Biomedical research rarely fits neatly into a single discipline and often generates multiple, interrelated data types, such as omics, imaging, immunological, microbiological, epidemiological and public health data. Managing these data requires coordinated approaches to ensure FAIR and secure sharing. This is particularly important for sensitive genomic and health data. Containing personal and potentially identifying information requires robust protection, legal compliance, and ethical governance.

The NFDI BioMed interest group jointly supports the biomedical research community by aligning standards, metadata and security concepts across domains. While users engage with individual consortia to access domain-specific services, the collaboration between the NFDI consortia provides orientation, training and support. This makes it easier to identify the right consortia for each data type and to manage complex projects without compromising data protection or interoperability.