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We are delighted to share with you the sixth and final 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 September 2022, you can view it here. The current newsletter […]

On 26 and 27 June, the EUCANCan consortium held its final meeting as a hybrid meeting at University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany, and online. It provided a platform for the consortium to discuss the progress made over the last 4.5 years and strategize about their collaboration during the final wrap-up phase and beyond. EUCANCan was one […]

written by Ivo Gut (CNAG-CRG), Miranda Stobbe (CNAG-CRG), Jordi Rambla (CRG) Once upon a time, a group of hungry travellers arrived at a village carrying just an empty cooking pot. They asked for food from the villagers, but none of them wanted to share their data (aka food). The travellers filled the cooking pot with […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]