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GA4GH Mentions

10 May • The University of Melbourne, Australia
"Organisations including the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) are proposing frameworks for researchers and clinicians to devise common methods to achieve greater international coordination and consistency of standards for genomics-related data."

GA4GH Announcements

💻 Review and comment on the GA4GH Product Development and Approval Process by Monday, 30 May 2022, at 17:00 UTC.

🧬 Review and comment on the GA4GH Table of Clinical Genomics Consent Clauses by Tuesday, 31 May 2022, at 17:00 UTC.

📝 Complete the GA4GH Data Access Committee Review Standards subgroup study survey by Tuesday, 31 May 2022.

Genomics and Health News

European commission report on FAIR data highlights ELIXIR

13 May • ELIXIR, UK

Mapping cell types across human tissues

12 May • Science, International

Europe PMC: harnessing the power of text mining to accelerate life sciences research

12 May • The European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Europe

Inversions in human genome more common than previously thought

11 May • Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, USA

Innovative MRI shines new light on cancer

11 May • Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Canada

A*STAR, NHCS, NUS, and Novo Nordisk to collaborate on cardiovascular disease research

11 May • Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore

The Genomics England research summit: pick of the conference!

11 May • The G Word, UK

A genetics study in Africa is helping to destigmatize neurodevelopmental differences in children

10 May • The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, USA

Scientists discover genetic cause of lupus, findings may help research on long Covid.

9 May • Forbes, USA

Single-cell spatial transcriptomics identifies vulnerable neurons in Parkinson’s Disease

9 May • Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, USA

Predicted complexes from ModelArchive now on PDBe-KB pages

6 May • EMBL-EBI, UK

Genetics of cognitive performance, education, and learning: from research to policy?

4 May • npj Science of Learning, UK

GA4GH Events

SAVE THE DATE: GA4GH 10th Plenary Meeting

We are excited to announce the date and location of the GA4GH 10th Plenary Meeting. This hybrid event will be 22 to 23 September 2022, in Barcelona, Spain! We will follow up soon with registration details.

Other Upcoming Events

Rare Disease Innovation & Partnering Summit
Boston, USA (hybrid) • 17 to 19 May

The 25th Human Genome Meeting: The Next Frontiers in Genomics
Tel Aviv, Israel • 23 to 25 May

Global Genomics Conference 2022
London, UK (hybrid) • 23 to 26 May

19th Meeting of the H3Africa Consortium
Abuja, Nigeria • 30 May to 2 June

Mutational Scanning Symposium 2022
Toronto, Canada (hybrid) • 13 to 14 June

International Data Week 2022
Seoul, South Korea (hybrid) • 20 to 23 June

Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) 2022
Madison, USA (hybrid) • 13 to 14 July