Join us at ISMB 2026 on 7/13 for the special track _NIH Social and Technical Infrastructure to Advance Health Research_. Join Dr. Chunlei Wu at 11:30am as he presents "The NIAID Discovery Portal: A federated ecosystem for finding infectious and immune-mediated disease resources". Also join Lisa Mayer at 3:15pm as she presents "A Blueprint for FAIR Data Sharing Across a Distributed Biomedical Data Ecosystem"

Join us at ISMB 2026

Learn more about the NIAID Data Ecosystem and FAIR data sharing at special sessions

Join us at ISMB 2026 on 7/14 at 11:20am! Dr. Chunlei Wu will be presenting "The NIAID Data Ecosystem: A centralized platform for discovering infectious and immune-mediated disease resources" with opening remarks from Dr. Meghan Hartwick

Learn more about the Discovery Portal at the international conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology

Watch Dr. Laura Hughes present [_NIAID Data Ecosystem Discovery Portal: creating a federated search engine to discover infectious and immune-mediated disease data_ at ISMB/ECCB 2023](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEDFhX_GyHw&pp=ygUZaXNtYiBuaWFpZCBkYXRhIGVjb3N5c3RlbQ%3D%3D)

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ISMB/ECCB conference presentation

Watch the recording to learn more about the Discovery Portal

Emily Bullen presented "NIAID Data Ecosystem: Advancing Discoverability in Infectious and Immune-Mediated Disease Research" at ASM Microbe 2024. [Check out the poster here](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SrVpDPyDCFMLj7YRr7g8Xbj4FJQFYx_8/view?usp=sharing).

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ASM Microbe presentation

View our poster for a brief overview of the Discovery Portal

Join us at ISMB/ECCB 2023 on Monday 7/24 at 3:10! Dr. Laura Hughes will be presenting _NIAID Data Ecosystem Discovery Portal: creating a federated search engine to discover infectious and immune-mediated disease data_.

ISMB/ECCB 2023

Watch Dr. Laura Hughes present [NIAID Data Ecosystem Discovery Portal: creating a federated search engine to discover infectious and immune-mediated disease data at ISMB/ECCB 2023](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEDFhX_GyHw).

Reed Shabman Ph.D., Deputy Director, and Meghan Hartwick M.Sc., Ph.D., Program Officer, presented "The NIAID Data Ecosystem Portal: enhancing findability and reuse of infectious and immune-mediated disease (IID) data" for CFDE on 2/6.

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Common Fund Data Ecosystem (CFDE) presentation

Discovery Portal team discusses CFDE's shared goal of enabling researchers to find data

Discovery Portal team discusses CFDE's shared goal of enabling researchers to find data.

Get more out of the NIAID Data Ecosystem by creating a free account! Creating a Discovery Portal account is optional but allows you to save searches, resources, preferences, and/or subscribe to email updates. [Click the Login button on the navigation bar to create/login to your account](https://data.niaid.nih.gov/login).

Screenshot of bookmarked resources in the NIAID Data Ecosystem

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User Accounts added to the Discovery Portal

Create an account to save searches, resources, and preferences

The Repository Matcher provides a searchable and filterable table of biomedical research repositories, so you can identify appropriate repositories for depositing and sharing data. [Try using the Repository Matcher to find repositories for your data](https://data.niaid.nih.gov/repository-matcher)

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Repository Matcher added to the Discovery Portal

Use the Repository Matcher to find repositories for depositing and sharing your data

You can now find proteomics datasets from ProteomeXchange when you search in the Discovery Portal, including raw mass spectrometry data, processed protein identifications, and more. [Start exploring ProteomeXchange data](https://data.niaid.nih.gov/search?q=&filters=%28includedInDataCatalog.name%3A%28%22ProteomeXchange%22%29%29)

ProteomeXchange datasets in the NIAID Data Ecosystem

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New in the Discovery Portal: ProteomeXchange

ODSET is hosting a webinar that introduces the NIAID Blueprint’s Core Metadata Schema, and offers guidance on creating, mapping, and publishing authoritative extensions to it. Register to attend the webinar [here](https://ucsd.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IjJosbkcSsCGaYBJxaROcg).

Blueprint Series Webinar Registration Image

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NIAID Blueprint Webinar Series: Introducing the Core Metadata Schema

Learn about the Core Metadata Schema that streamlines the findability of NIAID resources on Wednesday May 27th, at 9am PT/12pm ET.

New Resource Catalogs have been added to the Discovery Portal, including Ortholog Groups of Protein Sequences (OrthoMCL), UCSC Genome Browser, and Yale University Open Data Access (YODA) Project. [Explore all Resource Catalogs in the Search page](https://data.niaid.nih.gov/search?filters=%28%40type%3A%28%22ResourceCatalog%22%29%29&tab=d&from=1).

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New Resource Catalogs added to the Discovery Portal

Find new resources and access collections of data related to infectious diseases

The Discovery Portal's Visual Summary presents key metadata in interactive charts to help you quickly find relevant resources. [Try the Visual Summary on the Search page](https://data.niaid.nih.gov/search).

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Visual Summary added to the Discovery Portal

Use metadata visualizations to explore all of the Discovery Portal's resources

AI-Assisted Search in the Discovery Portal provides an alternative to traditional keyword matching to help you find relevant resources. Try turning the AI-Assisted Search toggle on above the search bar on the [Search page](https://data.niaid.nih.gov/search) to see how your results differ from a basic search.

