Providing access to COVID-19 data: One year later
EGA joins COVID-19 response efforts On 11 March 2020 the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic. Four months later, the …
Posts in category Data updates
new studies, updates/changes to existing data
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 …
UK BioBank data release
Today (19th July) sees the public release of the eagerly awaited UK BioBank datasets. The UK BioBank datasets encompass samples from over 500,000 individuals between …
Largest Genetic study of inflammatory bowel disease
In two studies published today in Nature Genetics, researchers from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and fellow collaborators have identified a genetic variant that doubles …
Genetic study identifies 14 new developmental disorders in children
In the largest ever genetic study of developmental disorders led by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute 14 previously undiagnosed disorders have been newly discovered. The …
The Simons Genome Diversity Project
High quality genomes from 300 individuals across 142 diverse populations have come together to form the Simons Genome Diversity Project. This study of human genome …
The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) genetic architecture has been recently explored and analysed by the GoT2D and T2D-GENES consortia. As described in their article, published in Nature on …
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 …
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 …