Collaborate
Keep networks private, share them with specific collaborators, or use a shareable URL.
The Network Data Exchange
A commons for biological networks.
NDEx is an open-source platform where scientists and organizations can store, share, explore, and publish biological network knowledge—turning static figures and supplementary files into reusable research objects.
What is NDEx?
A distribution layer for network biology.
NDEx complements pathway and interaction resources such as Pathway Commons, KEGG, and Reactome. It gives their networks—and networks from individual labs—a common place to be shared while preserving provenance, identity, and attribution.
Publish
Make networks findable, attach licenses, request DOIs, and link data to publications.
Integrate
Move networks between NDEx and Cytoscape while preserving visual styles and layouts.
Automate
Build workflows with the REST API and client libraries for Python, R, Java, and JavaScript.
Project support
Funded by NIH’s National Cancer Institute.
NDEx is supported through the NCI Informatics Technology for Cancer Research program. The cooperative agreement sustains and advances NDEx as infrastructure for cancer and biomedical research.
U24CA269436
- Funder
- NIH · National Cancer Institute
- Program
- Informatics Technology for Cancer Research
- Project period
- April 15, 2023 – March 31, 2028
- Awardee
- University of California San Diego
NDEx’s foundational development was supported under ITCR U24CA184427. View the current award
The NDEx team
Meet the team.
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Dexter Pratt
Principal Investigator
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Jing Chen
Architect
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Chris Churas
Senior Developer
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Dylan Fong
Developer
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Shawn Reuland
Developer
Project information
Learn more about NDEx and verify the project and funding details.