Now Available: 2020-08-24 BioData Catalyst Ecosystem Release Notes
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Christopher Erdmann
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The 2020-08-24 release marks the second release for the NHLBI BioData Catalyst ecosystem. This release includes several new features along with documentation and tutorials (e.g. genome-wide association studies) to help new users get started on the system. This release also includes enhanced support for machine learning in the workspace environments and support for GA4GH industry standard in Dockstore for workflows.
The 2020-08-24 data release includes the addition of TOPMed Freeze 8 data for a subset of studies on BioData Catalyst. Freeze8 multi-sample VCFs are available for 29 studies, of which 10 studies are new to the ecosystem. For each study and consent group, VCF files are available on a per chromosome basis and in an un-tarred format, in contrast to the Freeze5 multi-sample VCFs which are hosted as tar bundles. For the 10 studies new to BioData Catalyst, CRAM files and unharmonized clinical files are also available for access. The data release further includes updates of many studies to the latest versions that are available on dbGaP. The next data release will include Freeze8 multi-sample VCFs for additional TOPMed studies in addition to unharmonized clinical data and CRAM files for studies that are not yet hosted on the system.
Christopher Erdmann
The 2020-08-24 release marks the second release for the NHLBI BioData Catalyst ecosystem. This release includes several new features along with documentation and tutorials (e.g. genome-wide association studies) to help new users get started on the system. This release also includes enhanced support for machine learning in the workspace environments and support for GA4GH industry standard in Dockstore for workflows.
The 2020-08-24 data release includes the addition of TOPMed Freeze 8 data for a subset of studies on BioData Catalyst. Freeze8 multi-sample VCFs are available for 29 studies, of which 10 studies are new to the ecosystem. For each study and consent group, VCF files are available on a per chromosome basis and in an un-tarred format, in contrast to the Freeze5 multi-sample VCFs which are hosted as tar bundles. For the 10 studies new to BioData Catalyst, CRAM files and unharmonized clinical files are also available for access. The data release further includes updates of many studies to the latest versions that are available on dbGaP. The next data release will include Freeze8 multi-sample VCFs for additional TOPMed studies in addition to unharmonized clinical data and CRAM files for studies that are not yet hosted on the system.
For more in depth information please see the "Significant new features", "New user support materials and documentation", and "Data release" in the 2020-08-24 BioData Catalyst Ecosystem Release Notes.