RAxML Grove provides a database of over 60,000 empirical phylogenetic trees and model parameters for simulating realistic data and analyzing tree shape distributions.

Bioinformatics · Dec 22, 2021Peer-reviewedBioinformatics

The ELIXIR Core Data Resources: fundamental infrastructure for the life sciences

Rachel A Drysdale, Charles E. Cook, Robert Petryszak, Vivienne Baillie Gerritsen, Mary Barlow, Elisabeth Gasteiger, Franziska Gruhl, Juergen Haas, Jerry Lanfear, Rodrigo López, Nicole Redaschi, Heinz Stockinger C, Daniel Teixeira, Aravind Venkatesan, Elixir Core Data Resource Forum, , Johanna McEntyre

The paper assesses the value and sustainability of ELIXIR Core Data Resources, showing their critical role in preserving biological data and highlighting funding challenges.

Bioinformatics · Jan 7, 2020Peer-reviewedBioinformatics

Enabling Semantic Queries Across Federated Bioinformatics Databases

Ana Claudia Sima, Tarcisio Mendes de Farias, Erich Zbinden, Maria O. Anisimova, Manuel Gil, Heinz Stockinger C, Kurt Stockinger, Marc Robinson‐Rechavi, Christophe Dessimoz

The paper introduces a semantic model and federated approach to integrate heterogeneous biological databases, enabling joint queries across gene expression, orthology, and protein data sources.

Database · Jan 1, 2019Peer-reviewedBioinformatics