The Australia Bioinformatics Resource (EMBL-ABR) (formerly the Bioinformatics Resource Australia - EMBL (BRAEMBL)) was a significant initiative under the associate membership to EMBL.
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| Abbreviation | EMBL-ABR |
|---|---|
| Formation | 2011[1] |
| Location | |
Director | Andrew Lonie |
Deputy Director | Vicky Schneider |
Parent organization | European Molecular Biology Laboratory |
| Website | www |
Formerly called | Bioinformatics Resource Australia - EMBL (BRAEMBL) |
Since 2019, all activities carried out under EMBL-ABR have rolled over into the Bioplatforms Australia (NCRIS-funded) Australian BioCommons, under new funding agreements and led by Associate Professor Andrew Lonie.
EMBL-ABR aimed to:
- Increase Australia’s capacity to collect, integrate, analyse, exploit, share and archive the large heterogeneous data sets now part of modern life sciences research
- 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
- Showcase Australian research and datasets at an international level
- 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
EMBL-ABR was supported by Bioplatforms Australia and the University of Melbourne. EMBL-ABR Hub was hosted at the Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative (VLSCI) at the University of Melbourne.[citation needed]
In July 2016, EMBL-ABR announced an agreement to collaborate with GOBLET to develop training programs for bioinformatics.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Annual Report Bioplatforms Australia 2013" (PDF). Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ "GOBLET agrees to collaborate with EMBL-ABR - EMBL-ABR". Retrieved 26 August 2016.