Braxton Owens worked on the chanzuckerberg/cryoet-data-portal-backend, focusing on stabilizing and simplifying the BYU annotation deposition workflow. He consolidated deposition configurations into three new structures—FM, t2ss, and t4ss—while updating the MS ring configuration to align with these changes. By finalizing legacy depositions to disallow incompatible modifications, he reduced configuration drift and minimized future errors. His work included generating key photos to support downstream visualization and validation. Using YAML for data configuration and management, Braxton’s contributions delivered a more reliable and maintainable data deposition process, with clear governance and reduced maintenance overhead for the backend system.