The European Genomic Data Infrastructure project has released a ‘Starter Kit’ based on the rare disease and cancer proof-of-concepts from the Beyond 1 Million Genomes (B1MG) project.
The Starter Kit, freely available to any interested parties, contains a set of software applications and components co-developed by the 20 GDI nodes and based on open community standards from the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH). Products in the Starter Kit give all countries the technical capability to access synthetic genomic and phenotypic data across borders.
The EGA’s work is represented in the Starter Kit with Beacon v2 and Federated EGA among the software applications and components.
About Beacon v2
Beacon is a protocol for data discovery. This API allows the search of genomic variants and associated information without breaching the datasets privacy. The European Genome-phenome Archive (EGA) is a key contributor to the Beacon v2 Protocol, the Beacon v2 Reference Implementation (B2RI) and the EGA Beacon(s).
About Federated EGA
The Federated EGA network offers a tool for data storage and sharing. Officially launched in 2022, this network of connected resources enables transnational discovery of and access to human omics data for research, while also respecting jurisdictional data protection regulations.
