Data Centre
The SciLifeLab Data Centre provides the SciLifeLab platforms with services for IT and data management. We also work to facilitate the communication between SciLifeLab platforms, their users, and the research community, and develop databases and tools. The purpose is to maximize the scientific impact of SciLifeLab generated data and provide a good helpful IT environment for the SciLifeLab platforms and their users. The Data Centre strives to follow the principles of Open Science and to make the data generated at SciLifeLab FAIR.
Services: Systems for facility operations | Collaboration and communication systems | Facility IT planning meetings
Human data | Workshops and events | Contact Data Centre
Services
We have a number of services available to facilities, and some things are in development. Our aim is to provide better services for the facilities, and produce a supportive environment for you to be able to help your users. All our services are currently provided for free for facilities. Email us at datacentre@scilifelab.se for access.
Systems for facility operations
ORDER PORTAL
A web based system for facility communication with prospective users. We can provide you with an instance configured according to your own specific requirements. Try out a demo instance at orderportal.scilifelab.se, contact us or Per Kraulis directly.
PUBLICATIONS DATABASE
The Data Centre built and maintains the SciLifeLab Publications database where the results of research assisted by SciLifeLab facilities can be found. A second database was set up for publications of researchers and fellows affiliated with SciLifeLab.
DATA MANAGEMENT PLANS
We encourage SciLifeLab facilities to support users with data management plans. We provide templates and a software system to manage such plans, the SciLifeLab instance of the Data Stewardship Wizard.
FACILITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
A facility management system (scheduling, invoicing, pricing, operational management etc) has procured by KI and UU, Agilent Technologies iLab Operations Software was awarded the contract. The implementation process is ongoing at KI and UU.
SURVEY TOOLS
The online survey tool Typeform is offered to the facilities and administration. It allows to collect questionnaire responses from users/researchers. Email us for access.
DATA DELIVERY PORTAL
This service is currently under construction. The primary goal of the delivery portal will be to provide cloud based storage for data delivery for facilities and their users.
HOSTING SERVICES
The Data Centre can provide hosting of some services and data for facilities, and in specific cases also for research groups. In most cases, the hosting will require a Docker image of the service, but we may also be able to host e.g. Shiny apps. Please fill in and send the service request form to datacentre@scilifelab.se for inquiries.
Collaboration and communication systems
CONFLUENCE
Confluence is a tool for team collaboration. It can be used to share and edit documents, manage tasks and project plans, and much else. Visit our Confluence guide for a quick overview of the system and how to get started.
NEXTCLOUD
For sharing and storage of larger files we provide you with a Nextcloud solution, all granted projects will be able to use this Dropbox style file sharing option for their files and data. See Nextcloud user guide.
PROJECTPLACE
A cloud based system for project planning and storing documents, made available through agreement with UU, and approved also for storage of non-sensitive personal data.
SLACK
Slack is an online lightweight communication tool. Anyone with an email address that ends in scilifelab.se, scilifelab.uu.se, bils.se or nbis.se can immediately register themselves in the SciLifeLab Slack workspace. Anyone else: request an invite by emailing the Data Centre.
SCILIFELAB FORUM
The SciLifeLab Forum is good for more substantial, permanent reference information that is still easy to update. It is a public Discourse instance. Sign up using the blue Sign Up button at the top. See Guide to getting started.
Facility IT planning meetings
The Data Centre has a mandate from the SciLifeLab board to express the voice of SciLifeLab units towards host universities, SNIC and other parties for issues concerning IT and data management, and to promote better coordination of the data infrastructure of life sciences in Sweden.
As a part of this work, we will host meetings on a regular basis to meet with the facilities, so you can talk to us directly about your current IT, systems or data management needs.
We will follow up on these meetings by meeting SciLifeLab management, as well as SNIC, to present and discuss what you tell us and work to get the decisions and the funding to concretely address your needs, in synergy with the needs of all SciLifeLab units. Your input is invaluable and there will be many other ways for you to interact with us to improve IT and data handling in SciLifeLab.
Service request form
As a way of documenting and tracking your IT/data needs we have a Service Request Form to be used. It can be brought to us at one of the meetings or sent to us by emailing datacentre@scilifelab.se.
RESPONDING TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
National COVID-19 Data Portal
The Data Centre maintains the Swedish National COVID-19 Data Portal. The aim of the portal is to provide information, guidelines, tools and services to support researchers in utilising Swedish and European infrastructures for data sharing.
How can SciLifeLab help you to publish your human data?
If you are a researcher at a Swedish academic institution working in SciLifeLab’s areas of activity, you can get help from the SciLifeLab Data Management support team with publishing your human data and managing access requests or alternatively with setting up an access request system in your own safe environment.
Workshops and events
The Data Centre regularly organizes workshops and events on IT and data management for SciLifeLab facilities, researchers and fellows.
Past events
2020/2021: SciLifeLab AI seminar series
SciLifeLab AI Seminar Series, launched by SciLifeLab Data Centre, combines scientific highlights from SciLifeLab-affiliated researchers and invited experts on the general topic of AI applications in Life Science. The SciLifeLab AI Seminar Series will be held virtually on Zoom and videos will be published openly after the seminars at the SciLifeLab YouTube channel.
Contact SciLifeLab Data Centre
If you have questions regarding data management, systems or data access contact the Data Centre using datacentre@scilifelab.se. For other inquiries, please see the general SciLifeLab contact page.