ARRA Knowledgebase R&D

This project will create the conceptual design and implementation planning necessary for subsequent development of the Systems Biology Knowledgebase. A fully functional Systems Biology Knowledgebase is envisioned to be a cyber-infrastructure for systems biology information and data that not only includes data storage, retrieval and management, but also enables new knowledge acquisition and management, through free and open access to data, analysis tools, and information for the scientific research community. The current effort will fund the establishment of a computational infrastructure, a series of workshops and pilot projects that will be used to determine the scope, cost and schedule of the Knowledgebase as well as the infrastructure needs and will also include activities supported by partnering with the office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR).