Research Data Management

Open Data, Open Research

The BioRDM team is supervised by Professor Andrew Millar and consists of experienced biologists and software developers. The main mission of the team is to help researchers incorporate effective data management strategies into their daily research workflows, turning data management into a benefit rather than a burden.

The School’s BioRDM facility remains open to further research collaborations with funding. Our current, collaborative grant funding is working with Profs. Meriem El Karoui (SBS; Wellcome funding) and Danny Smith (UoE Psychiatry; MRC and Wellcome).

Vision

Our vision is to ensure all researchers adopt FAIR data principles: for research data to be Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable.

Expertise

We can assist researchers in dealing with data throughout the whole data life cycle, from acquisition, through to processing and data sharing. In fact, our expertise can be applied even before the research begins as we also help with the preparation of Data Management Plans for grant applications.

We are committed to deliver ‘better research by better sharing.’

We achieve this through consulting and educational activities, as well as by developing new specialised software and integrating diverse resources. All this ensures that publicly funded research is accessible to open dissemination by the scientific community, and that its use extends beyond the initial scope of the studies.

We have practical expertise in:

Electronic Lab Notebooks and Wiki
Developing data analysis and processing pipelines
Domain specific resources for data management (e.g. microscopy, synthetic biology)
Data infrastructure provided by the University
Public repositories

Activities

Consultation and advising
Developing custom software for data management, processing and sharing
Teaching, training and user support
Practical evaluation of data resources
Integration of systems and data resources integration
Data curation and deposition to public repositories

For further information about research data management, please contact: