embl australia bioinformatics resource bioinfosummer 2016
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A/Prof Vicky Schneider Deputy DirectorA/Prof Andrew Lonie DirectorDr Philippa Griffin Open Data Coordinator
What is research infrastructure?
• Buildings, administration, library resources, electricity, internet, equipment…
Pro rata contributions from ARC and NHMRC
What is research infrastructure?
From tern.org.au, imos.org.au, plantphenomics.org.au
• Facilities• Specialised
equipment
What is research infrastructure?
• Facilities• Access, support and
expertise
By Natasha Hurley-Walker (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
What is research infrastructure?
• Data management, storage, repositories and tools
*http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v498/n7453/pdf/498255a.pdf
Data infrastructure in the ‘omic era
What is research infrastructure?
AstronomyPhysicsAdvanced ManufacturingEarth ScienceMarine Science
Life and Medical Sciences• Terrestrial Ecology Research Network• Australian Phenomics Network• Australian Plant Phenomics Facility• Population Health Research Network• Translating Health Discovery• Australian Animal Health Laboratory• Bioplatforms Australia• EMBL Australia
Multi-Domain, e.g.• Microscopy facilities• Australian National Data Service• High-Performance Computing Facilities
What is research infrastructure?
AstronomyPhysicsAdvanced ManufacturingEarth SciencesMarine Science
Life and Medical Sciences• Terrestrial Ecology Research Network• Australian Phenomics Network• Australian Plant Phenomics Facility• Population Health Research Network• Translating Health Discovery• Australian Animal Health Laboratory• Bioplatforms Australia• EMBL Australia
Multi-Domain, e.g.• Microscopy facilities• Australian National Data Service• High-Performance Computing Facilities• NECTAR
Bioinformatics-related infrastructure
The Tyranny of Distance
AARnet International Network – Sept 2016
2010: EBI Mirror project
Making research tools and data accessible in Australia
Making research tools and data accessible in Australia
2010: EBI Mirror project
EBI projection of infrastructure requirements 2015
Scalability?
EMBL Australia Bioinformatics Resource (BRAEMBL)
Mission:
1. Ensure we have access to the tools and data we need to be globally competitive
2. Showcase Australian life science research
3. Advise, support and train
BRAEMBL EMBL-ABR• started in its current
form in Feb 2016
• hub hosted at VLSCI, University of Melbourne
• 10 nodes at the institution/organisation level across Australia
• NCRIS funding via Bioplatforms Australia, matched by University of Melbourne
• 2011-2014
• based in Brisbane
• NCRIS funding via Bioplatforms Australia; UQ, Qld State Govt
Why do we need EMBL-ABR?
• Tools, platforms and methods• Best-practice development • Long-term maintenance• Discoverability• Adopting tools/platforms that already exist elsewhere
• Data• Data management for complex biological datasets• FAIR data and resources• Australian data, flagship projects
• Training• Scalability and accessibility• Global perspective
• Standards • Direct participation in international consortia• Ensuring AU needs are considered
• Compute Resources• Making the most of existing “hard” infrastructure
Key Areas
EMBL-ABR is the vehicle for the Australian Bioinformatics community to actively participate in world’s best practice bioinformatics, positioning our institutions at the forefront with international
partners. Cyverse, ELIXIR, BD2K.
National bioinformatics infrastructure?
• fosters excellence in data science to support progress in biological research and health
• bioinformatics infrastructure
• resources• expertise• services
• federating world-class researchers
• delivering training in bioinformatics
• provides first-class services to users in life sciences research, industry and medicine
• coordinates bioinformatics training and education
• coordinates cooperation of the German bioinformatics community with international bioinformatics network structures
European Life Sciences Infrastructure for Biological Information
A rapidly evolving international context
EMBL Australian Bioinformatics Resource (EMBL-ABR) is a distributed national
research infrastructure providing bioinformatics support to life science
researchers in Australia.
EMBL-ABR aims to:
1. increase Australia’s capacity to collect, integrate, analyse, exploit, share and archive the large heterogeneous data sets now part of modern life sciences research.
2. contribute to the development of and provide training in data, tools and platforms to enable Australia’s life science researchers to undertake research in the age of big data.
3. showcase Australian research and datasets at an international level.
4. enable engagement in international programs that create, deploy and develop best practice approaches to data management, software tools and methods, computational platforms and bioinformatics services.
1. Ensure Australia has access to
the tools and data we need to
be globally competitive2. Showcase Australian life science
research3. Advise, support and train
Scale and focus: analogous efforts
2016$0.4m
2015$2.9m + $8.7m
2016-2020
~$6m/yr
About EMBL-ABR
Heads of Nodes
Marc WilkinsJac Charlesworth
Sylvain Forêt
Ira Cooke
Sonika TyagiAndrew Lonie
Malcolm McConville Dave Edwards
Steve Androulakis Rob Cook
About EMBL-ABR
Heads of Nodes
+Executive
Marc WilkinsJac Charlesworth
Sylvain Forêt
Ira Cooke
Sonika TyagiAndrew Lonie
Malcolm McConville Dave Edwards
Steve Androulakis Rob Cook
Paul FlicekLead, Vertebrate
Genomics & ENSEMBL
Jaap HeringaHead, ELIXIR-NL
Vivien BonazziSenior Advisor Data Science
Tech & Innovation
Jason WilliamsEducation,
Outreach and Training Lead
Andrew YoungDirector, National
Research Collections Australia, ACT
Mark WalkerDirector, Aust Infectious Disease Res Centre, UQ
Delphine FleuryAus Centre for Plant Functional Genomics,
SASean Grimmond
Director, Centre for UoM Cancer Research, VIC
Rebecca JohnsonDirector, Australian Museum Research
Institute, NSWJenny MartinCo-Director,
Breakthrough Science Program, Centre for
Superbug Solutions, UQ
International Scientific Advisory Group
https://www.embl-abr.org.au/key-documents/
Key Areas
EMBL-ABR is the vehicle for the Australian Bioinformatics community to actively participate in world’s best practice bioinformatics, positioning our institutions at the forefront with international
partners. Cyverse, ELIXIR, BD2K.
Event Registry Registry of bioinformatics-related training eventsPowered by iAnn
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embl-abr.org.au/events
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STM.embl-abr.org.au
ToolsAUCatalogue of Australian bioinformatics toolsHarvested from ELIXIR bio.toolsDo your tools appear here? If not, add them to bio.tools or email us:[email protected]
embl-abr.org.au/tools/toolsau/
• EMBL-ABR Node involvement in BPA flagship projects
• Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens• Oz Mammals
Acknowledgements
Madison Flannery
Developer
Simon GladmanResearch Scientist
Thank YOU www.embl-abr.org.au
@EMBL_ABR