ELIXIR Oslo plays a key role in development of new GA4GH standard

Sveinung Gundersen of ELIXIR.Oslo has been one of the key developers of new standards for sharing of genomic and related health data. 

“The process of mapping data to coordinate systems derived from genome sequences is central to many workflows in fields such as epigenomics, transcriptomics, and biodiversity genomics,” said Gundersen. “Refget Sequence Collections also aims to address long-standing issues related to assessing the compatibility of data files with genome browsers and other coordinate-based analysis tools.”

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Published May 6, 2025 3:31 PM - Last modified Jan. 12, 2026 1:48 PM