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Introduction of the Korea BioData Station (K-BDS) for sharing biological data

  • Byungwook Lee (Korea Bioinformation Center (KOBIC), Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology) ;
  • Seungwoo Hwang (Korea Bioinformation Center (KOBIC), Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology) ;
  • Pan-Gyu Kim (Korea Bioinformation Center (KOBIC), Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology) ;
  • Gunwhan Ko (Korea Bioinformation Center (KOBIC), Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology) ;
  • Kiwon Jang (Korea Bioinformation Center (KOBIC), Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology) ;
  • Sangok Kim (Korea Bioinformation Center (KOBIC), Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology) ;
  • Jong-Hwan Kim (Korea Bioinformation Center (KOBIC), Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology) ;
  • Jongbum Jeon (Korea Bioinformation Center (KOBIC), Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology) ;
  • Hyerin Kim (Korea Bioinformation Center (KOBIC), Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology) ;
  • Jaeeun Jung (Korea Bioinformation Center (KOBIC), Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology) ;
  • Byoung-Ha Yoon (Korea Bioinformation Center (KOBIC), Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology) ;
  • Iksu Byeon (Korea Bioinformation Center (KOBIC), Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology) ;
  • Insu Jang (Korea Bioinformation Center (KOBIC), Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology) ;
  • Wangho Song (Korea Bioinformation Center (KOBIC), Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology) ;
  • Jinhyuk Choi (Korea Bioinformation Center (KOBIC), Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology) ;
  • Seon-Young Kim (Korea Bioinformation Center (KOBIC), Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology)
  • Received : 2022.12.09
  • Accepted : 2023.03.06
  • Published : 2023.03.31
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Abstract

A wave of new technologies has created opportunities for the cost-effective generation of high-throughput profiles of biological systems, foreshadowing a "data-driven science" era. The large variety of data available from biological research is also a rich resource that can be used for innovative endeavors. However, we are facing considerable challenges in big data deposition, integration, and translation due to the complexity of biological data and its production at unprecedented exponential rates. To address these problems, in 2020, the Korean government officially announced a national strategy to collect and manage the biological data produced through national R&D fund allocations and provide the collected data to researchers. To this end, the Korea Bioinformation Center (KOBIC) developed a new biological data repository, the Korea BioData Station (K-BDS), for sharing data from individual researchers and research programs to create a data-driven biological study environment. The K-BDS is dedicated to providing free open access to a suite of featured data resources in support of worldwide activities in both academia and industry.

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Acknowledgement

We thank our users for submitting data, sending suggestions, reporting bugs and becoming involved in community curation. This work was supported by a grant from the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2020M3A9I6A01036057). A portion of the data used for this study was obtained from the K-BDS (IDs: PRJKA121272 and PRJKA230562) at the KOBIC.

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