EMBCORE: The core European bioinformatics research infrastructure in the life sciences

• Forschungsstelle: EU FRP
• Projektnummer: 01.0432-1
• Projekttitel Englisch: EMBCORE: The core European bioinformatics research infrastructure in the life sciences

Schlüsselwörter (Englisch)

Life Sciences; Scientific Research

Alternative Projektnummern (Englisch)

EU project number: QLRI-CT-2001-01363

Forschungsprogramme (Englisch)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 1.1.8 Generic R&D activities

Kurzbeschreibung (Englisch)

See abstract

Weitere Hinweise und Angaben (Englisch)

Full name of research-institution/enterprise:
Institut suisse de recherche expérimentale sur le cancer ISREC
Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics

Abstract (Englisch)

Bioinformatics is the science of managing and analysing biological information. Since 1988 there has been a strong European collaboration of currently 29 National and 8 Specialist bioinformatics research nodes with over32K users: the EMBnet, coordinating support, training and bio informatics research in life sciences. While others, like EBI and NCBI, offer general use services, an EMBnet node focuses on specific user needs, provides computational tools needed and supports in national language. Coordination meetings, conferences and thematic discussion lists supervised by leading bio informatics experts, will catalyse the transfer of expertise to the user. A common web portal provides access to the over 100 individual bio informatics servers within EMBnet. End-user meetings and continuous user polling monitor feedback and produce discussion papers for science policymakers. An electronic and a hard copy journal disseminates the suggestions along with in depth bioinformatics reviews.

Objectives:
- To provide Europe with a high-level research and training infrastructure for bioinformatics in the life sciences;
- To increase European competitiveness by fostering bioinformatics;
- To provide a novel single point of entry for academic and industrial users via web and related utilities;
- To maximise the use of existing pan;
- European specialised facilities and expertise;
- To increase the input of academic and industrial users in the further development of bioinformatics research and support;
- To encourage and develop new bioinformatics applications in both software and databases;
- To highlight links to dependant fields, including areas of clinical, taxonomic, environmental and agricultural importance;
- To increase the awareness of, and literacy in, bioinformatics by specific training courses;
- To train the EMBnet trainers;
- To further disseminate the use of existing, emerging, and novel developments in bioinformatics via collaboration with publishers.

Datenbankreferenzen (Englisch)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
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Swiss Project-Number: 01.0432-1