EuCANCan: EUropean-CANadian Cancer network
The EUropean-CANadian Cancer network (EuCANCan) is a project aiming to develop a federated network of aligned and interoperable infrastructures for the homogeneous analysis, management and …
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 …
European Genome-phenome Archive 10th Anniversary Symposium
The European Genome-phenome Archive (EGA), jointly hosted by the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), is celebrating its 10th anniversary …
Data integration: Electronic Health Record – Omics Data
A new workshop took place in CRAG (Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics) this July. The event – Electronic Health Record, Omics Data – …
The impact of genomics data on health: The role of the European Genome-Phenome Archive (EGA)
The amount of produced genomic data is outstanding nowadays (petabytes of genomes sequenced every day). If these data are available within the scientific community the …
De novo mutations in regulatory elements in neurodevelopment disorders
One of the latest published articles in Nature inquires the unexplored role of de novo mutations in regulatory elements affecting genes associated with developmental disorders …
The landscape of genomic alterations across childhood cancers
This month Nature has published a new article that presents a comprehensive analysis of genetic alterations related to several cancer types. This study includes 961 …
New features on EGA website
We are pleased to announce a series of new features and functionalities released to EGA website: Major features Documentation for querying EGA metadata through our public …
H3Africa Project
The Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa) aims to facilitate a contemporary research approach to the study of genomics and environmental determinants of common …
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 …