Mische Sheenah, Wilkerson Amy
1 Office of Collaborative Science, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA; and 2 Research Support, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10065, USA.
J Biomol Tech. 2016 Apr;27(1):4-17. doi: 10.7171/jbt.16-2701-003. Epub 2016 Feb 2.
Progress in biomedical research is largely driven by improvements, innovations, and breakthroughs in technology, accelerating the research process, and an increasingly complex collaboration of both clinical and basic science. This increasing sophistication has driven the need for centralized shared resource cores ("cores") to serve the scientific community. From a biomedical research enterprise perspective, centralized resource cores are essential to increased scientific, operational, and cost effectiveness; however, the concentration of instrumentation and resources in the cores may render them highly vulnerable to damage from severe weather and other disasters. As such, protection of these assets and the ability to recover from a disaster is increasingly critical to the mission and success of the institution. Therefore, cores should develop and implement both disaster and business continuity plans and be an integral part of the institution's overall plans. Here we provide an overview of key elements required for core disaster and business continuity plans, guidance, and tools for developing these plans, and real-life lessons learned at a large research institution in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy.
生物医学研究的进展在很大程度上得益于技术的改进、创新和突破，这些推动了研究进程，以及临床和基础科学之间日益复杂的合作。这种日益复杂的情况促使需要建立集中的共享资源核心（“核心设施”）来服务科学界。从生物医学研究企业的角度来看，集中的资源核心对于提高科学、运营和成本效益至关重要；然而，核心设施中仪器设备和资源的集中可能使它们极易受到恶劣天气和其他灾害的破坏。因此，保护这些资产以及从灾难中恢复的能力对于机构的使命和成功变得越来越关键。所以，核心设施应制定并实施灾难和业务连续性计划，并成为机构总体计划的一个组成部分。在此，我们概述了核心设施灾难和业务连续性计划所需的关键要素、制定这些计划的指导和工具，以及在超级飓风桑迪过后一所大型研究机构吸取的实际经验教训。
