BioWES system was demonstrated in EMBL (European Molecular Biology Laboratory) in Heidelberg, Germany. Further interest in testing of the system was confirmed by Vladimir Beneš, Head of Genomics Core Facility and by Jürgen Zimmermann. Testing period will take several months.

“Tools of Discovery” byThomas Lemberger describe the transition of the Molecular Systems Biology journal to the new EMBO Press publishing platform. The importance of metadata that describe the biological content of research data and their structure was emphasized there. Abstract: http://msb.embopress.org/content/10/1/715.