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Investigating Protein Sequence-structure-dynamics Relationships with Bio3D-web

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Published on: July 16, 2017

West-Life: A Virtual Research Environment for structural biology.

Chris Morris¹, Paolo Andreetto², Lucia Banci³

¹STFC, Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, UK.

Journal of Structural Biology: X

|July 11, 2020

Summary

This summary is machine-generated.

The West-Life project enhanced web services and data management for structural biology. This initiative improved access to European e-Infrastructures for life-science researchers.

Keywords:

Cloud computing Data management Grid computing Structural biology Virtual Research Environment

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Area of Science:

Structural Biology
Bioinformatics
e-Infrastructures

Background:

The international community of structural biologists requires advanced data processing and management.
Integrative experimental approaches are crucial in modern structural biology research.
European e-Infrastructures offer significant potential for life-science research.

Purpose of the Study:

To provide enhanced data processing and management services for structural biologists.
To support integrative experimental approaches through improved computational tools.
To increase accessibility of European e-Infrastructures for life-science researchers.

Main Methods:

Developed enhancements to existing web services for structure solution and analysis.
Created new computational pipelines to link services into higher-level workflows.
Implemented new data management facilities.

Main Results:

Improved web services for structural biology data analysis.
Established integrated workflows for complex structural biology tasks.
Enhanced data management capabilities for research projects.

Conclusions:

The West-Life project successfully improved data services for structural biology.
Enhanced accessibility to European e-Infrastructures was achieved for researchers.
The project supports advanced integrative structural biology research.