Today, the Beacon Project of the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) and ELIXIR, the European infrastructure for life-science data, announced an expansion of their partnership to develop the Beacon project that will improve the discoverability of European genomic data.
“The expanded partnership will bolster the existing network by dedicating unprecedented resources to drive Beacon development, increasing both the discoverability of European data as well as the overall diversity of genotypes found in Beacons,” said Project Co-Lead Marc Fiume of DNAstack, which develops the Beacon Network. Read more.