# The Chorus Project: A Sustainable Cloud Solution for Mass Spectrometry Data

> **NIH NIH R01** · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · 2020 · $294,792

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
The overarching goal of the Chorus project (http://chorusproject.org) is to advance biomedical research by
extending our capabilities for the storage, dissemination, sharing, and analysis of the world's mass
spectrometry data. To date, the mass spectrometry community has been storing their files in local “silos”
within the respective research laboratory. Each lab currently builds their own computational infrastructure for
the analysis of their data. This process is inefficient and redundant. Mechanisms for labs to share and
analyze data in a collaborative manner are almost non-existent. Furthermore, neither the vendor data formats,
nor the established repositories make it feasible or efficiently to perform analyses between experiments and
laboratories. We have developed a cloud infrastructure that facilitates the efficient storage, sharing, and
visualization of mass spectrometry data across vendor platforms. We intend to build on this foundation for
enabling the community to build tools to access and analyze individual datasets or the collective data as a
whole. By bringing data into a shared cloud infrastructure, we improve the analyses that are possible,
minimize the challenges with sharing large datasets, and reduce the overall costs. We will improve the value
of all mass spectrometry data through standardization of tools, improved data accessibility, increased sharing,
more efficient data access, and better communication.
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## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9857033
- **Project number:** 5R01GM121696-04
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
- **Principal Investigator:** Michael MacCoss
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $294,792
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-02-01 → 2022-01-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9857033

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9857033, The Chorus Project: A Sustainable Cloud Solution for Mass Spectrometry Data (5R01GM121696-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9857033. Licensed CC0.

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