Authors
Jeremy Barker and Dominique Gorse (Queensland Facility For Advanced Bioinformatics)
Abstracts
Today’s research questions require an integrative and collaborative approach to analyse the research data generated by different experimental platforms within the wealth of publicly available resources. In that context, the Queensland Facility for Advanced Bioinformatics helps life science researchers to unlock the full value of their research data by providing access to up-to-date integrated public datasets and by developing customised collaborative bioinformatics solutions. An eResearch platform has been developed to collect, share, integrate, analyse, store and retrieve life science research data. It is based around 4 main components:
- Data integration technology, such as the Sequence Retrieval System, that provides a flexible mechanism for running complex queries across disparate private and public data sources.
- Advanced data mirroring that enables the researchers to analyse their own data against public databanks while preserving confidentiality.
- Workflow engine that allows the rapid elaboration of complex pipelines that combine local and remote data and tool web services.
- Collaborative environment, such as Plone, that facilitates the sharing and collective publishing of project information and data.
In this presentation, we describe a range of research projects that have benefited from the platform and demonstrate the value of eResearch to the researchers in driving their research further.
About the speaker
Jeremy is the founding Chief Executive Officer of the Queensland Facility for Advanced Bioinformatics which he joined full time in June 2007. He is responsible for the overall management of the Facility which provides advanced bioinformatics solutions to enable the global efforts of biotechnology, research biology, drug discovery and translational medicine. He was awarded a Churchill Fellowship in 2007 to undertake an international study on “Management Best Practice in the Delivery of Bioinformatics to Researchers.”
Jeremy has postgraduate qualifications in science, commerce and governance. He brings 21 years of experience in the management of life science organisations including a number of Board positions for biotechnology companies.