The project “National Research Center in Bioinformatics for Omics Sciences” (CNRBiOmics) aims to strengthen the Italian node of the European Research Infrastructure ELIXIR (European Life-science Infrastructure for Biological Information), primarily in the southern regions of Italy. The project involves the establishment of a center of excellence for the production, management, and interpretation of Omics data (genomics, metagenomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics) with its main headquarters in the Bari area.

Specifically, the project plans to acquire the most advanced platforms available on the market, with unique and complementary features, for:

• Production of massive nucleic acid sequencing data with second and third-generation platforms, including single-cell level, and their validation
• Proteomic analyses
• Metabolomic analyses

These instruments will be integrated with a high-performance computing and storage ICT platform (10K cores, 15 Pb storage) with a hub in Bari and integrated with the existing ELIXIR infrastructure.

The enhancement project also includes the strengthening of a high-level training platform to provide the necessary skills for the optimal use of the infrastructure.

Announcement

PS R&I 2015-2017 (PNIR – National Research Infrastructures Program)

Application field: Bioinformatics Research for Omics Sciences

Project Coordinator: Lucia Maddalena

Geographic scope: National

Start date: 18 November 2020

End date:29 February 2024

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