Standards recommendations for the Earth BioGenome Project

Authors

• Mara K.N. Lawniczak, Wellcome Sanger Institute
• Richard Durbin, Wellcome Sanger Institute
• Paul Flicek, Wellcome Sanger Institute
• Kerstin Lindblad-Toh, Broad Institute
• Xiaofeng Wei, China National Genebank
• John M. Archibald, Dalhousie University
• William J. Baker, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• Katherine Belov, Faculty of Science
• Mark L. Blaxter, Wellcome Sanger Institute
• Tomas Marques Bonet, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
• Anna K. Childers, USDA ARS Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
• Jonathan A. Coddington, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
• Keith A. Crandall, Milken Institute School of Public Health
• Andrew J. Crawford, Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia
• Robert P. Davey, Norwich Research Park
• Federica Di Palma, Genome British Columbia
• Qi Fang, BGI-Shenzhen
• Wilfried Haerty, Norwich Research Park
• Neil Hall, Genome British Columbia
• Katharina J. Hoff, Universität Greifswald
• Kerstin Howe, Wellcome Sanger Institute
• Erich D. Jarvis, Rockefeller University
• Warren E. Johnson, Conservation and Research Center (National Zoo)
• Rebecca N. Johnson, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
• Paul J. Kersey, European Bioinformatics Institute
• Xin Liu, China National Genebank
• Jose Victor Lopez, Nova Southeastern University
• Eugene W. Myers, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
• Olga Vinnere Pettersson, Uppsala Universitet
• Adam M. Phillippy, National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
• Monica F. Poelchau, USDA ARS Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
• Kim D. Pruitt, National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

1-25-2022

Journal

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volume

119

Issue

4

DOI

10.1073/pnas.2115639118

Keywords

Earth BioGenome Project; Ethics; Genome assembly; Genomics

Abstract

A global international initiative, such as the Earth BioGenome Project (EBP), requires both agreement and coordination on standards to ensure that the collective effort generates rapid progress toward its goals. To this end, the EBP initiated five technical standards committees comprising volunteer members from the global genomics scientific community: Sample Collection and Processing, Sequencing and Assembly, Annotation, Analysis, and IT and Informatics. The current versions of the resulting standards documents are available on the EBP website, with the recognition that opportunities, technologies, and challenges may improve or change in the future, requiring flexibility for the EBP to meet its goals. Here, we describe some highlights from the proposed standards, and areas where additional challenges will need to be met.

APA Citation

Lawniczak, Mara K.N.; Durbin, Richard; Flicek, Paul; Lindblad-Toh, Kerstin; Wei, Xiaofeng; Archibald, John M.; Baker, William J.; Belov, Katherine; Blaxter, Mark L.; Bonet, Tomas Marques; Childers, Anna K.; Coddington, Jonathan A.; Crandall, Keith A.; Crawford, Andrew J.; Davey, Robert P.; Palma, Federica Di; Fang, Qi; Haerty, Wilfried; Hall, Neil; Hoff, Katharina J.; Howe, Kerstin; Jarvis, Erich D.; Johnson, Warren E.; Johnson, Rebecca N.; Kersey, Paul J.; Liu, Xin; Lopez, Jose Victor; Myers, Eugene W.; Pettersson, Olga Vinnere; Phillippy, Adam M.; Poelchau, Monica F.; and Pruitt, Kim D., "Standards recommendations for the Earth BioGenome Project" (2022). GW Authored Works. Paper 36.
https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/gwhpubs/36