Cooperation between ZB MED and Bioinformatics Network - Joint development of information services planned for life sciences
The de.NBI initiative has been funded in the form of a project grant from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) since 2015. The nationwide network provides research in life sciences and biomedicine with high-quality bioinformatics services, in particular a cloud infrastructure. Services include various measures – from user training to special IT services – to support life sciences researchers in making more effective use of their sometimes large amounts of data (big data).
“In recent years, biomedical research has undergone a remarkably rapid development – mainly through improved and generally accessible IT infrastructures, but also through access to important research data. We therefore need innovative information infrastructures for the exploitation and utilisation of research findings. With this cooperation agreement, we have created the best conditions for the development of efficient solutions,” says Professor Dr Dietrich Rebholz-Schuhmann, Scientific Director of ZB MED, about the planned cooperation.
“The de.NBI network was set up by the BMBF to establish a bioinformatics infrastructure in Germany. With its integration into the ZB MED Institute, this bioinformatics infrastructure is now to be put on a permanent footing when the BMBF funding expires. From a scientific point of view, ZB MED and de.NBI are ideal cooperation partners,” explains Professor Dr Alfred Pühler, de.NBI coordinator in Bielefeld.
