Standards recommendations for the Earth BioGenome Project

Authors

• Mara K. Lawniczak, Wellcome Sanger Institute
• Richard Durbin, University of Cambridge
• Paul Flicek, Wellcome Sanger Institute
• Kerstin Lindblad-Toh, Uppsala University
• Xiaofeng Wei, China National GeneBank
• John M. Archibald, Dalhousie University
• William J. Baker, Royal Botanic Gardens
• Katherine Belov, University of Sydney - Australia
• Mark L. Blaxter, Wellcome Sanger Institute
• Tomas Marques-Bonet, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
• Anna K. Childers, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
• Jonathan A. Coddington, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
• Keith A. Crandall, The George Washington University
• Andrew J. Crawford, Universidad de Los Andes - Colombia
• Robert P. Davey, Earlham Institute
• Federica Di Palma, Genome British Columbia
• Qi Fang, Beishan Industrial Zone
• Wilfried Haerty, Earlham Institute
• Neil Hall, Genome British Columbia
• Katherine J. Hoff, University of Greifswald
• Kerstin Howe, Wellcome Sanger Institute
• Erich D. Jarvis, The Rockefeller University
• Warren E. Johnson, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
• Rebecca N. Johnson, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
• Paul J. Kersey, European Bioinformatics Institute
• Xin Liu, China National GeneBank
• Jose V. Lopez, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
• Eugene W. Myers, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
• Olga Vinnere Pettersson, Uppsala University
• Adam M. Phillippy, National Human Genome Research Institute
• Monica F. Poelchau, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
• Kim D. Pruitt, National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Arang Rhie, National Human Genome Research Institute
• Juan Carlos Castilla-Rubio, Spacetime Ventures
• Sunil Kumar Sahu, China National GeneBank
• Nicholas A. Salmon, Wellcome Sanger Institute
• Pamela S. Soltis, University of Florida
• David Swarbreck, Earlham Institute
• Françoise Thibaud-Nissen, National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Sibo Wang, China National GeneBank
• Jill L. Wegrzyn, University of Connecticut
• Guojie Zhang, University of Copenhagen
• He Zhang, BGI-Qingdao
• Harris A. Lewin, University of California Davis Genome Center
• Stephen Richards, University of California Davis Genome Center

ORCID

0000-0002-1637-4125

ResearcherID

F-8809-2011

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

ISSN

0027-8424

Publication Date

1-18-2022

Keywords

Earth BioGenome Project, Genomics, Ethics, Genome Assembly

Abstract

A global international initiative, such as the Earth BioGenome Project (EBP), requires both agreement and coordination on standards to ensure that the collective effort generates rapid progress toward its goals. To this end, the EBP initiated five technical standards committees comprising volunteer members from the global genomics scientific community: Sample Collection and Processing, Sequencing and Assembly, Annotation, Analysis, and IT and Informatics. The current versions of the resulting standards documents are available on the EBP website, with the recognition that opportunities, technologies, and challenges may improve or change in the future, requiring flexibility for the EBP to meet its goals. Here, we describe some highlights from the proposed standards, and areas where additional challenges will need to be met.

DOI

10.1073/pnas.2115639118

Volume

119

Issue

4

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NSUWorks Citation

Lawniczak, Mara K.; Richard Durbin; Paul Flicek; Kerstin Lindblad-Toh; Xiaofeng Wei; John M. Archibald; William J. Baker; Katherine Belov; Mark L. Blaxter; Tomas Marques-Bonet; Anna K. Childers; Jonathan A. Coddington; Keith A. Crandall; Andrew J. Crawford; Robert P. Davey; Federica Di Palma; Qi Fang; Wilfried Haerty; Neil Hall; Katherine J. Hoff; Kerstin Howe; Erich D. Jarvis; Warren E. Johnson; Rebecca N. Johnson; Paul J. Kersey; Xin Liu; Jose V. Lopez; Eugene W. Myers; Olga Vinnere Pettersson; Adam M. Phillippy; Monica F. Poelchau; Kim D. Pruitt; Arang Rhie; Juan Carlos Castilla-Rubio; Sunil Kumar Sahu; Nicholas A. Salmon; Pamela S. Soltis; David Swarbreck; Françoise Thibaud-Nissen; Sibo Wang; Jill L. Wegrzyn; Guojie Zhang; He Zhang; Harris A. Lewin; and Stephen Richards. 2022. "Standards recommendations for the Earth BioGenome Project." Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 119, (4). doi:10.1073/pnas.2115639118.