Finding and accessing human genome data

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Researchers rely on acquiring external data to validate, benchmark and supplement research findings. Funders require researchers to make their datasets accessible for further reuse.

The goal of this workshop is to bring to the fore existing challenges with genomic data access and reuse. We will introduce a number of tools and resources to simplify #dataaccess and #datasharing.

Please note that if you are not eligible for a University of Cambridge Raven account you will need to book by linking here.

• Graduate students, Postdocs and Staff members from the University of Cambridge, Affiliated Institutions and other external Institutions or individuals
• Further details regarding eligibility criteria are available here

Number of sessions: 1

After this course you should be able to:

• Find all genomics data available for a particular condition (e.g. disease, healthy state, controls, validation studies)
• Understand the most suitable genomics repository for your needs
• Submit data to genomics repositories following best practices

During this workshop you will learn about:

• Current challenges in data sharing, focusing especially on researchers studying human genomic datasets
• A number of tools and resources for finding, accessing and sharing genomic data: Repositive, EGA (European Genome Phenome Archive), dbGaP, GigaScience, Nature Scientific Data and figshare
• Best practices for using data to power hypothesis testing and maximising research impact

Presentations

0.5 day

Once a year