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News

Headshot of Nicky Mulder and text that reads "GA4GH welcomes new Vice-Chair Nicky Mulder"
15 May 2025
Nicky Mulder joins the GA4GH Executive Leadership Team
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27 Mar 2025
refget Sequence Collections is an approved GA4GH product
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27 Mar 2025
Variation Representation Specification (VRS) v2.0 is an approved GA4GH product
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Events

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6 Oct 2025
13th Plenary
Plenary
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1 Apr 2025
April Connect 2025
Connect
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16 Sep 2024
12th Plenary
Plenary
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Videos

6 Jan 2025
GKS Work Stream Open House (January 2025)
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2 Feb 2024
GA4GH Fireside Chat with Heidi Rehm and Geoff Ginsburg
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1 Jan 2023
Implementing Data Connect — example 1 (CINECA)
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Podcasts

28 Feb 2024
OmicsXchange Season 2, Episode 1: Together for CHANGE: sequencing the African American genome with Lyndon Mitnaul and James Hildreth Sr.
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10 Jun 2022
OmicsXchange episode 17: exploring the Variation Representation Specification with Larry Babb and Alex Wagner
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27 May 2022
OmicsXchange episode 16: Atlas Variant Effects Alliance and interpreting human genetic variation — an interview with Clare Turnbull and Lea Starita
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Announcements

27 May 2025
Open leadership opportunity: Neuroscience Community Co-Lead
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15 May 2025
Nicky Mulder joins the GA4GH Executive Leadership Team
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15 Apr 2025
Open for comment: GA4GH Policy on recognising and recommending externally developed standards, policies, and tools
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Publications

2024
Use of Beacon v2 for Improving Genomics Based Research in a Clinical Setting
IOS Press
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2024
The Key Features of a Genetic Nondiscrimination Policy: A Delphi Consensus Statement
JAMA Network Open
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2024
The GA4GH Task Execution Application Programming Interface: Enabling Easy Multicloud Task Execution
Computing in Science & Engineering
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Newsletters

22 Apr 2025
Genomics and Health news for 15 to 22 April 2025
Weekly Genomics and Health News
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15 Apr 2025
Genomics and Health news for 8 to 15 April 2025
Weekly Genomics and Health News
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8 Apr 2025
Genomics and Health news for 25 March to 8 April 2025
Weekly Genomics and Health News
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