The BioMart community portal: an innovative alternative to large, centralized data repositories

Damian Smedley(Wellcome Sanger Institute), Syed Haider(MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), Steffen Durinck, Luca Pandini(Vita-Salute San Raffaele University), Paolo Provero(University of Turin), James E. Allen(European Bioinformatics Institute), Olivier Arnaiz(Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives), Mohammad Awedh(King Abdulaziz University), Richard Baldock(Western General Hospital), Giulia Barbiera(Vita-Salute San Raffaele University), Philippe Bardou(Génétique Physiologie et Systèmes d'Elevage), Tim Beck(University of Leicester), Andrew Blake(Mary Lyon Centre at MRC Harwell), Merideth Bonierbale(International Potato Center), Anthony J. Brookes(University of Leicester), Gabriele Bucci(Vita-Salute San Raffaele University), Iwan Buetti(Vita-Salute San Raffaele University), Sarah Burge(European Bioinformatics Institute), Cédric Cabau(Génétique Physiologie et Systèmes d'Elevage), Joseph W. Carlson(Joint Genome Institute), Claude Chelala(Queen Mary University of London), Charalambos Chrysostomou(University of Leicester), Davide Cittaro(Vita-Salute San Raffaele University), Olivier Collin(Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systèmes Aléatoires), Raul Cordova(International Potato Center), Rosalind Cutts(Queen Mary University of London), Erik Dassi(University of Trento), Alex Di Genova(University of Chile), Anis Djari(Mathématiques et Informatique Appliquées), Anthony Esposito(Pfizer (United States)), Heather Estrella(Pfizer (United States)), Eduardo Eyras(Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Julio Fernandez-Banet(Pfizer (United States)), Simon Forbes(Wellcome Sanger Institute), Robert C. Free(University of Leicester), Takatomo Fujisawa(Kazusa DNA Research Institute), Emanuela Gadaleta(Queen Mary University of London), José Manuel García-Manteiga(Vita-Salute San Raffaele University), David Goodstein(Joint Genome Institute), Kristian Gray(European Bioinformatics Institute), José Afonso Guerra‐Assunção(Queen Mary University of London), Bernard Haggarty(Institute of Genetics and Cancer), Dong-Jin Han(Seoul National University), Byung Woo Han(Seoul National University), Todd Harris(Ontario Institute for Cancer Research), Jayson Harshbarger, Robert Hastings(University of Leicester), Richard D. Hayes(Joint Genome Institute), Claire Hoede(Mathématiques et Informatique Appliquées), Shen Hu(University of California, Los Angeles), Zhi-Liang Hu(Iowa State University), Lucie N. Hutchins(Jackson Laboratory), Zhengyan Kan(Pfizer (United States)), Hideya Kawaji(RIKEN), Aminah Keliet, Arnaud Kerhornou(Wellcome Trust), Sung‐Hoon Kim(Seoul National University), Rhoda Kinsella(Wellcome Trust), Christophe Klopp(Mathématiques et Informatique Appliquées), Lei Kong(Peking University), Daniel Lawson(European Bioinformatics Institute), Dejan Lazarević(Vita-Salute San Raffaele University), Ji‐Hyun Lee(Seoul National University), Thomas Letellier, Chuan-Yun Li(Peking University), Píetro Lió(University of Cambridge), Chu-Jun Liu(Peking University), Jie Luo(Wellcome Trust), Alejandro Maass(University of Chile), Jérôme Mariette(Mathématiques et Informatique Appliquées), Thomas Maurel(European Bioinformatics Institute), Stefania Merella(Vita-Salute San Raffaele University), Azza M. Mohamed(King Abdulaziz University), François Moreews(Génétique Physiologie et Systèmes d'Elevage), Ibounyamine Nabihoudine(Mathématiques et Informatique Appliquées), Nelson Ndegwa(Karolinska Institutet), Céline Noirot(Mathématiques et Informatique Appliquées), Cristian Perez-Llamas(Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Michael Primig(Université de Rennes), Alessandro Quattrone(University of Trento), Hadi Quesneville, Davide Rambaldi(Vita-Salute San Raffaele University), James M. Reecy(Iowa State University), Michela Riba(Vita-Salute San Raffaele University), Steven Rosanoff(Wellcome Trust), Amna A. Saddiq(King Abdulaziz University), Elisa Salas(International Potato Center), Olivier Sallou(Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systèmes Aléatoires), Rebecca Shepherd(Wellcome Sanger Institute), Reinhard Simon(International Potato Center), Linda Sperling(Université Paris-Sud), William Spooner(Eagle Genomics (United Kingdom)), D. Staines(European Bioinformatics Institute), Delphine Steinbach, Kevin Stone(Jackson Laboratory), Elia Stupka(Vita-Salute San Raffaele University), Jon W. Teague(Wellcome Sanger Institute), Abu Z M Dayem Ullah(Queen Mary University of London), Jun Wang(Peking University), Doreen Ware(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Marie Wong(Human Longevity (United States)), Ken Youens‐Clark(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Amonida Zadissa(European Bioinformatics Institute), Shi-Jian Zhang(Peking University), Arek Kasprzyk(King Abdulaziz University)
Nucleic Acids Research
April 20, 2015
10.1093/nar/gkv350
Cited by 839Open Access
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Abstract

The BioMart Community Portal (www.biomart.org) is a community-driven effort to provide a unified interface to biomedical databases that are distributed worldwide. The portal provides access to numerous database projects supported by 30 scientific organizations. It includes over 800 different biological datasets spanning genomics, proteomics, model organisms, cancer data, ontology information and more. All resources available through the portal are independently administered and funded by their host organizations. The BioMart data federation technology provides a unified interface to all the available data. The latest version of the portal comes with many new databases that have been created by our ever-growing community. It also comes with better support and extensibility for data analysis and visualization tools. A new addition to our toolbox, the enrichment analysis tool is now accessible through graphical and web service interface. The BioMart community portal averages over one million requests per day. Building on this level of service and the wealth of information that has become available, the BioMart Community Portal has introduced a new, more scalable and cheaper alternative to the large data stores maintained by specialized organizations.

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