ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Apply to GA4GH Chief Standards Officer position @ EBI (Deadline extended to 20 December)
• Comment on the Participants, Patients and Publics (PPP) Engagement Policy by 15 January

GA4GH News

OmicsXchange Episode 12: The Need for Further Inclusion of Diversity in Studies: An Interview with Nicola Mulder

December 10

We spoke with Nicola Mulder on a large-scale, collaborative effort spearheaded by H3Africa to sequence genomes from regions and countries in Africa that have historically been missed or overlooked.

GA4GH Mentions

GA4GH Incorporates As A Not-for-profit In Canada

December 7 • Bio-IT World, USA

The Global Alliance for Genomics and Health announced last week the launch of GA4GH Inc., a not-for-profit organization incorporated under the federal laws of Canada.

Genomics and Health News

101 healthcare experts get training on bioinformatics at PHL genome center

December 13 • BusinessMirror, Philippines

A failed study shows a promising treatment for blindness

December 12 • The Economist, UK

Covid: Genes hold clues to why some people get severely ill

December 12 • BBC, UK

Alzheimer's Researchers Study a Rare Brain

December 11 • The New York Times, USA

Fending off heart attacks by getting at their genetic roots

December 11 • Fierce Biotech, USA

Getting the right data to doctors is next hurdle for precision medicine

December 11 • MedCity News, USA

What Science Has Learned about the Coronavirus One Year On

December 11 • Scientific American, USA

Amazon dips its toes into health data manipulation with HealthLake

December 10 • Healthcare Dive, USA

Billionaire Eric Lefkofsky’s Tempus Raises $200 Million To Bring Personalized Medicine To New Diseases

December 10 • Forbes, USA

Biomarker Identifies Patients Who Don’t Respond to Precision Medicine

December 9 • HealthIT Analytics, USA

Case Study Finds Covid-19 Infection Can Impact Identical Twins Differently

December 9 • Forbes, USA

Raising the bar on data and biosample sharing from AD/ADRD clinical trials

December 9 • NIH, USA

Genomics giant Illumina hopes to help launch 'bona fide' biotechs

December 8 • The Age, Australia

SDSC's 'Expanse' Supercomputer Formally Enters Production

December 8 • University of California San Diego, USA

Upcoming Events

European Bioconductor Meeting 2020

December 14 – 18, 2020 • Virtual

Joint Roadmap for Open Science Tools (JROST) 2020 Conference

ICPerMed Conference 2020: Personalised Medicine – From Vision to Practice

February 25 – 26, 2021 • France

Genomics of Rare Disease

March 22 – 24, 2021 • Virtual