Database harmonization and IT-infrastructure

WP5 coordinates and supervises all processes of the IT, informatics and infrastructure in BBMRI. The move towards a universal information infrastructure for biobanking in Europe is directly connected to the issues of semantic interoperability through standardized message formats and controlled terminologies. The information infrastructure has become a critical component in life-sciences research. The explosion of genotype data requires that data are properly loaded, accessed, managed, queried, analyzed and shared. Longitudinal research over a long period of time, for generations of researchers, demands completely new methods and systems for gathering and storing genotype and phenotype information. The biobanks bring to the fore the problems concerning the need for standardized research data and a long-term storage strategy.

Contacts

	Jan-Eric LITTON Karolinska Institute E-mail: jan-eric.litton(o)ki.se T: +46 8 524 877 59 F: -
	Martin FRANSSON E-mail: martin.fransson(o)ki.se