USC launches global scientific effort to find next diabetes drug - EPM Magazine

"Described as ‘crowd-sourced science’ the beta cell project will be the first major cross-disciplinary collaboration at the Michelson Center, which officially opened last November. The project consortium, which includes collaborators from top-ranked institutions is establishing an open data bank to which anyone can deposit research and data about the pancreatic beta cell. Multiple sets of data will be integrated to form the multiscale model of the cell and the entirety of its components, from individual atoms to the nucleus. For quality control, consortium scientists will curate and vet all contributions."