CryoNAV Data Sharing Archiving

CryoNAV provides reporting and export tools designed to consolidate everything known about a dataset, from acquisition conditions through processing provenance to final quality assessment, into a portable form.

Reports

The Create Report function produces a detailed report for a grid or project, listing every tilt series with:

• Acquisition parameters (voltage, pixel size, dose, tilt range, camera)
• Full processing history (pipeline steps run, parameters used, software versions, outcomes)
• Quality metrics derived from processing outputs (alignment residuals, CTF defocus values and fit quality, drift measurements)
• User-assigned quality annotations (star ratings, tags, comments)

These reports give a complete picture of a dataset's state, suitable for PI review, publication methods sections, or experimental records.

Excel and CSV export

Tabular exports where each row represents a tilt series and columns capture acquisition metadata, processing parameters, computed quality metrics, and user ratings/tags.

• Excel: preserves formatting, directly usable for sorting, filtering, and charting in spreadsheet software.
• CSV: for compatibility with R, Python, and other analysis tools.

ZIP bundle archive

Configurable packages where users select which data to include, for example:

• Raw frames plus the processing parameters needed to reconstruct from scratch
• Final tomogram volumes only
• Denoised tomograms only
• Any combination of the above

The exported bundle includes the associated metadata in a structured directory layout, making it suitable for sharing tailored result sets with collaborators or creating comprehensive archival packages that preserve the complete data lineage.

Planned exports

Export into RELION .star files is planned, to facilitate handoff to sub-tomogram averaging pipelines. See Status and roadmap.

The Export page: build reports, tabular exports, and ZIP bundles of selected data.

See also

• Metadata Management
• Data Storage & Backup