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Exploring the Harvard PGP Dataset with Untap
Recently, my co-worker Abram Connelly scraped the phenotypes in the Harvard Personal Genome Project and made it available in a small SQLite database, publicly available for anyone to download. He made a small webapp around the database where people can play around with the data directly in their browser. Current webapp (first page has link […]
November 19 — blog.personalgenomes.org
Joining as a PGP Volunteer
Hello! I’m Nancy. I recently joined the Harvard Personal Genome Project as a volunteer. I think I’ve joined at a great time, when the Harvard PGP has the world’s largest public dataset that has whole genome sequences linked with genotypes. I’m excited to join in what I view as an effort that addresses the inherent […]
November 3 — blog.personalgenomes.org
PGP & the Critical Assessment of Genome Interpretation
We’re thrilled to announce that data from the Harvard Personal Genome Project is being used in a challenge this year presented by the Critical Assessment of Genome Interpretation (CAGI). CAGI challenges test the ability of researchers to interpret genome data and make phenotype predictions. PGP data is uniquely valuable for these challenges as it is […]
September 9 — blog.personalgenomes.org