Now Available: 2021-04-02 BioData Catalyst Ecosystem Release Notes

The 2021-04-02 release marks the fifth release for the NHLBI BioData Catalyst ecosystem. This release includes several new features (e.g., CWL tools for QC pipelines) along with documentation and tutorials to help new users get started on the system. This release also includes enhanced support for searching across documentation.


The 2021-04-02 data release includes updates of CRAMs and unharmonized clinical files for 6 TOPMed studies previously hosted on BioData Catalyst. For each study and consent group, VCF files are available on a per chromosome basis and in an un-tarred format.


For more in depth information please see the "Significant new features", "New user support materials and documentation", and "Data release" in the 2021-04-02 BioData Catalyst Ecosystem Release Notes.

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