About B-Fabric
B-Fabric is the information management platform through which all projects at FGCZ are initiated and managed. A project can be requested by entering the required information and uploading the project description in PDF format. Upon project approval, all project-specific functions of B-Fabric will be available to track any activity related to the project, e.g., communication, sample delivery, data generation, sharing, and download.
B-Fabric among others supports:
- Complete project management: The entire life cycle of a research project is tracked from application to finish
- Data capturing and provisioning: Experimental data is captured with its scientific context and is provided as needed
- Dynamic data generation: Analysis applications can be invoked easily on corresponding data
- High degree of reproducibility: Reproducible analytical results due to data generation pipeline tracking
- Transparency: Location of the data is managed by the platform without any intervention by the user
- Data access and search: Data is accessible and searchable via different interfaces
- Security: Data is access-controlled based on a flexible role model
- Reliability: Data is continuously backed up
- Complete service management: Service orders are transparently managed, charged, and invoiced