Australian BioCommons and SeDNAs partner to deliver scalable informatics infrastructure

Australian BioCommons and the Southern eDNA Society (SeDNAs) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to acknowledge, and work towards addressing the shared infrastructure challenges faced by life science researchers performing eDNA analysis. By collaborating with the community to document the current research landscape, this partnership aims to deploy national-scale bioinformatics infrastructure that supports life science researchers across Australia and New Zealand.

Partnership roadmap

Key activities to support the eDNA community include:

• Community consultation engagement activities, such as surveys and community meetings, to collect the specific bioinformatics infrastructure requirements of life science researchers

• Strategic planning to develop targeted, community-endorsed infrastructure roadmaps that describe the national bioinformatics research infrastructure needed to support the field

• Capacity building by raising awareness of existing infrastructure and collaborating on priorities such as training, upskilling, and data resource development.