Big Data Exploitation in Life Sciences
Modern life sciences use increasingly complex analytical methods that generate large amounts of data to be analysed. This requires extensive knowledge and powerful bioinformatics tools.
The German Network for Bioinformatics Infrastructure – de.NBI is the key to solving this challenge.
- Provision of comprehensive first-class bioinformatics tools & services for the life sciences and biomedicine
- Delivery of Bioinformatics training through a wide spectrum of workshops and courses
- Provision of cloud computing resources for academia in Germany
- Transfer of expertise between academia and industry through our Industrial Forum
- Fostering the cooperation between the German bioinformatics community and international bioinformatics networks such as ELIXIR Europe
Since August 2016 the de.NBI constitutes the German Node of ELIXIR, ELIXIR Germany.
Introduction Video
History
In May 2013, the funding guidelines for a German network for bioinformatics infrastructure (de.NBI) were published by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The aim of this funding line was the establishment of an infrastructure that provides solutions for the ‘big data’ problem in the life sciences through bioinformatics services and training. In November 2015, a second call for de.NBI partner projects was announced to amend the range of topics. The de.NBI programme finally launched in March 2015 and the partner projects began their work in November 2016.
Coordinator of the project and Head of the German ELIXIR Node was Alfred Pühler, Bielefeld University, (2015-2021).
The BMBF funding was initially granted 2015 to 2021. By decision of the Federal Government from November 2020, the de.NBI will received an long-term funding from the BMBF to be continued by the Forschungszentrum Jülich, a member of the Helmholtz Association of German Reserach Centers. The current scientific speakers of the network and joint Heads of Node of ELIXIR Germany are Oliver Kohlbacher (Tübingen University) and Alexander Sczyrba (Forschungszentrum Jülich, Outstation Bielefeld).