Please note that the convention for sample names provided in the caNanoLab Curation "Tips" is for samples that have been published. For unpublished samples, caNanoLab encourages users to use the following convention for sample names:

Abbreviation of institution name, name of the lead PI (without middle name), "DRAFT", year of study, and sample sequential number--e.g.,   UNM-JBrownDRAFT2012-01.

General questions about caNanoLab can be found on the caNanoLab FAQ Wiki. Below are a few highlighted facts pertaining to submission. This list is expected to grow as we hear back from users.

To submit data, you must first register for a login account. Additional information on how to use caNanoLab once an account is created can be found on the caNanoLab FAQ NCI Wiki. To learn more about how to submit data, we suggest that users watch the caNanoLab demo video and review the caNanoLab User Guide.

caNanoLab is one of the PubMed LinkOut resources! 

Pubmed Articles with caNanoLab Data

Elsevier and US National Cancer Institute Implement Reciprocal Linking Between Research Articles and Datasets

Press Release

Nature journal Scientific Data is interested in data descriptor articles concerning nanotechnology, and caNanoLab is one of their recommended repositories—thus, there is the potential to publish caNanoLab data submissions!

Collaboration groups can be used to privately share data with colleagues. At this time, data shared with colleagues can be found by group members using the search function. Members must know the name of the shared caNanoLab sample, protocol, or publication.

To create a new collaboration group:

1. On the Manage Collaboration Groups page, click Add corresponding to New Collaboration Group.
The Collaboration Group Information panel opens at the bottom of the page.

2. Enter a Name and Description for the group.

3. To add a user to a group, click Add next to User Login.

4. Click Search and all users are loaded in the drop-down list.

5. When the third column is loaded, enter the user name that you want to add.
The field populates or matches the user name in the User Login field (text and third column). 

6.  From the Access to the Group selection, specify read (only) or read-update-delete access for a user.

7. Click Save, and the user is added to the group's list. 
To modify a selection, click the Edit link next to each person's login name.

8. Once you add all of the users to the group, click Submit. 
The group is now shown on the Manage Collaboration Groups page.

See caNanoLab User Guide for instructions how to create and mange collaboration groups.