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Remote visualization of large-scale genomic alignments for collaborative clinical research and diagnosis of rare diseases

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Ana TopfORCiD

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Abstract

© 2023 The AuthorsThe Solve-RD project objectives include solving undiagnosed rare diseases (RD) through collaborative research on shared genome-phenome datasets. The RD-Connect Genome-Phenome Analysis Platform (GPAP), for data collation and analysis, and the European Genome-Phenome Archive (EGA), for file storage, are two key components of the Solve-RD infrastructure. Clinical researchers can identify candidate genetic variants within the RD-Connect GPAP and, thanks to the developments presented here as part of joint ELIXIR activities, are able to remotely visualize the corresponding alignments stored at the EGA. The Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) htsget streaming application programming interface (API) is used to retrieve alignment slices, which are rendered by an integrated genome viewer (IGV) instance embedded in the GPAP. As a result, it is no longer necessary for over 11,000 datasets to download large alignment files to visualize them locally. This work highlights the advantages, from both the user and infrastructure perspectives, of implementing interoperability standards for establishing federated genomics data networks.


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Author(s): Corvo A, Matalonga L, Spalding D, Senf A, Laurie S, Pico-Amador D, Fernandez-Callejo M, Paramonov I, Romero AF, Garcia-Rios E, Ciges JI, Mohan A, Thomas C, Silva Valencia AF, Halmagyi C, Freeberg MA, Topf A, Horvath R, Saunders G, Gut I, Keane T, Piscia D, Beltran S

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Cell Genomics

Year: 2023

Volume: 3

Issue: 2

Print publication date: 08/02/2023

Online publication date: 11/01/2023

Acceptance date: 14/12/2022

Date deposited: 23/02/2023

ISSN (electronic): 2666-979X

Publisher: Cell Press

URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xgen.2022.100246

DOI: 10.1016/j.xgen.2022.100246


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Funding

Funder referenceFunder name
779257European Commission
ELIXIR Implementation Studies
FP7 305444
H2020 825575
Instituto Nacional de Bioinformática, INB
H2020 779257
PT13/0001/0044
PT17/0009/0019

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