A System for Information Management in BioMedical Studies--SIMBioMS.
SIMBioMS is a web-based open source software system for managing data and information in biomedical studies. It provides a solution for the collection, storage, management and retrieval of information about research subjects and biomedical samples, as well as experimental data obtained using a range of high-throughput technologies, including gene expression, genotyping, proteomics and metabonomics. The system can easily be customized and has proven to be successful in several large-scale multi-site collaborative projects. It is compatible with emerging functional genomics data standards and provides data import and export in accepted standard formats. Protocols for transferring data to durable archives at the European Bioinformatics Institute have been implemented.


BACKGROUND
The source code, documentation and initialization scripts are available at http://simbioms.org.
Krestyaninova
Maria
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European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB101SD, UK. support@simbioms.org
Zarins
Andris
A
Viksna
Juris
J
Kurbatova
Natalja
N
Rucevskis
Peteris
P
Neogi
Sudeshna Guha
SG
Gostev
Mike
M
Perheentupa
Teemu
T
Knuuttila
Juha
J
Barrett
Amy
A
Lappalainen
Ilkka
I
Rung
Johan
J
Podnieks
Karlis
K
Sarkans
Ugis
U
McCarthy
Mark I
MI
Brazma
Alvis
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D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods*; D003628:Database Management Systems; D016208:Databases, Factual; D019451:Information Management / Q000379:methods*; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software