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"Genomhäppchen" (snackable genome) is a science podcast by GHGA containing fun facts about genome research. The podcast is only available in German.

A recent publication with GHGA contribution introduces nf-core/sarek 3, a comprehensive variant calling and annotation pipeline designed for both germline and somatic samples.

The Terms of Use for the GHGA define the services offered by the GHGA Consortium and the performance levels of those services that Users can expect. They also define the conditions that apply to Users when using GHGA.

GHGA welcomes the new WHO policy for Genome Data Access, Use and Sharing and follows the call for comments in this community effort.

GHGA, TMF e. V. and other institutions have submitted a joint statement on the Federal Ministry of Health's draft bill for an ordinance on the Genome Sequencing Model Project in accordance with Section 64e(12) of the SGB V.

As an important milestone on our way to launch the GHGA Archive, Central-to-Data Hub Bilateral Contracts have been signed between the DKFZ and TU Dresden, and between the DKFZ and EKUT.

Benchmarking small pathogenic and structural variants can be challenging. Utilizing cutting-edge SeraSeq, GHGA partners with the NGS-CN to start a new initiative to benchmark NGS pipelines.

The Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH) has now joined the GHGA Consortium as a new Co-applicant Institution. Together with MDC and Charité, the BIH will develop a GHGA Data Hub in Berlin.

As part of the NFDI Interim Report Symposium, GHGA presented progress and future plans for the project. The event, hosted by the DFG, provided insights into the results of the review round of the NFDI consortia.

Going into the new year with exciting news, we are pleased to announce that we have concluded the first integration of the core services required for GHGA Archive! As of January 2024, the GHGA Architecture team has deployed this next stage of GHGA for internal testing.

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GHGA joined the de.NBI/ELIXIR-Germany Spatial Hackathon ‘SpaceHack2.0’, advancing community-driven benchmarking.