Dear EGA users:

Our hard-working staff are taking a break over the holiday and new year season 🌟 EGA services will continue to run, but please expect delays when emailing our Helpdesk

We wish you a joyful and restful holiday season🎄!

What a year 🚀 We are excited to share an overview of our journey through 2025!

Have a look to get a glimpse of the projects we participated in, the status of #FederatedEGA, some numbers regarding our services, and more 🔎↘️

🎄 We are #hiring! 🎄

Are you looking for a fresh start for 2026 and want to be part of an amazing team? We are seeking a Software Developer to join our team at EMBL-EBI!

Apply now ➡️ https://embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/EMBL/job/Hinxton-Cambridgeshire/Software-Developer_JR2778

💬 Technical and scientific communication ability

We can help consortia develop outreach and communication materials focused on data sharing practices

🤝 Federated network creation and management expertise

We bring our experience in designing and operating federated data networks, offering insights on the technical, legal, and governance aspects of managing sensitive data

If you think we can collaborate in your initiative or consortium, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Let’s work together!

➡️ https://ega-archive.org/

🏛️ Expertise in Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI)

We can support ELSI aspects, including expert contributions on General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) application and GA4GH recommendations, among others

🛠️ #FederatedEGA node setup support

We offer scientific and operational guidance tailored to the maturity and funding of the partner institution

💡 Beacon setup support

We can assist consortia in deploying their own Beacon services and optimizing datasets for discoverability. This will help any research group or consortium to comply with FAIR principles!

🎯 Tailoring our platform to better suit your project's data or users

We can evaluate tailoring key tools for data submission, technical support, and Data Access Committees (DAC) to better meet the specific needs of a project

📝 Data management expertise

We can deal with the project’s data management work thanks to our data curators’ knowledge in handling genomic, clinical, and scientific data

💡 If you are creating or planning an international consortium for securing research funding, this thread is for you!

The EGA is more than just an archive! We are involved in international partnerships and consortia across many scientific fields, providing them with valuable experience in numerous aspects. Here are some areas where the EGA can contribute to large-scale research initiatives 🧵↘️

💡The CANDLE team joined the EUnetCCC Annual Meeting in Paris, engaging with cancer data stakeholders across Europe

🗞️At the CANDLE booth, stakeholders highlighted the most impactful barriers, as well as promising initiatives to cancer data sharing across their home countries

📊During the panel discussion “Unlocking Cancer Data”, Tomi Mäkelä of FICAN delivered an overview of how NCDNs will aid in bridging gaps and developing a robust cancer data infrastructure

Read more: https://emp.onl/dQUBB

🌟 We are #hiring 🌟

Explore the open positions to join our team at the CRG in Barcelona! Apply now:

🔹 Operations Technician: https://recruitment.crg.eu/content/jobs/position/operations-technician-ega-team
🔹 Operations Bioinformatician: https://recruitment.crg.eu/content/jobs/position/operations-bioinformatician-ega-team

Tomorrow, Jordi Rambla, Team Leader of the EGA - CRG, will participate in the EOSC-ENTRUST Sustainability Workshop:

💬 Perspectives and lessons learned from #FederatedEGA and the Genome Data Infrastructure (GDI) project
📍 October 23, 15:40-15:55 CEST

More information: https://eosc-entrust.eu/news/eosc-entrust-sustainability-workshop

🧬💬 Tomorrow, Abeer Fadda, bioinformatics lead at the EGA-CRG team and researcher in the HEREDITARY project, will be participating in a roundtable on genomic medicine at #RIES2025

Check out the agenda:
➡️ https://forumries.com/programa/

More information about HEREDITARY:
➡️ https://hereditary-project.eu/

🎉 EOSC4Cancer has been highlighted by the Research Executive Agency as a success story in the field of health!

The article explores the benefits, challenges, and potential risks of AI, and how EU regulation efforts aim to ensure better and safer conditions for the development and use of this technology. EOSC4Cancer is featured as one of the EU-funded projects aiming to deliver impactful results in and establish good practices in AI-related research.

Read more: https://emp.onl/1NnL8

The first EGA newsletter has been released!

🚀 Explore the #FederatedEGA timeline
🔎 Discover the EGA Allele Frequency Browser
💥 Check out the projects starting in 2025

And much more! Read the full newsletter here:
➡️ https://mailchi.mp/dd9d965ca3a2/welcome-to-the-start-of-something-great-the-first-ega-newsletter-is-out

Don't forget to subscribe to get the next newsletter:
➡️ https://mailchi.mp/4c1f9c3a3030/subscribe-to-the-ega-newsletter

Hi @tinyspheresof 👋

Yesterday, we experienced technical issues, but everything should be fine and working today. Please, try again and let us know if the problems persist.

📢 We are excited to announce the incoming launch of the EGA Newsletter!

Sign up now to stay updated on the latest news related to Federated EGA, Beacon, along with highlights and updates on the ongoing projects we are involved in 🙌

👉 https://mailchi.mp/4c1f9c3a3030/subscribe-to-the-ega-newsletter