Towards an international plant genome database

Lead Research Organisation: European Bioinformatics Institute
Department Name: Ensembl Group

Abstract

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Description The grant has supported extensive deepening in UK-US collaboration in plant genomics databases, including funding collaboration meetings between Ensembl Plants and Gramene, bringing UK and US researchers together to discuss common initiatives in plant phenotyping at two meetings (one held in the UK and one in the US). It has resulted in joint funding for Ensembl Plants and Gramene from the US National Science Foundation and has helped contribute to new initiatives in the Arabidopsis databases
Exploitation Route Better integrated access to more standardised data, avoidance of duplication in data custodianship, new models for international collaboration.
Sectors Agriculture, Food and Drink,Environment
 
Description This grant has established new collaborative activities in plant phenotyping and Arabidopsis database development, and has supported the deepening of existing collaborations on genomic databases and has led to new sources of funding being obtained. It has led to information exchange with plant breeders and pre-breeders and the increased use of our data and databases in the breeding and pre-breeding sectors.
First Year Of Impact 2011
Sector Agriculture, Food and Drink,Environment
Impact Types Economic
 
Description Plant Genome Research Programme
Amount $486,642 (USD)
Funding ID 52930112 
Organisation National Science Foundation (NSF) 
Sector Public
Country United States
Start 06/2012 
End 05/2017
 
Title Ensembl Plants/Gramene databases 
Description Ensembl Plants and Gramene are two databases holding large collections of plant genomic data. Ensembl Plants currently contains 53 plant genomes, and almost 40,000 RNA-seq alignment tracks, amongst other data. Data is available for download, or accessible through a variety of programmatic and interactive interfaces. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2009 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Since 2009, these two resources have been produced in collaboration, with data production duties split and coordinated between EMBL-EBI and the group of Doreen Ware the the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. This travel grant supported coordination activities, allowing us to plan future developments and community engagements. The database has a substantial number of users (in 2017, Ensembl Plants was approximately 157,000 unique IPs in addition to use at Gramene. 
URL http://plants.ensembl.org/Triticum_aestivum/Info/Index