Establishing a distributed national research infrastructure providing bioinformatics support to life science researchers in Australia

Abstract EMBL Australia Bioinformatics Resource (EMBL-ABR) is a developing national research infrastructure, providing bioinformatics resources and support to life science and biomedical researchers in Australia. EMBL-ABR comprises 10 geographically distributed national nodes with one coordinating h...

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Published in:Briefings in bioinformatics Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 384 - 389
Main Authors: Schneider, Maria Victoria, Griffin, Philippa C, Tyagi, Sonika, Flannery, Madison, Dayalan, Saravanan, Gladman, Simon, Watson-Haigh, Nathan, Bayer, Philipp E, Charleston, Michael, Cooke, Ira, Cook, Rob, Edwards, Richard J, Edwards, David, Gorse, Dominique, McConville, Malcolm, Powell, David, Wilkins, Marc R, Lonie, Andrew
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England Oxford University Press 22.03.2019
Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
Subjects:
Australia
Bioinformatics
Biological Science Disciplines
Biomedical Research
Computational Biology - education
Computational Biology - methods
data collection
Data Curation - methods
funding
Geographical distribution
Humans
Infrastructure
Life sciences
Researchers
Training
Australia
capability
EMBL-ABR
bioinformatics service
data-driven analysis
national
data-driven science
services
bioinformatics infrastructure
distributed network
bioinformatics training
ISSN:1477-4054, 1467-5463, 1477-4054
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Summary:Abstract EMBL Australia Bioinformatics Resource (EMBL-ABR) is a developing national research infrastructure, providing bioinformatics resources and support to life science and biomedical researchers in Australia. EMBL-ABR comprises 10 geographically distributed national nodes with one coordinating hub, with current funding provided through Bioplatforms Australia and the University of Melbourne for its initial 2-year development phase. The EMBL-ABR mission is to: (1) increase Australia’s capacity in bioinformatics and data sciences; (2) contribute to the development of training in bioinformatics skills; (3) showcase Australian data sets at an international level and (4) enable engagement in international programs. The activities of EMBL-ABR are focussed in six key areas, aligning with comparable international initiatives such as ELIXIR, CyVerse and NIH Commons. These key areas—Tools, Data, Standards, Platforms, Compute and Training—are described in this article.
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ISSN:1477-4054
1467-5463
1477-4054
DOI:10.1093/bib/bbx071