1. First International Workshop on Portals for Life Sciences Sandra Gesing sandra.gesing@uni-tuebingen.de 14.09.2009

2. Sandra Gesing - International Workshop on Portals for Life Sciences 2 Organisation Talks and lightning talks Proceedings USB flash drives Pictures Lunch and coffee on the first floor Social event at Malmaison - Taxis leave at 6:15 pm in front of the e-Science Institute - Whisky tasting at 7 pm - Dinner at 8 pm

3. Sandra Gesing - International Workshop on Portals for Life Sciences 3 Life Sciences Biology, chemistry, medicine, etc. Focus on topics diverse to computer science Scientists with different computational background Usage of computational tools and applications

4. Sandra Gesing - International Workshop on Portals for Life Sciences 4 Portals Framework for integrating information and applications Single point of entry Provide each user with a repository of personal information Possibility to customize views and tools No installation of software on the end-user side

5. Sandra Gesing - International Workshop on Portals for Life Sciences 5 Portals Advantages No software roll outs or software updates Easy access from everywhere No firewall issues Runs on all platforms Disadvantages Development is tricky when compared to Java applications Technology rather immature Depends on the portal server to be available No access to local data

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7. Sandra Gesing - International Workshop on Portals for Life Sciences 7 Aspects Users Tools and applications Security Authentication Authorisation Data access Monitoring Workflows Service discovery Ontologies Grid and Cloud Computing Grid Portal Developer Administrator Authentication User Cloud InternetServer

8. Sandra Gesing - International Workshop on Portals for Life Sciences 8 Types of Portals Collection of links Grid portals, e.g. GridSphere Workflow-enabled portals, e.g. PGrade Semantic portals, e.g. BioSphere Data portals, e.g. MOLGENIS Specialized Portals, e.g. Galaxy, myExperiment …

9. Sandra Gesing - International Workshop on Portals for Life Sciences 9 Thank you for your attention.