SysMO Data Management

The main objectives of SysMO-DB are to: facilitate the web-based exchange of data between research groups within- and inter- consortia, and to provide an integrated platform for the dissemination of the results of the SysMO projects to the scientific community. We aim to devise a progressive and scalable solution to the data management needs of the SysMO initiative, that:

• facilitates and maximises the potential for data exchange between SysMO research groups;

• maximises the ‘shelf life’ and utility of data generated by SysMO;

• provides an integrated platform for the dissemination of the results of the SysMO projects to the scientific community; and

• facilitates standardization of practices in Systems Biology for the interfacing of modelling and experimentation.

We follow several key principles:

• exploit what is already available, both within the consortium and outside it, and do not reinvent;
• identify the least we can do to make a benefit and do this incrementally.