This group acts as a hub to promote collaborative projects among multiple researchers through the exchange of infor-mation and the development of new equipment and methods.
The main activities of this group were as follows:
1) Hosted collaborative projects.
2) Operated and managed NOUS (NINS Operation Use System), an online platform to manage collaborative projects.
3) Organized the Genome Informatics Training Course (GITC) and the BioImage Analysis Training Course (BIATC).
4) Made public announcements of the Cooperative and Collaborative Research System in NIBB to the basic biology research communities at research meetings and conferences.
