GA4GH Work Stream Updates Newsletter

March 2022

Welcome to the quarterly GA4GH Work Stream Updates Newsletter. Learn about progress over the last quarter and opportunities to participate and provide feedback. We also wanted to share a few updates:

• GA4GH April Connect 2022 Meeting: GA4GH’s upcoming working meeting will be a hybrid event, taking place both in Montreal, Canada, and virtually.

• GHIF Newborn Sequencing Virtual Workshop: Join the Genomics in Health Implementation Forum (GHIF) for a Newborn Sequencing workshop on 5 April 2022 at 4-6pm EST / 9-11 pm BST / 6-8am AEST (April 6).

• GA4GH Special Issue in Cell Genomics: Last November, the journal Cell Genomics ran a GA4GH special issue, featuring a compendium of ten papers written by the GA4GH Community.

Clin/Pheno

The Pedigree team welcomes you to test the Pedigree Standard Model. 

Cloud

Join the Cloud Work Stream to help continue efforts to expand and update its APIs.

Data Use & Researcher Identities

Calling for community input on Passport v1.2.

Discovery

Share your use case with the Data Connect team.

Genomic Knowledge Standards

The GKS team has revamped their meeting times. All are welcome to join!

Large Scale Genomics

LSG is recruiting a Work Stream lead and a co-lead for the Future of VCF project.

Data Security

Calling all interested Driver Projects to contribute or provide use cases for Malfeasance Rules.

Regulatory & Ethics

Join REWS to help shape its new roadmap of future projects.

Federated Analysis Systems Project

Share your use cases and projects focused on interoperability.

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Advisory Group

New to GA4GH or interested in getting involved? Join the new Onboarding Program, developed by the EDI team.

Technical Alignment Sub-Committee

Share GA4GH technical alignment issues with TASC.