The gateway tool, in the form of a web application, will facilitate the transversal identification of projects and their associated data, from the data management plan created on OPIdoR, to the publication, through the LabGuru electronic lab notebook and data processing tools such as OMERO. In this context, the IGBMC aims to associate its IT department, its imaging center and three research teams to carry out an experiment dedicated to the development of 1) a central and transversal gateway tool for the functional integration of the existing data management tools and 2) a methodology for monitoring projects and their data. Second, beyond the support that can be offered to researchers to use these tools, their adoption or daily use remains complex because it requires a constant and diligent follow-up to keep in track with the FAIR principles. First, heterogeneous digital tools made available to research teams cause a scattering of data and loss of metadata. To date, we have identified two major parameters that limit the effectiveness of our organization.

To meet this challenge, the IGBMC relies on digital tools set up at the national level like OPIDoR data management plan dashboard or the LabGuru electronic laboratory notebook, but also local data management solution like OMERO storage, visualization and annotation tools and an institutional data warehouse that enable researchers to archive their work in a sustainable and secure manner. Since 2018, the Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cell Biology (IGBMC) has been committed to adopt a new approach to drive global changes in scientific data management and follow FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable).

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