Discovery Environment
A powerful platform with a simple web interface for managing, sharing, running, and visualizing your data, analyses, and results -- where data-driven discoveries are made.
The Discovery Environment simplifies research by providing a user-friendly interface that eliminates the need for command-line expertise or multiple software tools. It streamlines workflows, supports collaboration, and allows users of all skill levels to efficiently complete their work. Advanced users can also access additional functionality to customize their research.
Key Features
Manage Data
- Easy user interface to manage the full data lifecycle, from upload to publication
- Built-in features to help make your data more FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable)
- Find and use publicly available data for your research
- Control access and permission to your data
Secure, reliable storage for datasets that are actively being used for research and/or education
Run Analyses
- Hundreds of open-source bioinformatics apps are available, including interactive apps (RStudio, JupyterLab, etc.)
- CyVerse automatically returns analysis results to your Data Store and notifies you
Use hundreds of command-line analytical tools, utility tools, and scripts, without the need to learn the command line
Share & Collaborate
- Enables collaborations via sharing data, analyses, workflows, and results
Add your own command-line tools or executables, create or edit customized app interfaces, and automate workflows by chaining apps together
Teach & Train
- Teach students computational methods and bioinformatics workflows using a consistent environment
Reserve our computational resources to support your workforce or community training workshops
Discovery Environment Resources
New Features Coming Soon
- Run VICE apps on Jetstream2 nodes for more powerful computation
- Make multiple versions of apps available for improved reproducibility