Whole transcriptome sequencing of untreated and castration resistant prostate cancer

Policy statement for the IBT Prostate Cancer Data Access Committee.

European Genome-Phenome Archivec/o European Bioinformatics InstituteWellcome Trust Genome CampusHinxtonCambridgeCB10 1SDUnited KingdomTo whom it may concern,This document refers to the data set, EGAS00001000526, which has been submitted to the European Genome Archive (EGA) for the restricted access by legitimate academic institutions that have agreed to comply with the terms of a Data Access Agreement drafted by the IBT Prostate Cancer Data Access Committee. The Data Access Agreement is available at http://www.uta.fi/pcrc/files/data_access_agreement.pdf.There are a number of steps that a researcher must take to obtain access to this data and the process is overseen by our Data Access Committee, called the IBT Prostate Cancer Data Access Committee (ibt_pcdac@uta.fi). Please be advised that Matti Annala (matti.annala@uta.fi) is authorized to upload data to the EGA for archiving and distribution as part of your submission process.The following individual, Matti Nykter (matti.nykter@uta.fi, postal address: IBT / Computational Biology, FI-33014 University of Tampere, Finland), will take the role of DAC Administrator and will be responsible for creating and maintaining EGA accounts to enable successful applicants to access the data files submitted and will, therefore, require access to the EGA admin tools.Matti Nykter (matti.nykter@uta.fi) has the authority to contact ega-helpdesk@ebi.ac.uk to request changes to be made to the DAC Administrators contact details, in response to a change in circumstances.We can confirm that this submission is consistent with the informed consent of the participants of the study or has been granted ethical approval and is in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations.Sincerely,Matti Nykter (matti.nykter@uta.fi)