GIGA: Objective and Strategies

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alma-grid the project

• Start of the project April 2005
• Duration 2 and a half years
• Total budget 2.200.000 Euro
• Partners
• Aachen University
• Liège University
• Maastricht University
• Hasselt University
• Coordination GIGA (Liège University)

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Financing
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Partners

• consortium alma-grid
• 4 research and service centres
• Research areas genomics, proteomics,
  biotechnology and bio-statistics/bio-informatics.
  
• complementarities and potential to integrate
  expertise and available technologies

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alma-grid objectives

• reducing costs
• increasing workload of infrastructure
• bundle know-how within expert groups
• share running costs
• stimulate exchange of
• researchers
• technicians
• biological probes/samples
• data
• coordinating efforts in research and education
• generate income to sustain alma-grid activities

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LIMS Development in 2006 and 2007 (1)

• 2006.06.12 LIMS organization of the 'kick-off'
  meeting with LabVantage at the Fraunhofer IME
  Institute Aachen
• 2006.10.11-13 Administrator training for the
  technical team
• 2006.11.7-9 Evergreen training for the technical
  team
• 2006.11.29, 30 and 12.01 EMS training for the
  technical team
• 2007.2.28 Delivery of the hardware by Cluster
  Vision on the 4 sites
• 2007.02.14-15-16 Implementation of the LIMS
  pilote site in Aachen

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LIMS Development in 2006 and 2007 (2)

• 2006.11.01- Sequencing
• Workflow (Nov 2006)
• Spec (January 2007)
• Development (--gt April 1st 2007)
• Target date for operational system June 30 2007
• 2006.11.01- Proteomics
• Workflow (Nov 2006)
• Spec (--gt April 1st 2007)
• Development (--gt May 1st 2007)
• Target date for operational system June 30 2007
• 2006.11.01- Transcriptomics
• Workflow (Nov 2006)
• Spec (--gt April 1st 2007)
• Development (--gt June 1st 2007)
• Target date for operational system June 30 2007

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LIMS Development in 2006 and 2007 (3)

• 2007.06-2007.09
• Software testing and corrections
• 2007.06.30
• Deployment over 4 sites and creation of the
  virtual node

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Planned Activities in 2007

• Training in Bioinformatics (Start in Sept. 07)
• Joint research projects within the alma-grid
  community
• Coordination of Master programs in Bioinformatics
  and Modeling (Start in Oct.07)
• Market Model (2007 and 2008)

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Services alma-grid

• Genomics
• Proteomics
• Cellomics
• Metabolomics
• Transgenesis
• Bio-informatics

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Future AlmaGrid2

• Extension to Leuven and Eindhoven
• Integrating more services open to industries
• Bioinformatics
• Joint RD projects

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Probiox Labage

• Probiox Diagnostics of oxidative stress
• Easy access to more high-value services
• Reliability
• Standardization data exploitation
• High visibility project
• Labage Electronic Laboratory Notebook

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Contacts

• Coordination Office
• GIGA
• University of Liège, CHU
• B34, Avenue de lHôpital 1
• 4000 Sart-Tilman, Liège
• Belgium
• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• _at_ info_at_alma-grid.com
• www.alma-grid.com