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Welcome to BASIS
What is BASIS?
- BASIS is a project developing web-based services for quantitative study of the biology of ageing.
- BASIS is collaborative, coordinated from the multidisciplinary Institute for Ageing and Health at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne.
- BASIS is currently funded by the UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, the Medical Research Council, and Department for Trade and Industry.
For a fuller description of the BASIS project see Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 4, 243–249 (2003). (abstract)
Goals of BASIS
Ageing is highly complex involving multiple biochemical and cellular mechanisms affecting multiple tissues within the organism. This inherent complexity means that although work on the biology of ageing is now advancing fast, information remains highly fragmented.
Our goal is to deliver a web-based system that will serve the biology-of-ageing research community by helping to integrate data and hypothesesfrom diverse biological sources. We aim to create a community-based web of activity that will sustain the functions of BASIS beyond the initial 4-year period of funding. Please join us in making this happen.
BASIS News
We have just transferred BASIS onto some new hardware and are in a transitional period. There are a few consequences of this change: a) The website currently has reduced functionality. You should be able to submit models, run simulations and browse models and simulations. b) The syntax of the webservices has been improved. An example script demonsrating the use of the new webservices can be viewed here and the python script can be downloaded here. Please let us know (basis@ncl.ac.uk) if you encounter any difficulties with this new system.
