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Copyright: © 2018 Tekle KM et al. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.

Abstract

The Norwegian e-Infrastructure for Life Sciences (NeLS) has been developed by ELIXIR Norway to provide its users with a system enabling data storage, sharing, and analysis in a project-oriented fashion. The system is available through easy-to-use web interfaces, including the Galaxy workbench for data analysis and workflow execution. Users confident with a command-line interface and programming may also access it through Secure Shell (SSH) and application programming interfaces (APIs). 

NeLS has been in production since 2015, with training and support provided by the help desk of ELIXIR Norway. Through collaboration with NorSeq, the national consortium for high-throughput sequencing, an integrated service is offered so that sequencing data generated in a research project is provided to the involved researchers through NeLS. Sensitive data, such as individual genomic sequencing data, are handled using the TSD (Services for Sensitive Data) platform provided by Sigma2 and the University of Oslo. NeLS integrates national e-infrastructure storage and computing resources, and is also integrated with the SEEK platform in order to store large data files produced by experiments described in SEEK.  

In this article, we outline the architecture of NeLS and discuss possible directions for further development.

Details

Title
Norwegian e-Infrastructure for Life Sciences (NeLS)
Author
Tekle, Kidane M; Gundersen Sveinung; Klepper Kjetil; Bongo, Lars Ailo; Raknes, Inge Alexander; Li Xiaxi; Zhang, Wei; Andreetta, Christian; Dagne, Mulugeta Teshome; Kalaš Matúš; Rye, Morten B; Hjerde Erik; Antony Samy Jeevan Karloss; Fornous Ghislain; Azab Abdulrahman; Våge, Dag Inge; Hovig Eivind; Willassen, Nils Peder; Finn, Drabløs; Nygård Ståle; Petersen, Kjell; Jonassen Inge
University/institution
U.S. National Institutes of Health/National Library of Medicine
Publication year
2018
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Faculty of 1000 Ltd.
e-ISSN
20461402
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2114633863
Copyright
Copyright: © 2018 Tekle KM et al. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.