title: BRISK--research-oriented storage kit for biology-related data.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In genetic science, large-scale international research collaborations represent a growing trend. These collaborations have demanding and challenging database, storage, retrieval and communication needs. These studies typically involve demographic and clinical data, in addition to the results from numerous genomic studies (omics studies) such as gene expression, eQTL, genome-wide association and methylation studies, which present numerous challenges, thus the need for data integration platforms that can handle these complex data structures. Inefficient methods of data transfer and access control still plague research collaboration. As science becomes more and more collaborative in nature, the need for a system that adequately manages data sharing becomes paramount.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Biology-Related Information Storage Kit (BRISK) is a package of several web-based data management tools that provide a cohesive data integration and management platform. It was specifically designed to provide the architecture necessary to promote collaboration and expedite data sharing between scientists.
  
  
  METHODS
  The software, documentation, Java source code and demo are available at http://genapha.icapture.ubc.ca/brisk/index.jsp. BRISK was developed in Java, and tested on an Apache Tomcat 6 server with a MySQL database.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  denise.daley@hli.ubc.ca.
authors.affiliation: James Hogg iCAPTURE Center, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z1Y6.
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tripp
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Daley
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003628:Database Management Systems; D055106:Genome-Wide Association Study; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods*; D033181:Information Dissemination; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D020407:Internet; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D012984:Software