Michael Currie

TL;DR: The rationale is presented for creating the OpenWorm collaboration, the tools and resources developed thus far are outlined and the unique challenges associated with the project are discussed.

TL;DR: An overview of the history and philosophy of OpenWorm is given, descriptions of the constituent sub-projects and corresponding open-science management practices are described, and current achievements of the project and future directions are discussed.

TL;DR: This work has generated an open resource to begin addressing challenges for Caenorhabditis elegans behavioral data, including storing and accessing video files; defining flexible data formats to facilitate data sharing; and developing software to read, write, browse, and analyze the data.

TL;DR: For computational ethology to approach the level of maturity of other areas of bioinformatics, it needs to address at least three challenges: storing and accessing video files, defining flexible data formats to facilitate data sharing, and making software to read, write, browse, and analyze the data.

TL;DR: The first concrete milestone the project has set for itself is an accurate simulation of the mechanical activity of the worm including the motor system, with accurate electrophysiology of the C. elegans muscle cells to reproduce the crawling gait.