NASA Request for Information (RFI) on Developing a “NASA Space Life and Physical Sciences (SLPS) GeneLab ISS Reference Mission” that will be used to Collect, Manage, and Distribute “Omics-type” Data Collected in the Course of Space Biology Research

Background
NASA has started a new Space Life Sciences research project called GeneLab. The GeneLab project will conduct strategic missions sponsored by NASA's Space Life and Physical Sciences Division, through its Space Biology Program, part of the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate (HEOMD). A key goal of these missions is to encourage and facilitate the integration of various types of bioinformatics analytics from Space Life Sciences experiments such as genomic, transcriptomic, metabolomic, and proteomic data, also known as “omics”, in a modern bioinformatics environment. The Genelab project will include:
 A Space Life Sciences database, that NASA is developing  Computational tools that NASA will develop and/or deploy, and  Improved methods to facilitate sharing of unique space life science data obtained from design reference spaceflight experiments as well as legacy data from other experiments.
NASA seeks inputs to this RFI so that it can design reference experiments needed by the Space Life Sciences community. NASA will establish an internal Science Definition Team (SDT) including only NASA Civil Servants. The SDT will use the community inputs provided by respondents to this RFI to design one or more reference experiments/investigations. NASA will subsequently hold a workshop with the Space Life Sciences community to refine the experiment(s) designed by the SDT. NASA will seek consultants from the science community and CASIS to be an integral part of the SDT efforts. NASA will use the results of the workshop to finalize the experiment/ investigation and will conduct the reference flight experiment, which will be managed and implemented by NASA to generate standard, common, public datasets. These GeneLab datasets will act as a powerful resource for scientific throughput and innovation. During the planning and implementation of the design reference mission, external community members and CASIS could be brought in to consult with NASA to maximize the results of the investigation. Once released, the results will be used to issue open solicitations for proposals from the science community for further analysis and ground based translational research
The Genelab project plan and its goals are described at: http://genelab.nasa.gov/discovery-genelab-strategic-plan.html
Responses to This RFI
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) invites scientists, technologists, and other qualified and interested individuals to submit ideas about the content and goals of potential SLPS GeneLab ISS Reference Mission to advance the scientific priorities detailed in the National Research Council’s Life and Physical Sciences Decadal Survey, entitled "Recapturing a Future for Space Exploration: Life and Physical Sciences Research for a New Era," (the Decadal Survey is available at http://www.nap.edu).
Inputs received in response to this RFI will be considered by NASA, whi