title: The BioSample Database (BioSD) at the European Bioinformatics Institute.
abstract: The BioSample Database (http://www.ebi.ac.uk/biosamples) is a new database at EBI that stores information about biological samples used in molecular experiments, such as sequencing, gene expression or proteomics. The goals of the BioSample Database include: (i) recording and linking of sample information consistently within EBI databases such as ENA, ArrayExpress and PRIDE; (ii) minimizing data entry efforts for EBI database submitters by enabling submitting sample descriptions once and referencing them later in data submissions to assay databases and (iii) supporting cross database queries by sample characteristics. Each sample in the database is assigned an accession number. The database includes a growing set of reference samples, such as cell lines, which are repeatedly used in experiments and can be easily referenced from any database by their accession numbers. Accession numbers for the reference samples will be exchanged with a similar database at NCBI. The samples in the database can be queried by their attributes, such as sample types, disease names or sample providers. A simple tab-delimited format facilitates submissions of sample information to the database, initially via email to biosamples@ebi.ac.uk.
authors.affiliation: EMBL-EBI, the European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire CB10 1SD, UK.
authors.forename: Mikhail
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gostev
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Faulconbridge
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brandizi
authors.forename: Julio
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fernandez-Banet
authors.forename: Ugis
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Sarkans
authors.forename: Alvis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brazma
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Parkinson
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D015870:Gene Expression; D023281:Genomics; D040901:Proteomics; D017421:Sequence Analysis; D018511:Systems Integration; D014584:User-Computer Interface
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