1. The ELIXIR Human Copy Number Variations Community: building bioinformatics infrastructure for research [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
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David Salgado, Irina M. Armean, Michael Baudis, Sergi Beltran, Salvador Capella-Gutierrez, Denise Carvalho-Silva, Victoria Dominguez Del Angel, Joaquin Dopazo, Laura I. Furlong, Bo Gao, Leyla Garcia, Dietlind Gerloff, Ivo Gut, Attila Gyenesei, Nina Habermann, John M. Hancock, Marc Hanauer, Eivind Hovig, Lennart F. Johansson, Thomas Keane, Jan Korbel, Katharina B. Lauer, Steve Laurie, Brane Leskošek, David Lloyd, Tomas Marques-Bonet, Hailiang Mei, Katalin Monostory, Janet Piñero, Krzysztof Poterlowicz, Ana Rath, Pubudu Samarakoon, Ferran Sanz, Gary Saunders, Daoud Sie, Morris A. Swertz, Kirill Tsukanov, Alfonso Valencia, Marko Vidak, Cristina Yenyxe González, Bauke Ylstra, and Christophe Béroud
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Medicine ,Science - Abstract
Copy number variations (CNVs) are major causative contributors both in the genesis of genetic diseases and human neoplasias. While “High-Throughput” sequencing technologies are increasingly becoming the primary choice for genomic screening analysis, their ability to efficiently detect CNVs is still heterogeneous and remains to be developed. The aim of this white paper is to provide a guiding framework for the future contributions of ELIXIR’s recently established human CNV Community, with implications beyond human disease diagnostics and population genomics. This white paper is the direct result of a strategy meeting that took place in September 2018 in Hinxton (UK) and involved representatives of 11 ELIXIR Nodes. The meeting led to the definition of priority objectives and tasks, to address a wide range of CNV-related challenges ranging from detection and interpretation to sharing and training. Here, we provide suggestions on how to align these tasks within the ELIXIR Platforms strategy, and on how to frame the activities of this new ELIXIR Community in the international context.
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- 2020
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