Events

On this page we share the latest Events, both posted by us and our Partners.

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GHGA Events

GHGA Annual Meeting 2026

Mark your calendars for 03-05 November 2026 in Heidelberg! GHGA spokespersons, team members, and our Scientific Advisory Board will come together to celebrate achievements, share updates, and plan future work.

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Keynote Lecture by Prof. Bartha Knoppers at the GHGA Annual Meeting

How do polygenic risk scores change the way we approach genetic discrimination? At the GHGA Annual Meeting 2026, Prof. Bartha Knoppers explores the ethical and societal challenges of an increasingly genomic future.

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The de.NBI & ELIXIR-DE and GHGA Knowledge Series: GHGA Workflows and Data Services for Rare Disease Research

Join the next de.NBI and GHGA webinar to discover how GHGA’s production-level bioinformatics workflows, DROP and Spotlight, analyze multi-omics data to drive rare disease genomic discoveries.

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Partner Events

NFDI4LifeScience Conference

DataPLANT hosts the NFDI4LifeScience Conference in conjunction with the International Symposium on Integrative Bioinformatics from 2 – 4 September 2026 at the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) in Gatersleben.

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5th BioHackathon Germany

Organised by de.NBI & ELIXIR-DE, the BioHackathon Germany brings together life scientists, bioinformaticians, and data stewards for an intensive week of collaborative hacking - covering FAIR, identifiers, metadata standards, ontologies and metadata catalogues.

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Past GHGA Events

GHGA at the DKFZ Open Day

Join us at when the DKFZ opens its doors to the public for a debate on the use of genomic data for research. This lively format will give everyone the chance to explore data sharing from impact to data protection.

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GHGA Webinar: Understanding Genetic Discrimination

Discover the hidden history of genetic discrimination. Join us to learn about the implications for research and policy, and how we can work towards a more equitable future.

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GHGA Lecture Series: Anthony Brookes (virtual)

Anthony Brookes from the University of Leicester talked about "Research Asset Discovery in Large European Networks" at the GHGA lecture series. Watch it now!

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GHGA Symposium 2024

Guests are welcome! GHGA will hold a public symposium on 15 October 2024 in Heidelberg, as part of the GHGA Annual Meeting 2024.

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GHGA Annual Meeting 2024

We are pleased to announce that registration for the GHGA Annual Meeting 2024 is now open.

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GHGA Webinar: Rare Disease Diagnostics in Complex Genomic Regions with Long Reads

Join us to discover how a large Nanopore Long-Read Genome Sequencing (LR-GS) dataset can revolutionise rare diseases diagnostics

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