National Center for Microbiology Science: Building a Global Core Database

, the total data resources of the National Microbiology Science Data Center have exceeded 300 TB, and the number of data records exceeds 4 billion. Ma Juncai, director of the World Microbial Data Center and director of the National Center for Microbiological Science Data, told Science and Technology Daily that the center's data cover the entire life cycle of microbial research such as microbial resources, microbial and cross-technology methods, research processes and engineering, microbiomes, microbial technology, and microbial literature, patents, experts, and results.
June this year, the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Finance jointly released the list of optimization and adjustment of the National Science and Technology Resource Sharing Service Platform, and the National Microbiology Science Data Center became one of the first 20 national science data centers to be launched. At present, the Center has established a sound data quality control system and multi-level data quality marking system, is leading the application and development of microbial data field of the first international ISO standards, and on this basis, the development of independent intellectual property rights of the data management platform, has been used in hundreds of units at home and abroad.2010, after intense global competition, the World Microbial Data Center was finally located at the
Microbiology Institute. Over the past nine years, 787 microbial resource preservation centers in 77 countries have been registered with the World Microbial Data Center, which also receives data exchanges and global sharing from 127 preservation institutions in 48 countries around the world, and has gradually developed into the most important data platform in the field of global microbial resources.
" microbial resources are important strategic resources of the country, microbial data resources are the key links of microbial resources sharing and development, the richness, accuracy and sharing level of data resources determine the comprehensive capacity of research and application in the field of microbiology. Ma Juncai said that the National Center for Microbiology Science was established to further implement the Scientific Data Management Measures and promote the sharing and application of scientific data in the field of microbiology in China.
it is understood that the National Microbiology Science Data Center relies on the
Institute of Microbiology, with the CDC Institute of Infectious Diseases,
Ocean Institute,
Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology,
Computer Network Information Center and other units. As a national science and technology resource sharing service platform, the central data resources are all shared free of charge, and unified norms of microbial data production, storage, processing and other processes.
" In accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Finance, the Center will promote the convergence and integration of scientific and technological resources in the field of microorganisms to national platforms, enhance the effective use of microbial resources and support capacity for scientific and technological innovation, and provide high-quality scientific and technological resources sharing services for scientific research, technological progress and social development. Ma Juncai said." We have built and maintained a series of important databases related to microbial resources, including the Global Microbial Preservation Agency Database, the Global Microbial Species Resources Directory, the Global Microbial Reference Strains Database, the Microbial Resource Reference Database, and so on. Ma Juncai, for example, enables Chinese scientists to organize and coordinate relevant forces from all countries to establish a global framework for cooperation. At the same time, it also promotes China to gradually occupy the forefront and leading position of international microbial research in the development and application of microbial resources and data sharing.
Not only that, the National Center for Microbiology Science has launched a global microbial model strain sequencing program, with 25 microbial preservation agencies from 16 countries participating in this international cooperation program and providing DNA or strain resources, which has truly developed the sharing of global data resources into an international cooperation of real microbial resource
s; Currently, using accumulated global microbial data and in cooperation with the International Convention on Biological Diversity Clearing House, the Centre presents to the International Convention on Biological Diversity an information platform for the transfer of microbial resources in the field of microbials, providing important support to countries around the world in implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Nagoya Protocol. Ma Juncai revealed that in the future, the center will be committed to building a co-construction, sharing, mutual benefit, mutual benefit of sustainable development mechanism and data ecosystem, with data technology innovation to promote cutting-edge discipline development and industrial application innovation, in the international competition leading the way.
" our goal is to build a global microbial brand database, to create a first-class research support center, first-class information service center, first-class data research center. Ma Juncai said.