diff --git a/app-openbis-installer/build.gradle b/app-openbis-installer/build.gradle
index 51f1bc31c22b4172884a5bff5fb059230ad57f80..f99ac40e38d97659bdea3cac1523ba70c4096641 100644
--- a/app-openbis-installer/build.gradle
+++ b/app-openbis-installer/build.gradle
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ task copyResources(type: Copy, dependsOn: [compileJava, ':core-plugin-openbis:zi
     into installerDistDir
     from zipTree(project(':core-plugin-openbis').zipBdlServer.archivePath)
     into installerDistDir
-    from("${installerDistDir}/../BUILD-installation.INFO") {
+    from("${installerDistDir}/../BUILD-app-openbis-installer.INFO") {
         into 'bin'
     }
     from("${buildDir}/classes/java/main/InstallerVariableAccess.class") {
diff --git a/build/settings.gradle b/build/settings.gradle
index baf43e1571612a1619ada41f4bf8c95c7674b7b1..a9305bae9e63d025fcf19f5c2b2ddc256de711a4 100644
--- a/build/settings.gradle
+++ b/build/settings.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 includeFlat 'lib-commonbase', 'lib-common', 'api-openbis-java', 'lib-openbis-common', 'lib-authentication', 'lib-dbmigration', 'server-application-server',
         'server-original-data-store', 'server-screening', 'core-plugin-openbis', 'app-openbis-installer',
         'lib-image-readers', 'test-ui-core', 'test-api-openbis-javascript', 'server-external-data-store', 'ui-admin',
-        'lib-microservice-server', 'lib-transactional-file-system', 'server-data-store'
\ No newline at end of file
+        'lib-microservice-server', 'lib-transactional-file-system', 'server-data-store', 'ui-eln-lims'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core-plugin-openbis/build.gradle b/core-plugin-openbis/build.gradle
index d79096d2eef9e4f1ae1303a1c4fa09ce4cd31ef5..d8f5d7045edf96568b8ae31b66610eeec62638c1 100644
--- a/core-plugin-openbis/build.gradle
+++ b/core-plugin-openbis/build.gradle
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ evaluationDependsOn(':server-original-data-store')
 evaluationDependsOn(':server-screening')
 evaluationDependsOn(':server-external-data-store')
 evaluationDependsOn(':ui-admin')
+evaluationDependsOn(':ui-eln-lims')
 
 
 apply from: '../build/javaproject.gradle'
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ configurations.create('zipping')
 configurations.create('server_original_data_store')
 configurations.create('javadoc_sources')
 configurations.create('javadoc_compilation')
+configurations.create('blast_tar')
 
 def jettyVersion = '9.4.44'
 def jettyDistributionVersion = '9.4.44.v20210927'
@@ -79,6 +81,8 @@ dependencies {
 
     zipping "eclipse:jetty-distribution:${jettyVersion}@zip"
 
+    blast_tar "blast:blast:2.2.30@tar.gz"
+
     server_original_data_store project(':server-screening'),
             'bioformats:bioformats:6.5.1',
             'imagej:ij:1.43u',
@@ -348,6 +352,9 @@ task zipCorePlugins(type: SymZip) {
     from fileTree(dir: 'targets/downloads/obit_shared_core_technology-release-20.x/core-plugins', includes: ['shared/**'])
     from 'dist/core-plugins'
     from 'dist/server/core-plugins.properties'
+    from(configurations.blast_tar.collect { tarTree(it) }) {
+        into 'eln-lims'
+    }
     into 'core-plugins'
 }
 
@@ -503,7 +510,17 @@ task copyOpenbisNgUiToCorePlugins(type: Copy, dependsOn: [deleteOpenbisNgUi, ':u
     into file('dist/core-plugins')
 }
 
