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Introducing the EUCANCan portal

Researchers and medical professionals often find themselves in a situation where they wish to share or explore data located in different physical locations in a safe and secure way. Responding to this situation, one aim of EUCANCan is to implement a cultural, technological and legal integrated framework across Europe and Canada that enables and facilitates […]

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The EUCAN Dissemination and Communication Group...

We are delighted to share with you the fifth and most recent edition of the EUCAN Cluster Newsletter. The EUCAN cluster is made up of the six projects that were funded under the Horizon 2020 call SC1-BHC-05-2018 (CINECA, EUCANCan, EUCAN-Connect, euCanSHare, iReceptor Plus, ReCoDID). In case you missed the previous edition, published in March 2022, you can view it here. The September […]

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GA4GH 10th Plenary on September 22-23,...

The Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) is an international, nonprofit alliance formed in 2013 to accelerate the potential of research and medicine to advance human health. In January 2019, the GA4GH selected EUCANCan as a new Driver project. In total, the alliance has 24 Driver Projects, which help guide their development efforts and […]

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Introducing EUCANCan’s Genomic Benchmarking Tool

One goal of EUCANCan is to enable the sharing of genomic data within and across institutions in Europe and Canada. In order to effectively and accurately compare data on mutations of the genome, different institutions must harmonize their variant calling strategies and how they structure the results of their variant calling pipelines. Aiding this process […]

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Interview with Alexander Bernier, Associate at...

The EUCANCan communications team recently caught up with Alexander Bernier, who besides supporting the development of policy recommendations for international sharing of genomics data in the context of EUCANCan’s Work Package 6 (WP6) is also working toward his PhD in the same field at the University of Toronto.  In 2018, Alexander Bernier was working as […]

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EUCANCan Annual Meeting on May 24-25,...

On May 24-25, the EUCANCan consortium got together for a hybrid meeting. For two days, parts of the team met in Toronto, Canada, and the rest connected online to take stock of the project’s progress to date and discuss the last project year. First nodes connected to the EUCANCan portal Day one of the consortium […]

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The EUCAN Dissemination and Communication Group...

We are delighted to share with you the fourth and most recent edition of the EUCAN Cluster Newsletter. The EUCAN cluster is made up of the six projects that were funded under the Horizon 2020 call SC1-BHC-05-2018 (CINECA, EUCANCan, EUCAN-Connect, euCanSHare, iReceptor Plus, ReCoDID). The March 2022 edition included four articles by members of the EUCANCan consortium: EUCANCan: Interview with Mikel Recuero […]

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EUCANCan enters the final project phase:...

EUCANCan recently entered the final project phase. The Horizon 2020-funded project is designed as a testbed for testing out different technical and sociological solutions to challenges related with the sharing of genomic and clinical data across different institutions in the context of modern oncology. As part of this effort, the consortium aims at building a […]

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Interview: Anna Pedrola Gómez and Cristina...

Last year, we published an article on the EUCANCan website about Onco Trial Tracks, a public online platform that supports healthcare providers in finding the most suitable clinical trial for cancer patients. The platform is developed and managed by the Oncology Data Science Group (ODysSey) at the Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO) in Barcelona, Spain. […]

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