energy Genome Scientist to Direct Joint Marine Microbial Metagenomics Cyberinfrastructure Initiative (press release)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091020124849/http://www.moore.org/newsitem.aspx?id=436 |date=2009-10-20 }}</ref>

==Mission==
The project aims to accelerate genomic research by amassing a large [[Digital library|repository]] of metagenomic data generated by independent members of the research community at large, by developing a custom [[bioinformatics]] toolset optimized for cluster computing, and by offering the high-performance computing infrastructure on which to run it.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://camera.calit2.net/about/index.shtm |title=CAMERA: What is CAMERA? |access-date=2012-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423060121/http://camera.calit2.net/about/index.shtm |archive-date=2012-04-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://camera.calit2.net/camdata.shtm |title=CAMERA: Reference Datasets |access-date=2012-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421054055/http://camera.calit2.net/camdata.shtm |archive-date=2012-04-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

CAMERA helps scientists access and work with data from the [[J. Craig Venter Institute|Venter Institute]]'s [[Global Ocean Sampling Expedition]].<ref>[http://dwb.adn.com/news/alaska/story/9155271p-9071801c.html ''Anchorage Daily News'': Scientist stalks wily microbes from sailboat]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In 2007, their [[Global Ocean Sampling Expedition|GOS]] dataset was the largest ever released in the public domain.<ref>[https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/03/070314074922.htm ''Science Daily'': Millions Of New Genes, Thousands Of New Protein Families Found In Ocean Sampling Expedition (press release)]</ref> The group also places many other [[Data set|datasets]] for download on its website.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.camera.calit2.net/about-camera/full-datasets |title=CAMERA: Full Datasets |access-date=2008-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081021154616/http://camera.calit2.net/about-camera/full-datasets |archive-date=2008-10-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The project is funded by the [[Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation]] which awarded a 7-year, $24.5-million research grant to the CAMERA project, beginning in January 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.camera.calit2.net/about-camera/what-is-camera |title=CAMERA: What is CAMERA? |access-date=2008-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080926132953/http://camera.calit2.net/about-camera/what-is-camera |archive-date=2008-09-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==History==
At its inception, CAMERA's mission focused on genomic research of marine microorganisms.  CAMERA later expanded its mission to include terrestrial ecology and dropped the word, "Marine" from its original name, the "Community Cyberinfrastructure for Advanced Marine Microbial Ecology Research and Analysis".

==People==
CAMERA's leadership includes:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://camera.calit2.net/people/index.shtm |title=About CAMERA: People |access-date=2012-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121229083015/http://camera.calit2.net/people/index.shtm |archive-date=2012-12-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*Principal Investigator [[Larry Smarr]] ([[University of California, San Diego|UCSD]])
*Executive Director Paul Gilna ([[University of California, San Diego|UCSD]])

==See also==

*[[Bioinformatics]]
*[[Metagenomics]]
*[[Microbial ecology]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.camera.calit2.net/}}
* [http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_releases/release.sfe?id=499 UCSD: UCSD Partners with Venter Institute to Build Community Cyberinfrastructure for Advanced Marine Microbial Ecology Research and Analysis]

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