DBCLS does not develop primary databases composed of experimental or observational data, but develops information technology and contents that improves the accessibility of life science databases.

No. None of our databases or database related services is sold. They are publicly available for free of charge.

Anyone who has access to the Internet can use the services linked from the DBCLS website for almost any purpose (if there are any restrictions, it is stated on each web page). Some services require application and approval in accordance with the guidelines.

All of the services linked from the DBCLS website are publicly available and free of charge..

Yes, links can be implemented in your web site and does not require any permission.

Read the Site Policies of the DBCLS website carefully. The redistribution of some of the resources in part or whole may be restricted. Read and follow the instructions of the services’ license and guidelines.

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The Database Division for Life Science (DBCLS; formerly Database Center for Life Science) is an organization established in April 2007 inResearch Organization of Information and Systems (ROIS), to serve as a hub for database integration in the life sciences (for details, please see “About DBCLS”). From April 2006 through March 2011, DBCLS served as the core institution for the “Integrated Database Project,” a research and development project commissioned by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), and advanced the project in collaboration with 15 universities and research institutions in Japan. Furthermore, from April 2011 through March 2014, DBCLS was commissioned to carry out the “Fundamental Technology Development Program” under the successor project, the Japan Science and Technology Agency’s (JST) Life Science Database Integration Project. Focusing on the research and development of fundamental technologies related to database integration, DBCLS updated services built during the Integrated Database Project and developed new services. From April 2014 through March 2026, under the “Joint Research on Fundamental Technology Development and Database Operations for Integrated Databases” conducted with JST’s Office of NBDC Program (formerly the National Bioscience Database Center (NBDC)), we carried out development and operational activities aimed at integrating databases and improving their usability. Since Apr 2025, we have been funded by the National Life Science Database Project (NLDP), a project directly administered by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).

The Research Organization of Information and Systems (ROIS) was established based on the National University Corporation Act in 2004 and originally was a parent organization of four national institutes (the National Institute of Informatics, the National Institute of Genetics, the National Institute of Polar Research, and the Institute of Statistical Mathematics). ROIS is one of the four Inter-University Institutes (the National Institutes of the Humanities, the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, and the National Institutes of Natural Sciences) that carries out collaborative research, as core research centers of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). The primary feature of the Inter-University Institutes is that the facilities are open to use for researchers and students in and outside of Japan.