NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Swiss genomic data management firm BC Platforms announced today that it is collaborating with the UK Clinical Research Collaboration Tissue Directory and Coordination Centre (UKCRC TDCC) to develop a unique biobank research platform.
The platform will be based on the company's BC|Rquest system for analyzing and viewing aggregated genomic and clinical data from multiple biobanks. The partners said that the new platform will be made available to more than 150 of the organization's member biobanks in the UK.
Additional terms of the deal were not disclosed.
"The collaboration with BC Platforms facilitates the rapid exchange of information amongst our members and allows them to efficiently manage and grow their collections," UKCRC TDCC Director Philip Quinlan said in a statement. "BC|Rquest offers our biobanks and researchers a way to identify available samples quickly, test hypotheses on combined data assets, and collaborate on important research endeavors."
BC Platforms began developing BC|Rquest as part of its involvement in ESCAPE-NET, a European Union-funded effort to assemble a large-scale genomic database devoted exclusively to the study of sudden cardiac arrest.