GA4GH News

GA4GH Community Spotlight: Mélanie Courtot

November 5

This GA4GH Community Post is the sixth in our monthly series featuring individuals from across GA4GH. This month we are turning the spotlight on Mélanie Courtot!

Genomics in Health Implementation Forum (GHIF) Bi-Annual Working Meeting: Advancing Human Health through the Implementation of GA4GH Standards

November 4

On November 16 & 17, 2021, the GHIF will be hosting their bi-annual working meeting. Initiatives from around the world will convene to discuss current data sharing opportunities and challenges, as well as updates in relation to GA4GH standard implementation.

Genomics and Health News

Genetic marker confirmed as early warning sign of severe COVID-19

November 4 • The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia

Highlighting Need for Newborn Screening of Sickle Cell Disease in Africa

November 4 • THISDAY LIVE, Nigeria

Introducing MAS-ISO-seq: A new long-read sequencing protocol for dramatically increasing RNA transcript isoform yield

November 4 • Terra, USA

Insomnia Identified as Potential Risk Factor for Intracranial Aneurysms and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

November 3 • Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, USA

Changing Cancer Care, So Patients No Longer Feel Like a Number

November 3 • TIME, USA

Decoding Diabetes in Asia

November 3 • Precision Health Research Singapore (PRECISE), Singapore

Sanger researchers awarded £5million to tackle deadly brain cancer with ‘tissue time machine’

November 3 • Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK

Deb Lancaster: Wrangling the Research Community

November 3 • Genomics England, UK

Why Africa urgently needs its own genetic library

November 2 • BBC News, UK

Significant new developments in long-read sequencing at Genomics England

November 2 • Genomics England, UK

Had I done Ancestry.com sooner, I could have gotten a kidney transplant two years earlier

November 1 • STAT News, USA

Q&A: Nearly Every Single Human Gene Can Be Linked to Cancer

October 29 • The Scientist, USA

Uncovering how injury to the pancreas impacts cancer formation

October 29 • Vanderbilt University, USA

GA4GH Events

On November 8th we will be holding a GA4GH Fireside Chat with Dr. Catalina Lopez-Correa & Peter Goodhand.

The Genomics in Health Implementation Forum (GHIF) aims to support the adoption of GA4GH standards and clinical implementation of genomics. It will be held virtually on November 16 - 17. Attendees will hear updates from current GHIF efforts and discuss opportunities for future collaboration.

Other Upcoming Events