Abstract
The grand challenge Ferments du Futur (FdF) was launched in 2022 as a public-private partnership to foster innovative research on fermented foods. One of its goal is to shift from empirical to data and knowledge driven design of fermented foods. Massive and heterogeneous data are expected to be generated by the annual FdF-funded projects in fields such as microbial ecology, sensory and biochemical characterization, bio-processes design, host-microorganism interactions. To tackle this data management challenge, the OpenSILEX information system was chosen for its ontology-driven nature, which aligns well with the FAIR data objectives of FdF. An instance dedicated to fermentation, called Siduri, is developed and hosted at the Migale bioinformatics facility to provide data science services. However not only technical but also organizational solutions are needed: a comprehensive data stewardship agenda has therefore been designed to support the numerous FdF projects (about 6 per year) along the data life cycle. The poster will present this data stewardship strategy, which encompasses Research Data Management (RDM) training, the use of the Data Management Plan (DMP) as a tool, the continuous improvement of Siduri from the data model to the user-facing web application, the semi-automated data curation and data federation, contributions to ontologies such as TransformON and data management guidelines for the bioprocesses, fermented foods and microbiome communities.