IWPLS'09 - International Workshop on Portals for Life Sciences
Generation Scotland Data Access Portal
Archie Campbell
Dave Liewald
Data Analyst / Programmer
Generation Scotland
Informatics R&D Manager
Generation Scotland
University of Edinburgh
CCACE Database Manager
Centre for Cognitive Ageing
and Cognitive Epidemiology
University of Edinburgh
Who is Generation Scotland?
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University of Edinburgh (IGMM/MMC)
University of Dundee (Health Informatics Centre)
University of Glasgow (Robertson Centre)
University of Aberdeen (Foresterhill Health Centre)
NHS Scotland (Information Services Division)
Not forgetting…
17,322+ volunteers
What does Generation Scotland do?
Generation Scotland aims to:
 Recruit a prospective, intensively phenotyped family
based cohort and associated control sample sets
 Identify genetic contributions to complex disease &
related quantitative traits
 Apply genomics, bioinformatics and systems biology
to public health for the diagnosis, prognosis &
prevention of ill health
 Act as a platform for translational research, rational
drug discovery & clinical trials
Generation Scotland aims to create more
effective treatments based on gene knowledge.
www.generationscotland.org
GS Projects
GS:SFHS
Scottish Family
Health Study
Phase I : 5,000 (complete)
Phase II: 45,000
GS:21CGH
Genetic Health
in the 21st Century
Target 2,000
GS:BBCD Biomarkers for Battling Chronic Disease
GS:3D
Donor DNA
Databank
5,230 samples
collected
GS Data Access Portal: Constraints
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Money
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Time
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Ability
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Project Structure
GS Data Access Portal: Technology
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Web server – MS Windows Server 2003
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Web front end – Joomla CMS template
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Application layer - Borland Delphi (Intraweb)
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Back end database - MySQL
GS Data Access Portal: Overview
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Data Viewers
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Documentation
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Collaboration Proposals
GS Data Access Portal: Acknowledgements
Generation Scotland:
Robin Morton
Pamela Linksted
Shona Kerr
Lynne Hope
Prof. David Porteous
CCACE:
Dave Liewald
Prof. Ian Deary
NeSC Edinburgh
Any Questions?