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Acknowledgements

The VIOLIN project has been initiated and led by Dr. Yongqun "Oliver" He and his laboratory from the University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI. The first version of VIOLIN was released in 2007. This project has been funded by many federal and institutional grants. Many faculty members, software developers, postdocs, and students (including graudate, undergraduate, and high school students) have participated in the development of this project. We appreciate their collaborations and supports!

Funds that support the VIOLIN project:

MPIs: Drs. Yongqun "Oliver" He (contact PI), Cui Tao, and Jungjuk Hur
1U24AI171008
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID, NIH)
title: "VIOLIN 2.0: Vaccine Information and Ontology LInked kNowledgebase"
Project period: 08/19/2022 - 05/31/2027

MPIs: Drs. Oliver He (contact PI) and Guanming Wu
1UH2AI132931
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID, NIH)
title: "Ontology-supported Integrative Analysis and Visualization of Vaccine-induced Pathways and Networks"
Project period: 06/12/2019 - 05/31/2022

Dr. He
R01AI081062 (PI: Dr. He)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID, NIH)
title: "Ontology-based Information Network to Support Vaccine Research"
Project period: 09/22/2009 - 03/31/2014

NIH 1R21AI057875 (PI: Dr. He)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID, NIH)
title: "Gene Expression in Brucella-infected Macrophages"
Project period: 02/15/2004 - 01/31/2008

U013422 (PI: Dr. He)
University of Michigan Institutional Fund

Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine
University of Michigan
NIH T32 training grant # RR007008-30

University of Michigan
Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP)

The Core VIOLIN Development Team includes:

  • Anthony Huffman: MS and then PhD graduate student in Bioinformatics, Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, Univeristy of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. January 2020 to present.
  • Michael Cooke: BS in student in the School of Information, Univeristy of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Sept 2020 - April 2021 as UROP undergraduate student, April 2021 - April 2022 as work study student.
  • Edison Ong: MS and then PhD graduate student in Bioinformatics, Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, Univeristy of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Fall 2014 to January 27, 2021.
  • Asiyah Yu Lin, PhD in biomedical informatics, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, He Lab, University of Michigan (Time Period: December 2010 - September 2014).
  • Bin Zhao, MS, Webmaster and software develper, He Lab, University of Michigan (Time Period: 2013 - 2016)
  • Samantha Sayers, UROP undergraduate student (Sept 2009 - May 2010), and then recruited as a full-time research assistant (May 2010-Aug 2011).
  • Andrew Hodges, PhD student in Bioinformatics Program, University of Michigan (Time Period: 2007- 2009)
  • Zuoshuang Xiang, MS, Webmaster and software develper, Bioinformatician, He Lab, University of Michigan (Time Period: 2007-March 2013).
  • Guanming Wu: Associate Professor, Oregon Health & Science Universiyt (OHSU), Porland, Oregon, Porland, USA. 2019 - 2022.
  • Junguk Hur: Associate Professor, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA. 2022 - present.
  • Cui Tao: Professor, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA. 2022 - present.
  • Yongqun "Oliver" He (PI), DVM, PhD, Associate Professor, Unit for Lab Animal Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Computational Medicine and Biological (CCMB), and Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan

The VIOLIN Data Curation Team includes:

  • Asiyah Yu Lin, PhD in biomedical informatics, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, He Lab, University of Michigan (Time Period: December 2010 - September 2014).
  • Rebecca Racz, Undergraduate, University of Michigan (Feb 2011 - 2012; Becca graduated in May 2012 and joined the Pharmacy in UM. Since then, Becca has continued to work on VIOLIN until 2014.)
  • Thomas Todd, DVM, Resident and Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Unit for Lab Animal Medicine and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan (Time Period: 2007- 2009)
  • Fang Chen, MD, PhD, Research Fellow, Unit for Lab Animal Medicine and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan (Time Period: 2007- 2010)
  • Yuying Tian, Medical School Information Services, University of Michigan (Time Period: 2007- 2008)
  • Our collaborative faculty members (as listed below)
  • Undergraduate and high school students (as listed below).

Our collaborative faculty members include:

  • Jiangan (Hardy) Xie: Associate Professor, School of Bio-information at the Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing, China.
  • Lesley A. Colby, DVM, MS, DACLAM, Professor, Unit for Lab Animal Medicine, University of Michigan
  • Howard Rush, DVM, MS, DACLAM, Associate Professor and Directer, Unit for Lab Animal Medicine, University of Michigan
  • Janet R. Gilsdorf, M.D., Professor and Director, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan Medical Center
  • George W. Jourdian, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Internal Medicine and Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan

The VIOLIN Team includes many undergraduate students supported by the UROP project in Unversity of Michigan (UM):

