A comprehensive approach to support data management and computable framework for large scale longitudinal studies

We have implemented a platform for the analysis of two large scale longitudinal studies (~10,000 individuals) on autoimmune diseases and longevity conducted in Sardinia. GALAXY, an integration framework, have been used to provide a convenient and user-friendly interface, that allows to access data import, analysis and sharing of results. The platform is designed to represent information on all relevant objects (e.g., physical samples, experimental and derived data, clinical data) and the network of actions, that relate one to the other. Our GALAXY front-end exposes a rich set of functionalities including suites of map-reduce programs for GWAS and sequencing applications and tools for biological and clinical data import.

@InProceedings{Cuc12,
  author       = {Cuccuru, G.},
  title        = {A comprehensive approach to support data management and computable framework for large scale longitudinal studies},
  booktitle    = {Collana seminari interni 2012},
  number       = {20120704},
  month        = {july},
  year         = {2012},
  keywords     = {bioinformatics},
  url          = {https://publications.crs4.it/pubdocs/2012/Cuc12},
}