Is your biodata critical?

An international exercise to identify “Global Core BioData Resources” is underway. A new search has just been announced for biological, life science, and biomedical databases that archive research data that serve as the repositories of record; as well as knowledgebases that add value to these data by aggregation, processing, and expert curation.

The Global BioData Coalition (GBC) is an international forum for research funders to ensure that biodata resources remain freely available, and aims to stabilise financial support for critical global biodata infrastructure.

Life science (biodata) data repositories and knowledgebases are essential pieces of infrastructure for public and private research, used by many life scientists worldwide. These resources are expanding in number across the world, and store much important data, however many of these resources lack a strategy for sustaining them long-term.

Explore the theme of the development and sustainability of biodata resources when BioCommons hosts an online panel discussion on 8 March. We’ll hear first hand about the goals and activities of the GBC from Dr Guy Cochrane (GBC Executive Director) as well as the challenges faced by a selection of well established and highly curated Australian and international data resources (Stemformatics, CO-ADD Database and InnateDB) in sustaining these resources.

Christina Hall27 February 2023Engagement