Concept for preservation and reuse of genome and biomedical imaging research data.

The German Research Foundation (DFG) recommends preserving research data for at least ten years. The DFG funded project LABIMI/F establishes an infrastructure for preservation, retrieval and reuse of biomedical research data based on grid/cloud computing technology for two applications a) genome and b) imaging data. The requirements for this infrastructure were determined during workshops with relevant stakeholders.

Functional requirements for a central research imaging data repository.

The current situation at many university medical centers regarding the management of biomedical research imaging data leaves much to be desired. In contrast to the recommendations of the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the German Council of Sciences and Humanities regarding the professional management of research data, there are commonly many individual data pools for research data in each institute and the management remains the responsibility of the researcher. A possible solution for this situation would be to install local central repositories for biomedical research imaging data.