Abstract
ISBE is an ESFRI research infrastructure under development. It is incorporated in the ESFRI Road Map 2016. ISBE empowers European researchers across academia, clinics and industry to implement systems biology approaches. ISBE will: • offer easy access to the best European expertise, resources and training in systems biology and offer hands-on support in building, validating and using computational models that are based on model-compliant high-quality data; • take the lead role in the development and implementation of community standards to make data, models and tools findable and re-usable over time ISBE builds on national strengths as it is a matrix of national Systems Biology Centres (nSBCs), coordinated by a European office. Three types of services will be offered, aiming at academia, clinics and industry • integration of diverse type of data in predictive computational models, including their validation, expansion and exploitation • standardisation of data assets according to the FAIR principles (FAIRDOM is part of ISBE) • education and training After finishing its Preparatory Phase in 2015 ISBE, has entered its Building Phase. It is developing web-based services in the above three domains, based fully on in kind contributions of its partners and on FAIRDOM. In parallel it started to team up with funding organisations. This application is a request for organising the first meeting of ISBE ‘s Intergovernmental Working Group (IWG) November/December this year. Through the IWG national funding organisations will become involved in the development of the European infrastructure.