GA4GH Announcements

📋 The GA4GH Pedigree Standard is open for public comment. Please submit comments and feedback via GitHub or email Lindsay Smith by Friday 5 August at 17:00 UTC. 

Academic Papers

Rahimzadeh, V., et al. (2022) Leveraging algorithms to improve decision-making workflows for genomic data access and management, Biopreservation and Biobanking, Accepted. doi.org/10.1089/bio.2022.0042

Rahimzadeh, V., et al. (2022) Automating justice: an ethical responsibility of computational bioethics, The American Journal of Bioethics, 22:7, 30-33. doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2022.2075051

Genomics and Health News

Europe’s health data reuse plan needs some surgery, say privacy supervisors

15 July • Tech Crunch, USA

Kenya: funding remains a hindrance to implementation of personalized medicine

15 July • Science Africa, Kenya

Men lose Y chromosomes as they age. It may be harming their hearts

14 July • Science, USA

Are chronic infections responsible for SARS-CoV-2 variants?

14 July • Forbes, USA

Community resource sets path toward understanding human proteins

14 July • Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, USA

Uncharted territories in the human genome

13 July • EMBL, Europe

Genomic sequencing is critical to our understanding of Covid

13 July • Scientific American, USA

WHO’s Science Council launches report calling for equitable expansion of genomics

12 July • World Health Organization, International

Building data capacity for patient-centred outcomes research

12 July • Healthcare Economist, USA

Genetic testing could help doctors choose antidepressant prescriptions

12 July • Discover, USA

New hub to help make global genomic surveillance of disease a reality

12 July • Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK

Genome sequencing delivers real-time results for hard-to-treat pancreatic cancer

11 July • Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Canada

GA4GH Events

💻 GA4GH Hackathon hosted by FASP

Today, the Federated Analysis Systems Project (FASP) group kicks off a two-week-long virtual event from 18 to 29 July that focuses on API improvements of existing GA4GH specifications and implementing those specifications in new environments. Register now.

🧳 Registration is open for the GA4GH 10th Plenary Meeting

22 to 23 September 2022 • Barcelona, Spain

A complimentary Welcome Reception on the evening of Wednesday, 21 September is included in Plenary registration. Participants attending Plenary in person are also invited to submit posters for the meeting. Posters should showcase the work of GA4GH and other related activities that will enable the responsible, voluntary, and secure sharing of genomic and health-related data in the broader community. Submit poster abstracts here.

Other Upcoming Events