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Lighting a Beacon: training for (future) implementers

Date: 15th February 2022
Time: 15:30-17:30 CET
Location: Online
Materials: Slides - Lighting a Beacon: training for (future) implementers
Contact: Lauren Fromont, Marta Lloret Llinares

Overview

The Beacon project has received a lot of attention and can already count with implementations (e.g., CINECA cohorts, Beacon+). Beacon purposely leaves a lot of room for freedom on the options to be implemented, and its versatility is part of its success. It also means that implementing Beacon can sometimes be quite challenging: this training session presents the steps for a Beacon implementation in general ways, and leaves room for an extended Q&A session from the audience. The questions might be sent in advance so the use cases can turn into training exercises. 

Training outcomes: At the end of the training session, participants should have the tools to get started with the implementation autonomously, and have identified the resource persons to answer their questions during the implementation process.


This training session is part of the CINECA GA4GH Beacon series.


Target audience

  • Beacon current and potential implementers

  • Number of places restricted to 15.

  • Organisers will encourage profile suitability and maximise diversity.

Prerequisite

  • Having attended the public webinar (or watched the recorded video)



Format

  • Demonstration extended with a Q&A session

Registration



Speakers

  • Roberto Ariosa

  • Sabela De La Torre



About CINECA

The CINECA (Common Infrastructure for National Cohorts in Europe, Canada, and Africa) project aims to develop a federated cloud-enabled infrastructure to make population-scale genomic and biomolecular data accessible across international borders, to accelerate research, and improve the health of individuals across continents. CINECA will leverage international investment in human cohort studies from Europe, Canada, and Africa to deliver a paradigm shift of federated research and clinical applications. The CINECA consortium will create one of the largest cross-continental implementations of human genetic and phenotypic data federation and interoperability with a focus on common (complex) disease, one of the world’s most significant health burdens. CINECA has assembled a virtual cohort of 1.4M individuals from population, longitudinal and disease studies. Federated analyses will deliver new scientific knowledge, harmonisation strategies and the necessary ELSI framework supporting data exchange across legal jurisdictions enabling federated analyses in the cloud. CINECA will provide a template to achieve virtual longitudinal and disease-specific cohorts of millions of samples, to advance benefits to patients. It will leverage partner membership of standards and infrastructures like the Global Alliance for Global Health, BBMRI, ELIXIR, and EOSC driving the state of the art in standards development, technical implementation and FAIR data.

Earlier Event: November 11
The Beacon: a data discovery solution in genomics and health
Later Event: February 17
Browsing genomes: a Beacon training for users