In COPO, a Tree of Life (ToL) [1] work profile [2] is required to submit research objects [3] such as
samples, barcoding manifests, sequence annotations, reads, assemblies and files.
A ToL profile can be used to create one of the following biodiversity projects:
The profile type dropdown menu is displayed beside the Work Profiles page title. By default, it will only
display the Genomics profile option.
If your desired profile type is not displayed in the dropdown menu, please
indicating the type of profile group that you would
like to be granted access to. Thereafter, the desired profile type option will be displayed in the dropdown menu
(along with the default Genomics profile type).
Please ensure that you select the correct profile type from the dropdown menu when creating a new profile record.
Hint
Please see the Projects brokered through COPO section for an overview of the
projects i.e. profile types that are brokered through COPO.
Choose the desired profile type from the dropdown menu.
See the following screenshot for possible Tree of Life (ToL) profile type options.
Please refer to the important note above if the desired
profile type is not displayed in the dropdown menu.
ToL Profile: Dropdown menu showing all profile types; including the default option, ‘Genomics’
After you have chosen a profile type option, click the Add new profile record button to view
the Add Profile form for the desired profile type
Both profile Title and profile Description are mandatory form fields.
Meaningful field values are recommended in the form boxes because the information will appear
in submissions of the research objects associated with the profile, in public remote repositories.
ToL Profile Form: Provide profile title and description
The Sequencing Centre dropdown menu will only display if the
European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) profile type is selected.
It is mandatory to choose a sequencing centre when creating an ERGA
profile.
If Sanger Institute is selected as the sequencing centre, the Associated Profile Type field will
automatically be set to Sanger Institute Approval Needed (SANGER).