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LANL HIV Databases User Survey 2026
To improve the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) HIV Databases user experience, we would like your feedback. Participation in this survey is voluntary and you can stop at any time. All responses are confidential and anonymous.
For any questions, contact Jennifer Mamrosh at mamrosh@lanl.gov.
1.
What is your current professional role?
Undergraduate student
Graduate student
Postdoctoral fellow
Staff scientist
Professor
Medical doctor
Other (please specify)
2.
What type of institution employs you?
University
Government
Non-profit
Industry
Other (please specify)
3.
What geographic area are you located in?
North America (non-USA)
North America (USA)
South America
Europe
Africa
Asia
Oceania
4.
What do you use the HIV Databases for? Select all commonly used purposes.
Downloading bulk data from the HIV Immunology Database
T cell epitope searches in the HIV Immunology Database
Antibody searches in the HIV Immunology Database
Downloading data from CATNAP (antibody neutralization data, sequences, etc.)
Neutralizing antibody analyses using CATNAP
Env Immunogen Browser
Vaccine design tools (Mosaic, Epigraph)
MHC/HLA tools or resources
Other HIV Immunology Database tools (CombiNAber, CAByN, etc.)
HIV sequence searches in the HIV Sequence Database
Downloading HIV alignments from the HIV Sequence Database
Sequence alignment tools (HIValign, QuickAlign, etc.)
Sequence analysis tools (RIP, Quality Control, etc.)
Sequence display tools (Highlighter, Rainbow Tree, etc.)
Tool use specific to non-HIV species
HIV Genome Browser
HIV 3D Viewer
Other (please describe)
5.
How often do you use the HIV Databases?
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Once or twice a year
Almost never or never
6.
How essential are the HIV Databases to your research or work?
Essential for most tasks
Essential for certain tasks
Helpful for certain tasks
Not essential or helpful
7.
How difficult is it to find the information you need in the HIV Databases?
Not difficult at all
Takes modest effort
Very difficult for certain types of information
Very difficult overall
8.
Describe any challenges you have encountered when using the HIV Databases.
9.
If you have encountered challenges using the HIV Databases, what was the outcome? Select all that apply.
Resolved issue by trial and error
Resolved issue by reading FAQs/help pages
Resolved issue by contacting LANL's HIV Databases for support
Issue was not resolved (did not contact support)
Issue was not resolved (contacted support)
Other (please describe)
10.
How can the HIV Databases better help you to find the data or perform the analyses that you're interested in?
Better organize our webpages
Add additional video tutorials specific to certain topics
Host online training workshops
Meet virtually with you/your team
Other (please specify)
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11.
Which of the following potential improvements to the HIV Databases are you most interested in? Select up to three.
(Required.)
Ability to download all HIV sequences
Ability to download tools for offline usage
Improvements to the HIV Genome Browser (please describe in subsequent questions)
Addition of an antibody paratope database
Addition of T cell receptor (TCR) information for T cell epitopes
Addition of T cell epitopes with untested immunogenicity
Addition of detailed information on antibody effector function (primarily ADCC) assays
Faster searches
Antibody structure viewer
Tool to predict whether an antibody can bind an input Envelope protein sequence
More information on HIV vaccine trials
12.
What additional types of data would you like added to the HIV Databases?
13.
What ideas do you have for tools you would like added to the HIV Databases?
14.
Do you have any additional suggestions or questions?
Thank you for taking the time to share your input!
