Environmental, agricultural and biomedical research is dependent on the availability of high quality data that is made available through biodata resources and databases hosted locally, nationally and internationally. The reality is that funding for development, maintenance and sustainability of biodata resources is often short-term and piecemeal leaving the resources that life scientists depend on in a precarious position. The Global Biodata Coalition was formed in response to this challenge to provide a forum for research funders and others around the globe to better coordinate and share approaches for the efficient management and growth of biodata resources worldwide

In this extended webinar we discuss the theme of development and sustainability of biodata resources with a panel of guests. We’ll hear about the goals and activities of the Global Biodata Coalition and the challenges faced by well established and highly curated Australian and international data resources (Stemformatics, Community for Antimicrobial Drug Discovery (CO-ADD) Database and InnateDB) in sustaining these resources.

The presentations and panel discussion will be followed by questions from the audience.

Speakers

Dr Guy Cochrane, Executive Director Global BioData Coalition and Team Leader for Data Coordination and Archiving and Head of the European Nucleotide Archive.

Professor Christine Wells, Project Lead for Stemformatics and Director, Centre for Stem Cell Systems, University of Melbourne.

Dr Johannes Zuegg, Head of Chemoinformatics CO-ADD, University of Queensland.

Professor David Lynn, Director, Computational & Systems Biology Program at SAHMRI; Professor College of Medicine and Public Health at Flinders University; and Scientific Director of the SA Genomics Centre.

Moderator

Dr Jeff Christiansen, Deputy Director and Associate Director Engagement and Operations, Australian BioCommons

Who the webinar is for:

This webinar is for organisations, research groups and funders who develop, use and support biodata resources and anyone with an interest in Open Science initiatives.

How to join:

This webinar takes place online via Zoom Webinar.

The webinar is free to join but you must register for a place in advance

Register here