  • Wenxin Guo: UROP undergraduate student (September 2021 - April 2022)
  • Jessica Deguise: UROP undergraduate student (Mary 2021 - April 2022)
  • Ani Bernardi: UROP undergraduate student (September 2021 - April 2022)
  • Eliyas Asfaw, UROP undergraduate student (May - July 28, 2020), then volunteer (August 2020 - 2021)
  • Chloe Darancou, UROP undergraduate student (May - July 28, 2020), then volunteer (August 2020 - summer 2021)
  • Siqi Li, UROP undergraduate student (Sept 2019 - April 2020), then volunteer (May 2020 - May 2021)
  • Madison Kalter, UROP undergraduate student (Sept 2019 - April 2020)
  • Lauren Austin, UROP undergraduate student (May 2020 - August 2020)
  • Nader Wehbi, UROP undergraduate student (Sept 2019 - April 2020)
  • Davis Bartels, UROP undergraduate student (Sept 2019 - April 2020)
  • Kallan Roan: UROP undergraduate student (Sept 2018 - April 2019)
  • Meenakshi Seetharaman, UROP undergraduate student (Sept 2017 - May 2018)
  • Bingjian Yang, UROP undergraduate student (Sept 2016 - April 2017; volunteer April 2017 - April 2018)
  • Kimberly Berke, UROP undergraduate student (Sept 2013 - May 2015), then volunteer research assistant (May 2015 - 2018)
  • Madison George, UROP undergraduate student (Sept 2016 - May 2017)
  • Daniel Amir Faghihnia, UROP undergraduate student (Sept 2013 - May 2014)
  • Ningxian Fan, UROP undergraduate student (Sept 2015 - April 2016; volunteer April 2016 - April 2017)
  • Peter Sun, UROP and then voluteer undergraduate student (Sept 2014 - April 2016)
  • Mukti Patel, UM undergraduate student (Sept 2012 - April 2015; volunteer or for research credit hours)
  • Rebecca Racz, Undergraduate, University of Michigan (Feb 2011 - 2012; Becca graduated in May 2012 and joined the Pharmacy in UM. Since then, Becca has continued to work on VIOLIN until 2014.)
  • Nancy Hoai Tran, UROP undergraduate student (Sept 2013 - May 2014)
  • Elyse Morgan-Anne Fleck Fleck, UROP undergraduate student (Sept 2013 - May 2014)
  • Izabela Birsanescu, UROP undergraduate student (Sept 2013 - May 2014)
  • Carly Martin, UROP undergraduate student (Sept 2013 - May 2014)
  • Rasika Patil, UROP undergraduate student (Sept 2013 - May 2014)
  • Joseph Ostrow, L S & A, University of Michigan, UROP undergraduate student (Sept 2012 - May 2013)
  • Andrew Sylora, L S & A, University of Michigan, UROP undergraduate student (Sept 2011 - May 2012)
  • Priya Dungarani, UROP undergraduate student (Sept 2010 - May 2011)
  • Guerlain Ulysse, UROP undergraduate student (Sept 2010 - May 2011)
  • Mital Patel, UROP and then part time research undergraduate student (9/2008 – 5/2011) (Update: to join medical school after graduation.)
  • Kanika Kochhar, UROP Undergraduate Student (Sept 2009 - May 2010)
  • Samantha Sayers,Undergraduate, L S & A, University of Michigan (Sept 2009 - May 2010) (NOTE: Samantha continued to work in He Lab as a research assistant until Summer 2011)
  • Boris Vidri, Undergraduate, L S & A, University of Michigan (Time: Jan 2009 - May 2009; Work as a one-semester course for course credit.)
  • Kelsey Strait, Undergraduate, Microbiology, L S & A, University of Michigan (Time: Sept 2008 - May 2009)
  • Elizabeth A Olenzek, Undergraduate, L S & A, University of Michigan (Time: Sept 2007 - May 2008)
  • Bethany L Kovacic, Student, Undergraduate, Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan (Time: Sept 2006 -May 2007)
  • Kimberly Ku, Student, Undergraduate, Biology, L S & A, University of Michigan (Time: Sept 2006 -May 2007)

Other undergraduate students (not supported by UROP; volunteer and/or UM research course project):

  • Philip Huang: Undergraduate student (major in MCDB), volunteer (September 2020 - August 2022).
  • Rohit Goru: Undergraduate student (major in MCDB), volunteer (December 2020 - April 2022).
  • Long Tran, undergraduate student, University of Michigan, volunteer on CanVaxKB data annotation and analysis (October 2021 - December 2021).
  • Farah Reyal, Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, MD (June 2019 - 2021)
  • Youssef Tammam, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD (September 2019 - 2021)
  • Ronak Sutariya, research assistant (May 2016 - 2017)
  • Natalie Dunn, LSA Undergraduate Student (starting October 2013 - 2014/present)
  • Mukti Patel, Undergraduate, University of Michigan (Time: September 2012 - 2014/present)
  • Erica Marcos, Undergraduate Student (January to May 2013)
  • Monica Chung, Undergraduate, University of Michigan (Time: Jan 2012 - November 2012)
  • Rebecca Racz, Undergraduate, University of Michigan (Time: Feb 2011 - 2012; Becca graduated in May 2012 and joined the Pharmacy in UM. Since then, Becca has continued to work on VIOLIN until now (May 2013).)
  • Brian Yang, Harvard Universtiy (Time: May 2010 - August 2010)
  • Charles B. Larson, Student, Undergraduate, Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan (Time: Sept 2006 - May 2011; Volunteer on vaccine data curation.)
  • Bryant Alan Yee, and Mijung Park, Undergraduates, Art and Design, University of Michigan, for their graphic design of VIOLIN logo, banners, and web interface (Time: Summer 2008; Work on web graphic design.)
  • Boyang Zhao, Student, Undergraduate, Biomedical Engineering BSE, University of Michigan (Time: Sept 2007 - May 2011; Volunteer on vaccine database web service development.)

High school students:

  • Mr. Ibrahim Seleznev, a high school student in Walter Johnson High School, Bethesda, Maryland. Volunteer research: July - August 2021.
  • Ms. Virginia He, a high school student in Huron High School, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Volunteer research: June - August 2021.
  • Mr. Justin Song, a high school student in Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Volunteer research: June - August 2021.

Disclaimer

The VIOLIN team has made every effort possible to ensure that the information in our database is current and accurate. We try to provide references for all the vaccine information collected here. We accept no responsibility for the accuracy, sufficiency, or reliability or for any loss or injury resulting from the use of the information. The information in our database may not be completely up to date.