Open science

IFB and its regional platforms are working towards open science on many levels: whether by providing shared computing and storage resources, supplementing its resources with workflow management solutions, democratising containers and virtual environments, offering training courses to different audiences, or developing tools and services to support scientists at different stages of the data lifecycle.

IFB works in various ways to promote open science, including by:

• Contributing to the definition of principles and guidelines for open science in biology and health data
• Developing tools in an open science approach.

Among these tools, we can mention MadBot, FairChecker, and the French instance of DSW. To learn more about these resources

• by incorporating R&D for future services into its scientific programme.

Two strategic areas of the scientific programme led by IFB-core concern research data:

• Orchestration of data flows (FAIRization, data management, project monitoring, support for researchers for deposit);
• Data resources (preservation, sustainability, security, openness and sharing);

In this context, software resources offered as a service continue to be developed:

• DSW: interoperability with DMP-OPIDOR
• Madbot: production launch, development of new connectors to other warehouses
• FairChecker: AI integration

IFB/ELIXIR-FR is the leader or partner in major national and European projects, including new developments related to the topic of Open Science data:

• MUDIS4LS: the objective is to orchestrate biology and health data flows throughout their life cycle, from production to use.
• PEPR ATLASEA, project BYTE-SEA
• Ferment du Futur via the platform MIGALE

IFB participates in the CNRS working group on software in open science, for CNRS Biology.