Large Scale Genomics Large-Scale Genomics (LSG) Work Stream

Past Work Stream

Genomic sequencing generates data at an increasingly large scale. As public and national health systems continue to adopt genomic testing and more private companies launch genomic projects, the vast quantity of raw sequencing data will only balloon further. The Large-Scale Genomics (LSG) Work Stream has built and maintained  robust, standardised ways to describe, store, and access this vital genomic information.

As part of a larger effort to adapt GA4GH to meet the evolving field of genomics, the Large-Scale Genomics Work Stream is now retired and its portfolio integrated into other existing GA4GH Work Streams. You may now find information about its products in the following places:

  • File Formats (Genomic Knowledge Standards Work Stream)
  • Whole Genome Sequencing Quality Control Standards (Genomic Knowledge Standards Work Stream)
  • Future of VCF (Genomic Knowledge Standards Work Stream)
  • Refget (Federated Analysis Work Stream)
  • Refget Sequence Collections (Federated Analysis Work Stream)
  • Htsget (Federated Analysis Work Stream)
  • Crypt4GH (Data Security Work Stream)

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Past Work Stream

This Work Stream has now concluded. You can still explore its outputs, publications and related resources.

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Community Resources

This Work Stream has now concluded. You can still investigate the resources of the work stream for archive and historical purposes.


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  • Jeremy Adams
    Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR), Toronto, Canada
  • Shakuntala Baichoo
    University of Mauritius
  • Dixie Baker
    Martin, Blanck and Associates
  • Michael Baudis
    University of Zurich, Zurich
  • Edmon Begoli
    Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge
  • Nicolas Bertin
    Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore
  • James Bonfield
    Wellcome Sanger Institute (WSI), Hinxton, UK
  • Guillaume Bourque
    McGill University / Université McGill, Montréal, Canada
  • David Bujold
    McGill University / Université McGill, Montréal, Canada
  • Daniel Cameron
    Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville
  • Timothe Cezard
    EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), Hinxton, UK
  • Shu Hui Chen
    NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), Bethesda
  • Guy Cochrane
    Independent Contributor
  • Robert Davies
    Wellcome Sanger Institute (WSI), Hinxton, UK
  • Richard Durbin
    University of Cambridge, Cambridge
  • Yossi Farjoun
    Lady Davis Institute
  • Mallory Freeberg
    EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), Hinxton, UK
  • Kais Ghedira
    Institut Pasteur de Tunis
  • Romain Gregoire
    Canadian Centre for Computational Genomics
  • Roderic Guigo
    Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona
  • Sveinung Gundersen
    Centre for Bioinformatics, University of Oslo
  • Yosr Hamdi
    Institut Pasteur de Tunis
  • Reece Hart
    MyOme
  • Muhammad Haseeb
    EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), Hinxton, UK
  • Frédéric Haziza
    Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona
  • Michael Hoffman
    Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
  • Oliver Hofmann
    University of Melbourne Centre for Cancer Research, Melbourne
  • David Jackson
    Wellcome Sanger Institute (WSI), Hinxton, UK
  • Thomas Keane
    EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), Hinxton, UK
  • Jerome Kelleher
    University of Oxford, Oxford
  • Rasko Leinonen
    EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), Hinxton, UK
  • Anders Leung
    Independent Contributor
  • Mike Lin
    Independent Contributor
  • John Marshall
    Centre for Population Genomics
  • Emilio Palumbo
    Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona
  • Martin Pollard
    Wellcome Sanger Institute (WSI), Hinxton, UK
  • Shaikh Farhan Rashid
    University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, Canadian Distributed Infrastructure for Genomics (CanDIG)
  • Emilio Righi
    Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona
  • Nathan Sheffield
    University of Virginia
  • Albert Smith
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
  • Jing Su
    Wellcome Sanger Institute (WSI), Hinxton, UK
  • Ole Schulz Trieglaff
    Illumina, Inc., San Diego
  • Sean Upchurch
    California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
  • Roman Valls Guimera
    University of Melbourne Centre for Cancer Research, Melbourne
  • Zhenyu Zhang
    University of Chicago, Chicago
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News, events, and more

Catch up with all news and articles associated with Large-Scale Genomics (LSG) Work Stream.

big genomic data visualization
News
11 Jun 2026
GA4GH Work Streams evolve to match the scale of modern genomics
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GIF Spotlight
15 Apr 2026
GIF Spotlight: GA4GH standards in action at Ensembl
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Whole Genome Quality Control Standard
News
13 Nov 2025
Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) Quality Control (QC) Standards approved as an official GA4GH product
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