GA4GH Announcements

GA4GH Virtual Connect 2022 starts this week!

14, 15, 16, and 30 November • Virtual

The four-day event provides an opportunity for active contributors to advance the GA4GH Roadmap and gather feedback on standards development and needs. The agenda includes a variety of working sessions across domains. It's still not too late to register for the working meeting!

Genomics and Health News

X chromosome silenced in some cancers in males

11 November • The Scientist, USA

University of Maryland consortium launches Institute for Health Computing

11 November • Healthcare IT News, USA

Impact of gut microbiome and genes on blood metabolome could guide targeted interventions

11 November • Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, USA

Too homogenous: “Human Genetics & Genomics Workforce Survey” reveals insufficient diversity

10 November • Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, USA

Family history is not sufficient for assessing inherited disease risk

10 November • FinnGen, Finland

What role do genetic counsellors play in healthcare?

10 November • The G Word, UK

Electrical stimulation helps paralysed people walk again — and now we know why

9 November • Nature, UK

Noncoding variants switch on “disallowed” regulatory gene in pancreas to cause rare disease

8 November • Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, USA

AlphaFold applications — a community assessment

7 November • EMBL-EBI, UK

Scientists unveil the functional landscape of essential genes

7 November • Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, USA

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