LabKey Server: An open source platform for scientific data integration, analysis and collaboration

Background: Broad-based collaborations are becoming increasingly common among disease researchers. For example, the Global HIV Enterprise has united cross-disciplinary consortia to speed progress towards HIV vaccines through coordinated research across the boundaries of institutions, continents and specialties. New, end-to-end software tools for data and specimen management are necessary to achieve the ambitious goals of such alliances. These tools must enable researchers to organize and integrate heterogeneous data early in the discovery process, standardize processes, gain new insights into pooled data and collaborate securely. Results: To meet these needs, we enhanced the LabKey Server platform, formerly known as CPAS. This freely available, open source software is maintained by professional engineers who use commercially proven practices for software development and maintenance. Recent enhancements support: (i) Submitting specimens requests across collaborating organizations (ii) ...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2011
• Where: BMCBI
• Authors: Elizabeth K. Nelson, Britt Piehler, Josh Eckels, Adam Rauch, Matthew Bellew, Peter Hussey, Sarah Ramsay, Cory Nathe, Karl Lum, Kevin Krouse, David Stearns, Brian Connolly, Tom Skillman, Mark Igra
• Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, BMCBI 2011, Data Types, Global HIV Enterprise, LabKey Server