The DNA Bank Network

Gabriele Droege

Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem

Freie Universität Berlin

Existing components

Source material / specimens

GBIF – Data Architecture

GBIF – Data Architecture

DiGIR = Digital Generic Information Retrieval

BioCASe = Biological Collection Access Service

ABCD = Access to Biological Collection Data

WrappersTransformation of individual database structures into a standard xml schema

Enable „live“ connection to original data provider

DarwinCore ABCD

DNA Bank Network

The Data Architecture

Provider xy

Different voucher data sources

DiGIR/BioCASe

DarwinCore/ABCD

Specimen

databases

Data Architecture

Data architecture – DNA data

• DNA Module– MySQL and PHP– Local use or with external server (web-based)– Several tools for entry and management of DNA data

and customer requests– Reference to specimen data via wrappers– Specimen Tool for specimen data not available via

GBIF

Provider xy

DNA ModuleDNA

Different voucher data sources

DiGIR/BioCASe

DarwinCore/ABCD

Specimen

databases

Data Architecture

Provider xy

BioCASe

ABCDDNA

DNA ModuleDNA

Different voucher data sources

DiGIR/BioCASe

DarwinCore/ABCD

Specimen

databases

Data Architecture

Web index/

Web portal

www.dnabank-network.org

www.dnabank-network.org

- Dynamically generated during web query aggregating data from multiple sources

- April 2012: > 42.000 DNA and tissue samples available

- Customers have to sign MTA

- Partners work independent

DNA Bank Network

The Future

GBIF records worldwide

311,209,813 georeferenced data

GBIF records of current GGBN partners

9,299,217 georeferenced data

Sustainability

• Use of existing systems (e.g. GBIF, GenBank, BOLD, CoL)

• BGBM: two new permanent positions (from July 2012) – BioCASe & ABCD - Jörg Holetschek– DNA Bank Network - Gabi Dröge technical support for future GGBN data portal

possible• DFG proposal (deadline 31. July 2012); DFG =

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation)

DFG proposal

• DFG = Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation)

• Programme: Knowledge Transfer Projects– Deadline: 31. July 2012– Transfer projects are based on results generated by DFG-

funded research projects– Core of the project is a joint work programme, focusing

on intensive mutual exchange of scientific knowledge– Funds for German partner only– Appropriate input by the application partner expected– Should be not more than one application partner

• Discussion with GGBN-ISC and TF Data Standards

DFG proposal

• Working title:“Building the technical node of the Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN)”

• SI represents GGBN within the project• BGBM leads the technical node of GGBN• All GGBN partners could benefit:

–Best practices and data workflows can be adopted by all GGBN partners

• GGBN works independent and does not depend on the grant and vice versa