Introduction
This page provides useful information and resources with a focus on research data management in Germany. An overview of services provided by ELIXIR Germany can be found on the websites of de.NBI/ELIXIR Germany and ELIXIR.
Funders
- BMBF - Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt)
- DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Overview of Research Funding in Germany
Policies and Recommendations for Research Data
- List of Research Data Policies and Recommendations
- BMBF - Aktionsplan Forschungsdaten
- DFG Checklist for handling research data
- forschungsdaten.info - Portal for information on research data management
- forschungsdaten.org - Information and guidelines for research data
- DINI/nestor-AG Forschungsdaten
- Open Access Guidelines
- PUBLISSO - Research Data Management Guidelines
Research Data Initiatives
- NFDI - National Research Data Infrastructure (Nationale Forschungsdaten Infrastruktur)
- de.NBI - German Network for Bioinformatics Infrastructure
- re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories
- GFBio - German Federation for Biological Data
- FAIRDOM - Consortium of Services for Research Data Management
- ZB MED - Infrastructure and research centre for information and data in the life sciences
Tools and resources
Tailored to users in Germany
Developed and/or deployed by institutions and organisations in Germany.
Skip tool tableResource | Description | Related pages | Registry |
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ELN Finder | Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) selection service. |
Documentation and meta... Researcher Research Software Engi... | |
ELN Guide | Guide for Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELN). |
Documentation and meta... Researcher Research Software Engi... | |
ELN Video Tutorials | Video Tutorials for Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELN). |
Documentation and meta... Researcher Research Software Engi... | |
GFBio Data Management Plan Tool | DMP creation and support by German Federation for Biological Data (GFBio). |
Data management plan | |
GHGA | The German Human Genome-Phenome Archive. |
Data storage Documentation and meta... Researcher Data Steward | |
PUBLISSO | Open access publishing platform for life sciences. |
Data publication Researcher Data Steward | |
RDMO | Research Data Management Organiser. |
Data management plan |
Germany contributes to
Institutions and organisations in Germany are actively involved in the development of the following tools and resources.
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BacDive | A searchable database for bacteria specific information |
Microbial biotechnology | Tool info Standards/Databases Training |
BRENDA | Database of enzyme and enzyme-ligand information, across all taxonomic groups, manually extracted from primary literature and extended by text mining procedures |
Enzymology and biocata... Microbial biotechnology | Tool info Standards/Databases Training |
BRENDA Tissue Ontology | A structured controlled vocabulary for the source of an enzyme. It comprises terms for tissues, cell lines, cell types and cell cultures from uni- and multicellular organisms. |
Enzymology and biocata... | Standards/Databases Training |
Chemotion | Chemotion is a repository for chemistry research data that provides solutions for current challenges to store research data in a feasible manner, allowing the conservation of domain specific information in a machine readable format. |
Enzymology and biocata... | Tool info Standards/Databases |
Copasi | COPASI is a software application for simulation and analysis of biochemical networks and their dynamics. |
Enzymology and biocata... | Tool info Training |
DataPLAN | Data Management Plan (DMP) generator that focuses on plant science. |
Plant sciences | Tool info |
e!DAL | Electronic data archive library is a framework for publishing and sharing research data |
Plant Phenomics Plant sciences | Tool info Training |
e!DAL-PGP | Plant Genomics and Phenomics Research Data Repository |
Plant Genomics Plant Phenomics | Standards/Databases Training |
EnzymeML | EnzymeML is a standardised data format for catalytic reaction data, designed to ensure consistency and interoperability. It enables researchers to store, share, and enrich reaction data with detailed metadata in JSON or XML formats. |
Enzymology and biocata... | Tool info |
EURISCO | European Search Catalogue for Plant Genetic Resources |
Plant sciences | Tool info |
FAIRDOM-SEEK | A data Management Platform for organising, sharing and publishing research datasets, models, protocols, samples, publications and other research outcomes. |
NeLS Plant Phenomics Microbial biotechnology Plant sciences Data discoverability Documentation and meta... Data storage | Tool info |
FAIRDOMHub | Data, model and SOPs management for projects, from preliminary data to publication, support for running SBML models, etc. (public SEEK instance) |
NeLS Plant Genomics Plant Phenomics Microbial biotechnology Plant sciences Data discoverability Documentation and meta... | Standards/Databases Training |
Galaxy | Open, web-based platform for data intensive biomedical research. Whether on the free public server or your own instance, you can perform, reproduce, and share complete analyses. |
Marine Metagenomics Single-cell sequencing Data analysis Data provenance Data storage | Tool info Training |
PANGAEA | Data Publisher for Earth and Environmental Science |
Data publication | Tool info Standards/Databases Training |
SABIO-RK | SABIO-RK is a curated database that contains information about biochemical reactions, their kinetic rate equations with parameters and experimental conditions. |
Enzymology and biocata... | Tool info Standards/Databases Training |
Standards for Reporting Enzyme Data (STRENDA) | Resource of standards for reporting enzyme data |
Enzymology and biocata... Microbial biotechnology | Standards/Databases |
STRENDA DB | STRENDA DB is a storage and search platform that incorporates the STRENDA Guidelines in a user-friendly, web-based system. |
Enzymology and biocata... | Standards/Databases |