Reggan Thomas is the GA4GH manager of the Cloud, Large Scale Genomics, and Genomic Knowledge Work Streams . Read about his current projects, his favourite scientific discovery, and more!
Approved in 2021 by the GA4GH Standards Steering Committee (SSC), GA4GH BED v1.0 establishes a concrete set of guidelines for utilising the format. Over the past two decades, the Browser Extensible Data (BED) file format has become a popular method of capturing the location of genomic features and associated annotations. The new specification aims to define a numerical range for each specified BED field and provide semantics for whitespace, sorting, default values, and other missing details.
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Please join us for GA4GH Connect, a biannual working meeting for active GA4GH contributors to advance the roadmap and gather feedback on standards development and needs. The hybrid meeting will include virtual and in-person sessions where attendees can hear updates from Work Streams and Driver Projects, join breakout working sessions, and attend themed workshops.
30 March • Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Canada
Medical biophysicist Michael Hoffmanrecently led the effort to formalise and standardise a widely-used genomics file format, the Browser Extensible Data (BED) format, which is now an approved GA4GH standard.
Do you want to help shape the future of GA4GH? Share your thoughts on the GA4GH strategic approach in our briefsurvey, or join a livebrainstorming meeting. The next meeting is 11 April 2022 at 18:00 UTC with Heidi Rehm, Vice-Chair of the GA4GH Standards Steering Committee.
On 5April 2022, initiatives from around the globe will convene to share the status of international efforts establishing genomic newborn screening programmes and identify areas for engagement with GA4GH Work Streams.
