EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK.
Nucleic Acids Res. 2010 Jan;38(Database issue):D17-25. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkp986. Epub 2009 Nov 24.
The wide uptake of next-generation sequencing and other ultra-high throughput technologies by life scientists with a diverse range of interests, spanning fundamental biological research, medicine, agriculture and environmental science, has led to unprecedented growth in the amount of data generated. It has also put the need for unrestricted access to biological data at the centre of biology. The European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) is unique in Europe and is one of only two organisations worldwide providing access to a comprehensive, integrated set of these collections. Here, we describe how the EMBL-EBI's biomolecular databases are evolving to cope with increasing levels of submission, a growing and diversifying user base, and the demand for new types of data. All of the resources described here can be accessed from the EMBL-EBI website: http://www.ebi.ac.uk.
下一代测序和其他超高通量技术被具有广泛兴趣的生命科学家广泛采用，涵盖了基础生物学研究、医学、农业和环境科学等领域，这导致了数据量的空前增长。这也使得对生物数据的无限制访问成为生物学的核心需求。欧洲生物信息学研究所（EMBL-EBI）在欧洲是独一无二的，是全球仅有的两个提供全面、综合的此类数据集访问的组织之一。在这里，我们描述了 EMBL-EBI 的生物分子数据库如何适应不断增加的提交量、不断增长和多样化的用户基础，以及对新型数据的需求。这里描述的所有资源都可以从 EMBL-EBI 网站访问：http://www.ebi.ac.uk。
