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New Podcast Episode: Stem Cells: The Cells That Can Do (Almost) Anything

Prof. Dr. Magdalena Götz discusses different types of stem cells and the particular importance of neural stem cells.

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Meeting with the Patient Advisory Board for Cancer Research at the DKFZ

The exchange focused on how patients’ perspectives can help improve the clarity and accessibility of processes related to the sharing and use of genomic data.

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Examining Trust in Medical Research Data Infrastructures

To better understand factors that influence trust and acceptance in medical research data infrastructures, ethical researchers within GHGA are looking for participants in a new interview study at the Institute for Medical and Data Ethics at Heidelberg University.

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GHGA welcomes the long-term continuation of the NFDI

GHGA welcomes the GWK's decision and the long-term prospects it creates for biomedical research data infrastructures.

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Shaping the Future of Experimental Metadata in GHGA

The GHGA Metadata Workshop 2026 brought together representatives from all GHGA Data Hubs and partnering sequencing facilities to exchange experiences and align on metadata management and data submission.

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GHGA Data Portal: New Upload Workflow Now Live

Users can now upload data directly through the GHGA Data Portal using dedicated upload boxes and self-service security tokens, making the submissions process more structured and easier to manage.

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New information portal: „Meine Genomdaten. Teilen und Helfen“

GHGA has launched a new service designed to help patients and their families answer the question: “Should I share my genetic data for research?”

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nf-core Hackathon: Collaborative development in Heidelberg

As part of the global nf-core hackathon, GHGA hosted a local site in Heidelberg, bringing together researchers and developers for a day of collaborative work on community-driven bioinformatics pipelines.

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From Infrastructure to Impact: genomDE and GHGA at the GfH Annual Meeting

The workshop “10,000 Genomes and Counting” offered more than 200 participants an in-depth look at the progress of the genomDE Model Project and the integration of the Genome Data Centers with GHGA.

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GHGA Data Portal: Latest Updates Now Live (February 2026)

The latest updates to the GHGA Data Portal introduce enhanced filtering and study pages for easier data discovery and refined IVA handling.

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Interoperability Analysis of the GHGA Metadata Model

How interoperable is the GHGA Metadata Model? Our new publication in Scientific Data analyses how it aligns with other established models in the genomics domain.

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Planned Maintenance – GHGA Data Portal

The GHGA Data Portal will be temporarily unavailable on Tuesday, 03 February, due to planned maintenance carried out by the de.NBI Cloud.

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