Biological Sciences Division
Published June 21, 2011 | Version v1
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The Genomic Standards Consortium

Creators

  • 1. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
  • 2. Marine Biological Laboratory
  • 3. European Molecular Biology Laboratory
  • 4. Michigan State University
  • 5. Ghent University
  • 6. University of Chicago
  • 7. Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
  • 8. The MITRE Corporation
  • 9. National Library of Medicine
  • 10. DSMZ
  • 11. University of Colorado
  • 12. DOE Joint Genome Institute
  • 13. University of New Mexico
  • 14. University of Oxford
  • 15. University of Maryland

Description

A vast and rich body of information has grown up as a result of the world's enthusiasm for 'omics technologies. Finding ways to describe and make available this information that maximise its usefulness has become a major effort across the 'omics world. At the heart of this effort is the Genomic Standards Consortium (GSC), an open-membership organization that drives community-based standardization activities, Here we provide a short history of the GSC, provide an overview of its range of current activities, and make a call for the scientific community to join forces to improve the quality and quantity of contextual information about our public collections of genomes, metagenomes, and marker gene sequences.

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Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1371/journal.pbio.1001088
Other
oai:uchicago.tind.io:8428

Funding

NERC
International Opportunities Fund Award
NERC
International Opportunities Fund Award
National Science Foundation
RCN4GSC, DBI-0840989

UChicago Information

Division(s)
Biological Sciences Division
Department(s)
Ecology and Evolution