IMPACT

European Commission Directorate-General For The Information Society And Media

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Information technology and telecommunications
Medical and biological research
Target audience: Specialised/Technical

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• Information technology
• Base de données
• Biology
• Médecine

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• Publié par: EUROPEAN-COMMISSION-DIRECTORATE-GENERAL-FOR-THE-INFORMATION-SOCIETY-AND-MEDIA
• Nombre de lectures: 23
• Langue: English

Extrait

Framework Programme 7 (2007-2013) Researc nrasrucures projes

IMPACT

Summary:Proen ames and domans are nvauabe poners a ep boogss o Ind dsany reaed proens and o predc er uncons.A daunng array o resources, eac w dferen srengs and weaknesses, s now avaabe o searc ge- nomes and proeomes or “proen sgnaures” – dagnosc enes a are used o rec- ognse a parcuar doman or proen amy.n order or e end user o use ese resources efecvey n er researc,  s necessary o amagamae em ogeer no a snge resource (a daabase caed “nerPro”).he connued generaon o ese sgna- ures, er annoaon and negraon no nerPro and e provson o sotware and daabases o serve em o e pubc s ereore o grea mporance o e e scence communy.

he MPACT (Mprovng Proen Annoaon roug Coordnaon and Tecnoogy) projec nvoves a Consorum o 9 experenced parners, some o wom ave been coaborang or amos 10 years n e Ied o proen amy and doman predcon (hese ncude e nerPro, PRNTS, Prose, SuperFamy, SMART, Pam, Gene3D and ProDom daabases).MPACT ams o arness exsng ecnooges (suc as web servces and dsrbued compung) and use em o dramacay mprove exsng n- ormaon resources.

Objectives: ncreasedcoaborave researc o deny ames and domans no ye represened by sgnaures w ead o an ncrease n e number o proens wc ave some uncona annoaon assocaed w em, as a mnmum.hs process w be aded by e use o sandardsed daa excange ormas and mecansms, and w be careuy coordnaed and monored o ensure e bes possbe quay daa s oupu. he nerna ppenes used o generae e daa we provde w use compuaona aces w ncreased eicency, eadng o a sorer me beween a new amy beng denIed, a sgnaure beng creaed o descrbe  and e sgnaure’s use o caracerze new, unknown proens.Access o daa nernay beween consorum parners, and exernay w e wder user communy, w become aser and more lexbe anks o e deveopmen o web neraces and reaed sotware.Addona reaed boog- ca normaon w be assocaed w e cenra nerPro resource wc w urer enance e daa aready conaned wn .

Action plan:he projec s panned over 3 years and as 3 dsnc ypes o acvy:

Networking activities:he 3 man ocuses o e neworkng acves are, 1) o man- age and co-ordnae e Consorum efecvey so a e goas o e Jon Researc Acves are reaced; 2) o creae a beer nework w our users, mprovng our un- dersandng o er needs as we as educang em abou wa normaon s avaabe roug e projec and 3) o sandardse e mecansms o daa excange as we as e daa se o avod unnecessary boenecks.

Service activities:We ancpae a e sze o our user base w ncrease as a conse- quence o e MPACT projec, ereore a proporon o our servce acves are o ensure users ave connued access o a e daa produced by e projec va e ner- ne, eer roug a web nerace or web servces.We aso ancpae usng dsrbued compung aces o searc e sgnaures a are creaed as a consequence o e projec agans proens, as a process s parcuary compuaonay expensve.

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IMPACT

Project acronym:MPACT

Project n°:R-213037

Project type:CPCSA

Start date:01/01/2008

Duration:36 mons

Total budget:3 776 220 €

Funding from the EC:3 000 000 €

Total funded effort in person-month:360

Web site:www.eb.ac.uk/mpac

Contact person: Sara Huner ema: uner@eb.ac.uk e.: [phone]

Project participants: EMBL EB Sanger Un. Manceser SB UCL Un. Brso NRA Un. Cape Town

DE UK UK UK CH UK UK FR ZA

Keywords: Proen, Funcon, Web servces, Daabase, DAS, HMM.

Collaboration with other EC funded projects: n/a