+task deleteOpenbisElnLims(type: Delete) {
+    delete 'dist/core-plugins/eln-lims'
+}
+
+task copyOpenbisElnLimsCorePlugins(type: Copy, dependsOn: [deleteOpenbisNgUi, ':ui-eln-lims:copyCorePlugins']) {
+    from project(':ui-eln-lims').file('build/core-plugins')
+    into file('dist/core-plugins')
+}
+
 zipCorePlugins.dependsOn copyOpenbisNgUiToCorePlugins
+zipCorePlugins.dependsOn copyOpenbisElnLimsCorePlugins
 
 task generateJavadoc(type: Javadoc) {
     source = configurations.javadoc_sources.collect {
diff --git a/core-plugin-openbis/settings.gradle b/core-plugin-openbis/settings.gradle
index df7724ce0359ace7d89fe754342a537380c209a6..2ce594f05ee8fbc34111e3ded1b316b100974d57 100644
--- a/core-plugin-openbis/settings.gradle
+++ b/core-plugin-openbis/settings.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 includeFlat 'lib-commonbase', 'lib-common', 'api-openbis-java', 'lib-openbis-common', 'lib-authentication', 'lib-dbmigration', 'server-application-server',
         'server-original-data-store', 'server-screening', 'server-external-data-store',
-        'ui-admin', 'lib-microservice-server'
+        'ui-admin', 'lib-microservice-server', 'ui-eln-lims'
diff --git a/server-original-data-store/build.gradle b/server-original-data-store/build.gradle
index 8a41bcea224a3800bb80db69cc3a2f5193dc25f0..5b46693006fb834978b86226f2239ff1a21e5eba 100644
--- a/server-original-data-store/build.gradle
+++ b/server-original-data-store/build.gradle
@@ -42,18 +42,18 @@ dependencies {
     runtimeOnly 'bioformats:bioformats:6.5.1'
 
     // eln-lims Jython APIs dependencies
-    datastoreExecRuntime files("../core-plugin-openbis/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/dss/reporting-plugins/eln-lims-api/lib/zip4j_1.3.2.jar"),
-            files("../core-plugin-openbis/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/dss/reporting-plugins/eln-lims-api/lib/plasmapper.jar"),
-            files("../core-plugin-openbis/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/dss/reporting-plugins/eln-lims-api/lib/htmlcleaner-2.23.jar"),
-            files("../core-plugin-openbis/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/dss/reporting-plugins/exports-api/lib/docx4j-3.3.3.jar"),
-            files("../core-plugin-openbis/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/dss/reporting-plugins/exports-api/lib/ascii-table-1.1.0.jar"),
-            files("../core-plugin-openbis/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/dss/reporting-plugins/exports-api/lib/docxbuilder.jar"),
-            files("../core-plugin-openbis/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/dss/reporting-plugins/exports-api/lib/jsoup-1.11.3.jar"),
-            files("../core-plugin-openbis/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/dss/reporting-plugins/exports-api/lib/serializer-2.7.2.jar"),
-            files("../core-plugin-openbis/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/dss/reporting-plugins/exports-api/lib/slf4j-api-1.7.21.jar"),
-            files("../core-plugin-openbis/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/dss/reporting-plugins/exports-api/lib/xalan-2.7.2.jar"),
-            files("../core-plugin-openbis/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/dss/reporting-plugins/zenodo-exports-api/lib/job-scheduler.jar"),
-            files("../core-plugin-openbis/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/dss/reporting-plugins/password-reset-api/lib/persistentkeyvaluestore.jar"),
+    datastoreExecRuntime files("../ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/dss/reporting-plugins/eln-lims-api/lib/zip4j_1.3.2.jar"),
+            files("../ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/dss/reporting-plugins/eln-lims-api/lib/plasmapper.jar"),
+            files("../ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/dss/reporting-plugins/eln-lims-api/lib/htmlcleaner-2.23.jar"),
+            files("../ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/dss/reporting-plugins/exports-api/lib/docx4j-3.3.3.jar"),
+            files("../ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/dss/reporting-plugins/exports-api/lib/ascii-table-1.1.0.jar"),
+            files("../ui-eln-lims/src/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/dss/reporting-plugins/exports-api/lib/docxbuilder.jar"),
+            files("../ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/dss/reporting-plugins/exports-api/lib/jsoup-1.11.3.jar"),
+            files("../ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/dss/reporting-plugins/exports-api/lib/serializer-2.7.2.jar"),
+            files("../ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/dss/reporting-plugins/exports-api/lib/slf4j-api-1.7.21.jar"),
+            files("../ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/dss/reporting-plugins/exports-api/lib/xalan-2.7.2.jar"),
+            files("../ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/dss/reporting-plugins/zenodo-exports-api/lib/job-scheduler.jar"),
+            files("../ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/dss/reporting-plugins/password-reset-api/lib/persistentkeyvaluestore.jar"),
             files("../../../openbis-hvl.ethz.ch/deployed/core-plugins/hvl-dropbox/1/dss/dropboxes/hvl-dropbox/lib/jmatio-1.5.jar")
 
