OmicsXchange

Episode 1: Together for CHANGE: sequencing the African American genome with Lyndon Mitnaul and James Hildreth Sr.

We relaunch the OmicsXchange podcast with a new season, featuring genomics initiatives that are making an impact on communities. In this first episode of season 2, we speak with James Hildreth Sr., President and CEO of Meharry Medical College, and Lyndon Mitnaul, Executive Director of Research Initiatives at the Regeneron Genetics Center. Hildreth and Mitnaul lead a new multi-institution project called Together for CHANGE [https://thedhgi.org/en], which aims to sequence the African American genome and build capacity to overcome inequities in STEM careers.

Episode 18: Precision health and genomics with Dr. Eric Green

On episode 18 of the GA4GH OmicsXchange podcast, we speak with Dr. Eric Green [https://www.genome.gov/stayconnected], Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) [https://www.genome.gov/], on the Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) Precision Health Meeting. Visit agbt.org [http://agbt.org/] to register for the Precision Health Meeting, which takes place 8–10 September, 2022 in San Diego, USA. View the transcript of the episode here [https://www.ga4gh.org/news/omicsxchange-episode-18-precision-health-and-genomics-with-dr-eric-green/].

Episode 17: Exploring the Variation Representation Specification with Larry Babb and Alex Wagner

For the latest episode of the OmicsXchange, we were joined by Larry Babb and Alex Wagner to discuss the Genomic Knowledge Standards (GKS) Work Stream and the Variation Representation Specification (VRS) standard.

Episode 16: Atlas Variant Effects Alliance and interpreting human genetic variation with Clare Turnbull and Lea Starita

This is Episode 16 of the OmicsXchange, where we will be discussing the Atlas Variant Effects Alliance with Clare Turnbull and Lea Starita, co-chairs of the Clinical Variant Interpretation Working Group.

Episode 15: The first gapless human genome sequence with Karen Miga

This is Episode 15 of the OmicsXchange, where we will be discussing the first gapless human genome sequence with Karen Miga. Miga is an assistant professor in the Biomolecular Engineering Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and Associate Director at the UCSC Genomics Institute. She co-chairs the Telomere-to-Telomere Consortium [https://sites.google.com/ucsc.edu/t2tworkinggroup/home?authuser=0] and is the Project Director for the UCSC production centre of the Human Pangenome Reference Consortium (HPRC).