Interoperability and Integration: GA4GH Standards at work on the CGC

This March, our webinar series features a talk by Ms. Angela Page and Dr. Michele Mattioni, from GA4GH and Velsera respectively. The Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) is a policy-framing and technical standards-setting organization, seeking to enable responsible genomic data sharing within a human rights framework.

In the first part of the webinar, Ms. Page will introduce the GA4GH organization, its products, and how to get involved with both. Dr. Mattioni will showcase how the Cancer Genomics Cloud has used GA4GH standards to enable interoperability and connecting to other platforms. Using DRS clients, researchers on the CGC can access data from other Velsera platforms, such as CAVATICA and Biodata catalyst, as well as platforms in other ecosystems. The CGC enables cross-platform and cross-dataset analysis using this approach in a user-friendly way. 

Webinar Resources: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xgen.2021.100029

More about the speakers

Angela Page

Angela Page is based at the Broad Institute in Cambridge, US, where she leads the communications and operations teams for the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health. She is responsible for ensuring GA4GH achieves its goals in the areas of international outreach and engagement. She has been with the organization since 2014.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angela-pagega4gh/

Michele Mattioni, PhD

Michele Mattioni, PhD, leads the Integration and Interoperability strategy at Velsera. He is involved in several GA4GH standards and he is interested in making data actionable and findable by researchers.