The EGA at the International Congress of Human Genetics
Several EGA team members will attend the 14ᵗʰ edition of the International Congress of Human Genetics (ICHG), that will take place from February 22 – 26 …
The EGA joins EUCAIM, the European project powering AI and imaging in cancer research
The European Genome-phenome Archive will bring the experience acquired in the Federated EGA deployment and as a partner of the EUCanImage project. Author: Teresa García EUCAIM …
ELIXIR Webinar: Update on ELIXIR TraIT pilot
Dr Sanne Abeln (ELIXIR Netherlands) and Dylan Spalding (EGA) present an update on the ELIXIR – TraIT pilot, launched in 2015, looking at genomic data …
The EGA at the Elixir Nodes meeting
Several EGA Team members have attended, both virtually and in person, to the Elixir Excelerate WP10 Node Capacity Building meeting in Prague. Plans for the …
Freely sharing genomic data
Most individual-level genomic data is currently accessible only through controlled-access platforms and repositories, such as the Database for Genotypes and Phenotypes, the dbGaP, or the European …
An open mind on open data
Nature has recently published a Careers article, written by Virginia Gewin (1), where the pros and cons of biological data sharing are deeply analysed. On …
Funding for key data resources in jeopardy
Genomics and protein free-to-use data resources are widely considered crucial among geneticist and biomedical researchers. As a free-of-charge genomic archive, the EGA considers this pertinent …
Solutions for long-term management of translational data
ELIXIR and OncoTrack, an Innovative Medicine Initiative (IMI) project to improve the diagnosis and treatment of colon cancer, are working together on a joint project …
Non-Reproducible Science
Lack of experiment reproducibility is one of the main causes of frustration in today’s research. Loads of time and resources are spent in a daily …
Consent Codes: Upholding Standard Data Use Conditions
Several EGA members have recently participated in a PLOS Genetics publication (1), result of a deep examination of variation in data use conditions, based on …