Genome Canada Goes Live with National Data Portal to Track COVID-19 in Real Time
April 27 • Genome Canada, Canada
"Dr. Bourque’s team will work with DNAstack to integrate COVID Cloud, a cloud-based platform that helps researchers and decision makers derive insights about COVID-19 from genomics and other datasets. COVID Cloud shares data over open standards developed by the Global Alliance for Genomics & Health and provides tools for researchers to find, visualize, and analyze datasets in the cloud. COVID Cloud is developed by a consortium of Canadian partners and funded by Canada’s Digital Technology Supercluster."
New European Supercomputers to Support Data Sharing Efforts, Drive Dx Innovation
April 30 • GenomeWeb, USA
Tommi Nyrönen, head of ELIXIR Finland, said that LUMI will offer new opportunities not only for ELIXIR, but other data sharing efforts, such as the 1+ Million Genomes Initiative...Finland is also hosting FinnGen, an effort to genotype about 500,000 people in its biobanks. In turn, there is also an opportunity to apply policy and technical standards set by initiatives like the Global Alliance for Genomics and Healthcare in these caches of more widely accessible data.