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AI-Assisted Search added to the Discovery Portal

Try AI-Assisted Search for an alternative way to discover resources across the Discovery Portal

The How to Cite page makes it easy to reference the NIAID Data Ecosystem or its resources. [Click here to view the How to Cite page](https://data.niaid.nih.gov/knowledge-center/how-to-cite-the-niaid-data-ecosystem)

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New in the Discovery Portal: How to Cite page

Use the How to Cite page to reference the NIAID Data Ecosystem or its resources

You can use the newest Diseases and Conditions pages to explore metadata and find resources related to Antimicrobial Resistance, Candidiasis, Fungal Diseases, Leishmaniasis, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, Prion Diseases, Schistosomiasis, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Tickborne Diseases, Trichomoniasis, and Urethritis. [Start exploring Diseases and Conditions pages](https://data.niaid.nih.gov/diseases)

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New Diseases and Conditions Pages: Other Infectious Disease Topics

View visual summaries to find resources in the Discovery Portal

The latest Discovery Portal Feature highlights ways to find and access HIV/AIDs datasets. [Explore the HIV/AIDs Feature here](https://data.niaid.nih.gov/features/explore-hiv-aids-research-data-in-the-discovery-portal)

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Read about HIV/AIDs resources in the Discovery Portal

Explore the latest Feature on how the Discovery Portal can help you find HIV/AIDs resources to support your research

You can use the newest Diseases and Conditions pages to explore metadata and find resources related to Coronaviruses, Dengue Fever, Ebola and Marburg, Hepatitis, Herpes, Human Papillomavirus, Mpox, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), Smallpox, West Nile Virus, and Zika Virus. [Start exploring Diseases and Conditions pages](https://data.niaid.nih.gov/diseases)

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New Diseases and Conditions Pages: Viral Diseases

Explore the redesigned [Knowledge Center](https://data.niaid.nih.gov/knowledge-center). Find guides in the Knowledge Center that help you get the most out of the Discovery Portal and make full use of its tools and features.

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Updates made to the Knowledge Center

Explore the redesigned Knowledge Center to learn how to effectively use the Discovery Portal's tools and features

You can use the newest Diseases and Conditions pages to explore metadata and find resources related to Bacterial Vaginosis, Chlamydia, Cholera, _E. coli_, Gonorrhea, Group A Streptococcal Infections, Leprosy, Lyme Disease, _Mycoplasma genitalium_, Pertussis, Plague, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Shigellosis, and Syphilis. [Start exploring Diseases and Conditions pages](https://data.niaid.nih.gov/diseases)

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New Diseases and Conditions Pages: Bacterial Diseases

ODSET has released "A Blueprint for Including Digital Objects in the NIAID Data Ecosystem" in collaboration with several NIAID-funded repositories. The blueprint outlines recommendations to improve the discovery, accessibility, and interoperability of research data. [Read about the NIAID Blueprint here](https://pubweb-prod.niaid.nih.gov/research/data-blueprint)

NIAID Blueprint is released

Read about NIAID's new guidelines for improving the discovery, accessibility, and interoperability of research data

Emily Bullen presented "The NIAID Data Ecosystem Discovery Portal: Accelerating Infectious Disease Research through Data Discovery" at Epidemics10. [This poster is now publicly available in Zenodo](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18330560).

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Epidemics10 presentation

View the conference poster to learn more about the Discovery Portal

You can now find autoimmune-related datasets from SAGE ARK Portal when you search in the Discovery Portal. [Start exploring SAGE ARK Portal data](https://data.niaid.nih.gov/search?q=&filters=%28includedInDataCatalog.name%3A%28%22SAGE+ARK+Portal%22%29%29)

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New in the Discovery Portal: SAGE Arthritis and Autoimmune and Related Diseases (ARK Portal)

Start searching for arthritis and autoimmune data

You can use the newest Diseases and Conditions pages to explore metadata and find resources related to Autoimmune Diseases, Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome, Eczema, Food Allergy, Primary Immune Deficiency Diseases, and STAT3 Dominant-Negative Disease. [Start exploring Diseases and Conditions pages](https://data.niaid.nih.gov/diseases)

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New Diseases and Conditions Pages: Autoimmune and Allergic Diseases

The Discovery Portal has added Program pages! These pages allow you to explore data, tools, and other resources created by research programs. [Browse the list of programs and try out the new visualizations](https://data.niaid.nih.gov/program-collections)

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Program pages added to the Discovery Portal

Use interactive visualizations to explore resources contributed by research programs

We've launched new Feature pages that show how to use the Discovery Portal to support your research. The first feature highlights ways to find and access malaria datasets. [Explore the Malaria Feature here](https://data.niaid.nih.gov/features/discover-malaria-datasets-in-the-NIAID-data-ecosystem)

Malaria feature page in the Discovery Portal

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Read about Malaria resources in the Discovery Portal

Explore Features to see how the Discovery Portal can help answer your research questions, starting with how to find malaria datasets

You can use Topic Categories to find resources classified by subject! Start by using the new Topic Category filter on the [search page](https://data.niaid.nih.gov/search). You can also click on the Topic Categories listed in each resource to find similar resources.

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Topic Categories filter added to the Discovery Portal

Use topic categories to find resources by subject

"The NIAID Discovery Portal: A unified search engine for infectious and immune-mediated disease datasets"
This mSystems article describes the development of the Discovery Portal. [Read it here](https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.01270-25)

Discovery Portal published in mSystems

A new journal article describes the development of the Discovery Portal

You can now find epidemiological datasets, including surveillance data, incidence data, and mortality data for infectious diseases from Project Tycho when you search in the Discovery Portal. [Start exploring Project Tycho data](https://data.niaid.nih.gov/search?q=&filters=%28includedInDataCatalog.name%3A%28%22Project+Tycho%22%29%29)

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