Core Services and Expertise
Australian BioCommons is leading the Core Services and Expertise Platform, spanning leadership and coordination, digital infrastructure delivery, technical expertise, training and community development.
Partners & contributions
GUARDIANS is coordinated by Australian BioCommons and delivered with national partners. Contributions include public-facing services, data resources, software tools and infrastructure components, documentation, guidance, training materials, and enabling work such as access uplift, infrastructure operations, governance expertise, stewardship, and standards alignment.
Project index
Project contributions
National Repository For Human Omics Research Data Connected To Computing Resources
The National Computational Infrastructure is developing a national repository capability for controlled-access human genomics data connected to high-performance computing.
Trust and Identity for Human Genomics Research Infrastructure
The Australian Access Federation is contributing authentication and authorisation infrastructure, single sign-on, policy baselines and access pathways for researchers using GUARDIANS services.
Omics data beyond Australia's borders: law, ethics and governance
Health Law and Ethics researchers from The University of Sydney and The University of Melbourne are examining legal, ethical and governance questions around cross-border and cross-sector access to Australian human omics research data.
ZERO Data Commons: an interoperable human genome data sharing portal
The Children's Cancer Institute ZERO Data Commons project is developing a standards-aligned data commons for paediatric cancer clinical, molecular and outcome data, supporting discovery while protecting privacy and consent conditions.
Data Commons for Integrated Human Multi-Omics Data
The University of Melbourne PX4 data platform is establishing infrastructure for secure storage, sharing and analysis of clinically accredited human multi-omics datasets.
Genomic Data Commons
QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute is establishing an Australian genomic data sharing repository for major cancer genomics datasets, and documenting a reusable implementation pathway for other research groups.
Scalable, Open and Connected Genomics Infrastructure
Garvan Institute of Medical Research is contributing open, connected and scalable infrastructure for rare disease data analysis, consent management, data governance and reuse.
Genomic Data Nodes
The Collaborative Centre for Genomic Cancer Medicine GDN project is piloting a framework for mutually trusted omics research environments, federated data exchange, shared services, access controls and operational reporting.
Australian Cardiovascular disease Data Commons
The Australian Cardiovascular disease Data Commons (ACDC) connects researchers, clinicians, and data custodians to share data securely and collaboratively under FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) and ethical principles.
Biological Psychiatry Data Commons
Monash University leads the Biological Psychiatry Data Commons (BPsych-DC) project via the Consortium for Preclinical Psychiatric Research (CPPR). With Australian BioCommons delivering the digital infrastructure, the project is piloting a Gen3 data commons to bring together phenotypic and molecular data from preclinical models and human samples for psychiatric research.