     testImplementation project(path: ':lib-commonbase', configuration: 'tests'),
diff --git a/ui-eln-lims/build.gradle b/ui-eln-lims/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0ff8270be88ec96e4b3c8c8402f950800d8be237
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui-eln-lims/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+task cleanBuild(type: Delete) {
+    delete 'build'
+}
+
+task copyCorePlugins(type: Copy) {
+    from file('src/core-plugins')
+    into file('build/core-plugins')
+}
diff --git a/ui-eln-lims/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/ui-eln-lims/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5c2d1cf016b3885f6930543d57b744ea8c220a1a
Binary files /dev/null and b/ui-eln-lims/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/ui-eln-lims/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/ui-eln-lims/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7745c4ec463c7bb1c4ff6a5e58db239890345152
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui-eln-lims/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+distributionUrl=https\://sissource.ethz.ch/openbis/openbis-public/openbis-ivy/-/raw/main/gradle/distribution/7.4/gradle-7.4-bin.zip
+zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/ui-eln-lims/gradlew b/ui-eln-lims/gradlew
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..83f2acfdc319a24e8766cca78f32474ad7a22dd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui-eln-lims/gradlew
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+#
+# Copyright 2015 the original author or authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+##############################################################################
+##
+##  Gradle start up script for UN*X
+##
+##############################################################################
+
+# Attempt to set APP_HOME
+# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
+PRG="$0"
+# Need this for relative symlinks.
+while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
+    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
+    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
+    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
+        PRG="$link"
+    else
+        PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`"/$link"
+    fi
+done
+SAVED="`pwd`"
+cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >/dev/null
+APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
+cd "$SAVED" >/dev/null
+
+APP_NAME="Gradle"
+APP_BASE_NAME=`basename "$0"`
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+
+# Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
+MAX_FD="maximum"
+
+warn () {
+    echo "$*"
+}
+
+die () {
+    echo
+    echo "$*"
+    echo
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# OS specific support (must be 'true' or 'false').
+cygwin=false
+msys=false
+darwin=false
+nonstop=false
+case "`uname`" in
+  CYGWIN* )
+    cygwin=true
+    ;;
+  Darwin* )
+    darwin=true
+    ;;
+  MINGW* )
+    msys=true
+    ;;
+  NONSTOP* )
+    nonstop=true
+    ;;
+esac
+
+CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+# Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
+if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+    if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ] ; then
+        # IBM's JDK on AIX uses strange locations for the executables
+        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java"
+    else
+        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
+    fi
+    if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: $JAVA_HOME
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+    fi
+else
+    JAVACMD="java"
+    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+fi
+
+# Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
+if [ "$cygwin" = "false" -a "$darwin" = "false" -a "$nonstop" = "false" ] ; then
+    MAX_FD_LIMIT=`ulimit -H -n`
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
+        if [ "$MAX_FD" = "maximum" -o "$MAX_FD" = "max" ] ; then
+            MAX_FD="$MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+        fi
+        ulimit -n $MAX_FD
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
+            warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD"
+        fi
+    else
+        warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+    fi
+fi
+
+# For Darwin, add options to specify how the application appears in the dock
+if $darwin; then
+    GRADLE_OPTS="$GRADLE_OPTS \"-Xdock:name=$APP_NAME\" \"-Xdock:icon=$APP_HOME/media/gradle.icns\""
+fi
+
+# For Cygwin or MSYS, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if [ "$cygwin" = "true" -o "$msys" = "true" ] ; then
+    APP_HOME=`cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME"`
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH"`
+    JAVACMD=`cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD"`
+
+    # We build the pattern for arguments to be converted via cygpath
+    ROOTDIRSRAW=`find -L / -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d 2>/dev/null`
+    SEP=""
+    for dir in $ROOTDIRSRAW ; do
