RDM for the Life Sciences
Research data management (RDM) methods, tools and procedures can differ depending on the scientific discipline. Different types of data require different solutions. Each subject area has its own standards or recommendations based on the requirements of the specific data and research processes.
The following information has therefore been compiled specifically for researchers in life sciences.
Contact Persons at UKT
for the Life Sciences
Researchers at the Faculty of Medicine can find support for data storage and management at the Department für Informationstechnologie und Angewandte Medizininformatik. The department includes the following two areas:
Geschäftsbereich IT (GB-IT)
The Geschäftsbereich Informationstechnologie (GB-IT) pools all of the University Hospital's IT concerns and offers expertise and infrastructure in the area of data storage.
GB-IT
IT-Service-Desk@med.uni-tuebingen.de
+49 7071 29-81081
Medical Data Integration Center (meDIC)
The Medical Data Integration Center (meDIC) develops innovative IT solutions for the life sciences. As a Data Integration Center (DIZ) within the framework of DIFUTURE and the Medizininformatik-Initiative (MII), it offers various services in the field of data management.
meDIC
medic.info@medizin.uni-tuebingen.de
+49 7071 29-84335
Core Facilities
for the Life Sciences
Core Facilities offer overarching yet subject-specific and individual counseling on the topic of RDM and therefore are recommended as a first point of contact:
QBiC
The Quantitative Biology Center (QBiC) provides consultation for natural and life scientists on the management of their specific research data. The Core Facility also offers various services, e.g. generating and analyzing high-throughput data and has specialized in bioinformatics and omics technologies.
QBiC
support@qbic.zendesk.com
+49 7071 29-72163
NFDI Consortia
for the Life Sciences
NFDI consortia offer subject-specific services and information on the topic of RDM. They are suitable contacts for additional, discipline-specific consultation:
With Tübingen Participation
DataPLANT
The DataPLANT consortium deals with data management in basic plant research. It therefore offers expertise for all disciplines that conduct research on plants within biology or similar subject areas.
GHGA
The German Human Genome Phenome Archive (GHGA) is a consortium for all life sciences that deal with human genome data. This primarily addresses researchers in biomedical disciplines.
NFDI4Immuno
NFDI4Immuno provides infrastructure and expertise for scientists involved in immunological research. This can relate to both human and animal immunology.
NFDI4BIOIMAGE
The NFDI4BIOIMAGE consortium focuses on biological image data and image analysis. At its core are (light) microscopy and bioimage informatics.
Further Consortia
NFDI4Health
The NFDI4Health consortium specializes in personal health data. The focus lies on epidemiological, public health and clinical study data.
NFDI4Microbiota
The focus of NFDI4Microbiota is on microbiology. The consortium concentrates in particular on omics data. Researchers within the life sciences will find services and expertise here.
Research Projects on RDM
within the Life Sciences
RDM structures and services have been and are being developed and used in numerous research projects. The following projects involve and have involved researchers from Tübingen.
Depending on the nature of your own research data, tools and/or expertise developed within the projects may be helpful for data management:
binAC
Bioinformatics and Astrophysics Research Cluster
The BinAC - Bioinformatics and Astrophysics Research Cluster is part of the bwHPC initiative (High Performance Cloud Computing). BinAC was funded by the DFG and the state of Baden-Württemberg from 2016 to 2021.
The aim of the concept is to provide researchers with optimized HPC resources for their disciplines, consisting of hardware, software and support.
BioDATEN
Research Data Center
Since 2019, four research data centers have been funded by the state of Baden-Württemberg. Within the data centers, researchers are to work closely with data centers and libraries to enable access to and use of digital data sets.
BioDATEN - Bioinformatics Data Environment is one of these four centers, which was funded from 2019 to 2023. The aim was to support bioinformatics workflows across the entire life cycle of the data. This facilitates access to the various independent infrastructures at regional, national and international level.
IMeRa
Virtual Research Environment
Virtual or digital research environments are working platforms that have been developed to enable scientists to conduct research together from different locations at the same time.
IMeRa - Integrated Mobile Health Research Platform is a virtual research environment (VRE) for the life sciences, in particular for research and patient-related data that is collected, provided and accessed via mobile devices.
INF-Project
TRR 356 PlantMicrobe
Information Management and Information Infrastructure in Collaborative Research Centers (INF) can be applied for as a subproject in Collaborative Research Centers (CRC) or CRC/Transregio (TRR) of the DFG. They serve to develop and implement project-specific data management concepts and to establish and operate the associated infrastructure.
The INF project Virtual Environment for Research Data and Analysis (VERDA) of the TRR 356 - PlantMicrobe is based in the natural and life sciences. The TRR will run from 2023 to 2026.
INF-Project
TRR 209 Liver Cancer
Information Management and Information Infrastructure in Collaborative Research Centers (INF) can be applied for as a subproject in Collaborative Research Centers (CRC) or CRC/Transregio (TRR) of the DFG. They serve to develop and implement project-specific data management concepts and to establish and operate the associated infrastructure.
The INF project Standardized Biobanking, Evaluation of Human Sample and Model Systems, Databases, Bioinformatics in TRR 209 - Liver Cancer was based in the life sciences. The TRR ran from 2017 to 2022.
GDI
European Genomic Data Infrastructure
GDI - European Genomic Data Infrastructure is an EU and BMBF-funded project in the life sciences with a funding period from 2022 to 2026.
The project aims to bring together 22 countries to establish a cross-national network of genome data that can be used for the purposes of biomedical research and personalized medicine.
EOSC-Life
Building a Digital Space for the Life Sciences
EOSC-Life - Building a Digital Space for the Life Sciences was an EU-funded project within the natural sciences in the field of biology with a funding period from 2019 to 2023.
The aim was to bring together 13 Europe-wide life sciences research institutions in the European Strategy Forum for Research Infrastructures to create an open, digital, collaborative space for life sciences research.
de.NBI
German Network for Bioinformatics Infrastructure
de.NBI - German Network for Bioinformatics Infrastructure was a BMBF-funded project within bioinformatics with a funding period from 2014 to 2021.
The aim was to provide bioinformatics services for researchers within the life sciences in Germany and Europe. Since 2022, the de.NBI network has been continued at Forschungszentrum Jülich.
DIFUTURE
Medical Informatics Consortium
DIFUTURE - Medical Informatics Consortium is a BMBF-funded project in the life sciences. The funding period was from 2018 to 2021; since 2023 up to 2026, the university is involved in a follow-up project within Module 1A.
The aim was and is to jointly collect data from patient care under strict data protection requirements in order to improve treatment options in the future. The departments involved are medicine, computer science, biostatistics and bioinformatics.
In the follow-up project, the developed structures are to be further expanded, consolidated and linked with existing structures. The local partner in Tübingen is meDIC - Medical Data Integration Center at Tübingen University Hospital (UKT).
ANOVAGET
Annotation and Visualization of Genomic and Transcriptomic Data for Molecular Tumor Boards
ANOVAGET - Annotation and Visualization of Genomic and Transcriptomic Data for Molecular Tumor Boards was a project within the life sciences that was funded by the state of Baden-Württemberg from 2020 to 2022.
The aim of the project was to develop software for analyzing sequencing results in order to facilitate decisions on different forms of therapy.
IDEM
Integrated Digital Consent Management for Clinical and Research
IDEM - Integrated Digital Consent Management for Clinical and Research was a project in the life sciences with a funding period from 2021 to 2022. The project was funded by the state of Baden-Württemberg.
The aim of IDEM was to digitize the consent management of patient data. Patient consent can thus be found faster and better, stored securely and passed on to parties within the patient supply chain.
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