Integrated access to and analysis of data for cross-domain synthesis studies are hindered
because common characteristics of observational data, including time, location, provenance …

Earth Science researchers require access to integrated, cross-disciplinary data in order to
answer critical research questions. Partially due to these science drivers, it is common for …

Background Long-term sample storage, tracing of data flow and data export for subsequent
analyses are of great importance in genetics studies. Therefore, molecular labs do need a …

Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) play a prominent role in modern genetics. Current
genotyping technologies such as Sequenom iPLEX, ABI TaqMan and KBioscience KASPar …

Clinical research is a way of doing research that is primarily aimed to solve a human health
and/or ailment-related problem. However, clinical research is complex and involves factors …

In recent years proteomics became increasingly important to functional genomics. Although
a large amount of data is generated by high throughput large‐scale techniques, a …

Background In modern life science research it is very important to have an efficient
management of high throughput primary lab data. To realise such an efficient management …

Historically, software application systems have been produced either individually tailored for
the specific customer, or they have been adapted from standardized packages. This paper …

Specialised end user developed database applications can often be designed and
developed quickly and simply to meet specific needs. However these applications are often …

The objective of this paper is to provide an illustrative feedback on development of Open
Source software among several partners. We describe the first stage of the design of a …