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In this paper, we introduce an NSF funded project that aims to develop a database that integrates genetic, environmental and age-related information to study their effects on health conditions of a rhesus monkey colony at Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico, which has been founded since 1938. In this project, we will combine the osteology data with the rich genealogy and demographic information into a searchable and computer-interoperable knowledge model accessible through user-friendly interfaces. Backed by the integrated database, this system will provide researchers and the public information from the Cayo Santiago rhesus colony and the derived skeletal collection, a powerful non-human model for datamining to study human disease. Undergraduate and graduate students from diverse communities have been incorporated into research and development activities. Related materials are used as case studies in relevant classes at Mercer University to help train these undergraduate students into problem solvers.
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The CPRC Skeletal Collection has been supported by National Institutes of Health NIH contracts NIH 5P40OD012217. This project is supported by NSF grants to M.Q.Z. and Q.W. (#1926402, #1926601). Melween I. Martinez Rodriguez (Current CPRC Director), Bonn V. Liong Aure, Terry B. Kensler, Elizabeth Maldonado, Giselle Caraballo Cruz, and other CPRC staff members for their support and help. Andres Boullosa, Adrian Faircloth, Jesus Rijo, and Zaina Khutliwala worked on the team together with E.R.W. that contributed to CSViewer 1.0. Rajwol Chapagain helped in system testing and preparing user instructions. Robert Allen, Jesse Sowell and the students at the Mercer University’s Computer Science Department provided their supports and contributions. Special thanks go to Pegasus Vertex, Inc. in Houston, TX for providing graphics design used in the user interfaces.
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Zhao, M.Q., Widener, E.R., Francis, G., Wang, Q. (2023). Building a Knowledge Model of Cayo Santiago Rhesus Macaques: Engaging Undergraduate Students in Developing Graphical User Interfaces for NSF Funded Research Project. In: Daimi, K., Al Sadoon, A. (eds) Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Innovations in Computing Research (ICR’23). Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 721. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35308-6_29
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