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The top-level set of links, as shown in the figures below, is the most general and provides access to the following features:

Figure 4Figure 4.1.  MorphoBank MorphoBank main navigation bar when not logged in.

  • Home: a link to the home page of MorphoBank.org. This link is only available when you are not logged in to MorphoBank.

  • Browse Projects: a list of project summaries for all published MorphoBank projects.

  • FAQ: A list of frequently asked questions and answers.

  • Documentation: contains tutorials and guides, including this document.

  • Ask Us: contains a form for contacting MorphoBank system administrators. You can use this form to submit questions, bug reports and requests for new features.

  • Search Box: a search form you can use to search published projects, and when logged in, data in projects for which you are a member, no matter their status.

  • Log In: a form allowing existing members to log in to their account. This link is only available when you are not logged in to MorphoBank.

  • Register: a form allowing new members to register for access to MorphoBank. This link is only available when you are not logged in to MorphoBank.


Figure 4Figure 4.2.  MorphoBank MorphoBank main navigation bar when logged in.

  • My Projects: once you have logged in to MorphoBank, the Home link is replaced with the My Projects link. The My Projects section of the site is where you will find a list of your current projects, have the ability to make new projects and get access to all project-specific setup and editing tools. This is where you will spend most of your time when using MorphoBank. This link is only available when you are logged in to MorphoBank.

  • Browse Projects: a list of project summaries for all published MorphoBank projects.

  • FAQ: A list of frequently asked questions and answers.

  • Documentation: contains tutorials and guides, including this document.

  • Ask Us: contains a form for contacting MorphoBank system administrators. You can use this form to submit questions, bug reports and requests for new features.

  • Search Box: a search form you can use to search published projects, and when logged in, data in projects for which you are a member, no matter their status.

  • Logout: a link to logout of MorphoBank. This link is only available when you are logged in to MorphoBank. It is displayed in place of the Log In link.

  • Profile: a form allowing members to update the information they provided during the registration process and change their account password or email address. This link is only available when you are logged in to MorphoBank. It is displayed in place of the Register link.

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When editing a project in the My Projects section of the site or exploring a published project in the Browse Projects section, there will be additional sub-navigation options on the left-hand side of the screen resembling the menu shown in the figure below:

Figure 4Figure 4.3.  Typical Typical side navigation bar.


How to Get Access

There are two ways to join Morphobank: through invitation or registration. To register fill out the registration form at http://www. morphobank.org/index.php/LoginReg/form/showRegister/1. Registrations are immediately activated. Invitations to join MorphoBank can also be given out by current members who are the project administrators of a particular project projects and who wish to invite collaborators. To add a member to your project, click the Manage Members link at the right side of the Project Overview page. You will then see an Add New Member button that allows you to link existing MorphoBank users to your project or invite new member to join your project on MorphoBank. Once a new person has joined by either means, they are free to create their own new, separate projects.

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MorphoBank is currently funded by a Sustained Availability of Biological Infrastructure Award (DBI-2049965) from the National Science Foundation to MorphoBank Director Tanya Berardini at Phoenix Bioinformatics and by membership fees from academic institutions and museums around the world. Prior to this recent award, MorphoBank was funded by a number of federal awards to Maureen O'Leary at Stony Brook University as follows. MorphoBank version 1 was funded by the National Science Foundation grant DEB-9903964 to Maureen O'Leary and with , with additional financial assistance from the American Museum of Natural History. MorphoBank version 2 was funded by NOAA (NA04OAR4700191). MorphoBank 2.5 and later versions developed in between 2008-21 2021 were funded awards by an award from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences (EAR-0622359) and a Sustaining Award (DBI-1457925) from the National Science Foundation's Advances in Biological Informatics program of NSF's Division of Biological Infrastrucuture. 

Citing MorphoBank in your publications

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