20 years after the first human genome release, where are we heading?
On February 2021 we celebrated the 20th anniversary of the release of the first human genome. That has been a milestone output of the Human …
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The Federated EGA network
Generation of human genomic and phenotypic data is increasing at an exponential rate and with it, the need for efficient data management and secure sharing. …
Out with the Java, in with the Python – new EGA data download client unveiled
We will shortly be deprecating the Java-based download client also known as API V2. The Java client began its life at the back end of …
Data Use Ontology (DUO) at EGA
For those of you that follow the updates of GA4GH you will have seen the unanimous approval of the steering committee for DUO to be …
GA4GH and ELIXIR Release V1.0.0 of Beacon API with increased security measures
At the beginning of last year, ELIXIR and the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) announced an expanded partnership for the Beacon project. For …
The EGA, formal GA4GH Driver Project
The Global Alliance for Genomics and Health, an international alliance aiming to discuss and orchestrate the standards and frameworks for sharing genomic data, announced during …
EGA included in the initial list of ELIXIR Core Data Resources and Deposition Databases
The European Genome-phenome archive (EGA) has been included in the initial set of ELIXIR Core Data Resources of fundamental importance to the life science community …