Repository details

Biosamples

Name of repository
Biosamples
Additional name(s)
  • Biosample Database at EBI
Repository URL
https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biosamples/
Subject(s)
Description
BioSamples stores and supplies descriptions and metadata about biological samples used in research and development by academia and industry. Samples are either 'reference' samples (e.g. from 1000 Genomes, HipSci, FAANG) or have been used in an assay database such as the European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) or ArrayExpress.
Contact(s)
  • biosamples@ebi.ac.uk
Keyword(s)
Persistent identifier(s) of the repository
Repository size
38.115.575 samples
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biosamples/about
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
Data and/or service provider
  • dataProvider

Institutions (2)

Institution
Elixir
Institution
Country
European Union
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute
Additional name(s)
  • EMBL-EBI
Institution
Country
European Union
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit

Policies (1)

Policy Name
Terms of use

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Data access (1)

Type of access to data
open

Data licenses (1)

DataLicense
Copyrights

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
  • other
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • none
Versioning
yes
Data citation guideline
https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biosamples/about
Enhanced Publication
unknown
Quality management
unknown

Application programming interfaces (1)

Type
REST
Url
https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biosamples/docs/references/api

Remarks

Entry date
2018-03-26
Last update
2024-05-17
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re3data.org: Biosamples; editing status 2024-05-17; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. http://doi.org/10.17616/R37R3P last accessed: 2025-04-26