+        ROOTDIRS="$ROOTDIRS$SEP$dir"
+        SEP="|"
+    done
+    OURCYGPATTERN="(^($ROOTDIRS))"
+    # Add a user-defined pattern to the cygpath arguments
+    if [ "$GRADLE_CYGPATTERN" != "" ] ; then
+        OURCYGPATTERN="$OURCYGPATTERN|($GRADLE_CYGPATTERN)"
+    fi
+    # Now convert the arguments - kludge to limit ourselves to /bin/sh
+    i=0
+    for arg in "$@" ; do
+        CHECK=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "$OURCYGPATTERN" -`
+        CHECK2=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "^-"`                                 ### Determine if an option
+
+        if [ $CHECK -ne 0 ] && [ $CHECK2 -eq 0 ] ; then                    ### Added a condition
+            eval `echo args$i`=`cygpath --path --ignore --mixed "$arg"`
+        else
+            eval `echo args$i`="\"$arg\""
+        fi
+        i=$((i+1))
+    done
+    case $i in
+        (0) set -- ;;
+        (1) set -- "$args0" ;;
+        (2) set -- "$args0" "$args1" ;;
+        (3) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" ;;
+        (4) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" ;;
+        (5) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" ;;
+        (6) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" ;;
+        (7) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" ;;
+        (8) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" ;;
+        (9) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" "$args8" ;;
+    esac
+fi
+
+# Escape application args
+save () {
+    for i do printf %s\\n "$i" | sed "s/'/'\\\\''/g;1s/^/'/;\$s/\$/' \\\\/" ; done
+    echo " "
+}
+APP_ARGS=$(save "$@")
+
+# Collect all arguments for the java command, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
+eval set -- $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS "\"-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME\"" -classpath "\"$CLASSPATH\"" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$APP_ARGS"
+
+# by default we should be in the correct project dir, but when run from Finder on Mac, the cwd is wrong
+if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ] && [ "$HOME" = "$PWD" ]; then
+  cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+fi
+
+exec "$JAVACMD" "$@"
diff --git a/ui-eln-lims/gradlew.bat b/ui-eln-lims/gradlew.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9618d8d9607cd91a0efb866bcac4810064ba6fac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui-eln-lims/gradlew.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+@rem
+@rem Copyright 2015 the original author or authors.
+@rem
+@rem Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+@rem you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+@rem You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@rem
+@rem      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@rem
+@rem Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+@rem distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+@rem WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+@rem See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+@rem limitations under the License.
+@rem
+
+@if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
+@rem ##########################################################################
+@rem
+@rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
+@rem
+@rem ##########################################################################
+
+@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
+
+set DIRNAME=%~dp0
+if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
+set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
+set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
+
+@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS="-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"
+
+@rem Find java.exe
+if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
+
+set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
+%JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:findJavaFromJavaHome
+set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
+set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
+
+if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:init
+@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants
+
+if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
+
+:win9xME_args
+@rem Slurp the command line arguments.
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=
+set _SKIP=2
+
+:win9xME_args_slurp
+if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
+
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
+
+:execute
+@rem Setup the command line
+
+set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+@rem Execute Gradle
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
+
+:end
+@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" goto mainEnd
+
+:fail
+rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
+rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
+if  not "" == "%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit 1
+exit /b 1
+
+:mainEnd
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
+
+:omega