ARK Portal News

Release Announcements

Release 2026.09.R1 Posted: October 1, 2026 This release includes significant expansion of clinical and biospecimen metadata for AMP RA/SLE study participants. In addition to the new AMP SLE Phase II clinical and central pathology dataset described below, all previously released AMP RA/SLE datasets have been updated to include version 5 of AMP-RA.SLE_clinical.csv which expands harmonized … Release Announcements

New Data Access Request Documentation

The ARK Portal team has expanded documentation for portal Data Access Request. This includes quick-start steps, detailed information about Data Use Certificates, Intended Data Use statements, cybersecurity standards, and updating/renewing your Data Access Request. We have also added videos and slides from past Data Access Request webinars. To learn more please visit https://help.arkportal.org/help/data-access-requests.

New to ARK: Program Publications Catalog

June 9, 2026 The ARK Portal now tracks and hosts a collection of publications from AMP RA/SLE, AMP AIM, and Community Contribution programs. By cataloging publications were are able to create linkages between data products and the various literature content that they contribute to which enables rich provenance tracking. This enables valuable metrics reporting to … New to ARK: Program Publications Catalog

Trusted Research Environment (TRE) integration

January 29, 2026 We are excited to announce that the ARK Portal now provides direct integration with cloud-based analytical trusted-research environments, allowing you to seamlessly transfer datasets for computational analysis without manual downloads. Supported platforms include: To learn more, please visit Sending Data to Cloud Analytical Platforms in the ARK Portal Help Docs site.

New ‘Cite As’ Feature

October 17, 2025 As shared in the 2025.09.R1 Release Announcement, the ARK Portal has incorporated a new feature that makes it easy to accurately cite datasets. In the top right corner of each dataset details page users will now see a clickable button labeled ‘Cite As’. Upon clicking this button a box will appear that … New ‘Cite As’ Feature