The BioGenome Portal: a web-based platform for biodiversity genomics data management

TL;DR

The BioGenome Portal is a web platform that helps manage and organize data from biodiversity genomics projects, making it easier to coordinate and share genome sequencing efforts.

Contribution

The novel contribution is the development of an open-source, customizable web portal for managing biodiversity genomics data and generating standardized sequence status reports.

Findings

The BioGenome Portal integrates user-generated data with public repositories to streamline biodiversity genomics projects.

The portal is being used as a reference tool for the Catalan Initiative for the Earth Biogenome Project.

It supports the democratization of biodiversity genomics by enabling easy deployment and customization.

Abstract

Biodiversity genomics projects are underway with the aim of sequencing the genomes of all eukaryotic species on Earth. Here we describe the BioGenome Portal, a web-based application to facilitate organization and access to the data produced by biodiversity genomics projects. The portal integrates user-generated data with data deposited in public repositories. The portal generates sequence status reports that can be eventually ingested by designated metadata tracking systems, facilitating the coordination task of these systems. The portal is open-source and fully customizable. It can be deployed at any site with minimum effort, contributing to the democratization of biodiversity genomics projects. We illustrate the features of the BioGenome Portal through a number of specific instances. One such instance is being used as the reference portal for the Catalan Initiative for the Earth Biogenome Project, a regional project aiming to sequencing the genomes of the species of the Catalan linguistic area.

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