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July 17, 2025 publication

Another successfull roll-out of MOLGENIS Armadillo DataSHIELD network from our partner IPEC, with the focus on predicting psychosis.

Read all about it in Brink et al (2025) The International Psychosis Epidemiology Consortium Virtual Databank—A Platform for Data Harmonization and Federated Analysis of Psychosis Cohorts. Schizophrenia Bulletin.
June 23, 2025 publication

Publication of MOLGENIS Variation Interpretation Pipeline (VIP).

Read all about it in Maassen et al. (2025) MOLGENIS VIP: an end-to-end DNA variant interpretation pipeline for research and diagnostics configurable to support rapid implementation of new methods. NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics.
May 28, 2025 publication

Showcasing data harmonization and federated analysis in the EUCAN-connect project

Read all about it in Bergeron et al (2024) Stress and anxiety during pregnancy and length of gestation: a federated study using data from five Canadian and European birth cohorts. Eur J Epidemiol.
May 01, 2025 publication

Using MOLGENIS DataSHIELD to analyse 107,884 mother-child dyads from 7 European birth cohorts across 6 countries highlighting consistent tendency for children from disadvantaged SECs to be at greater risk of asthma.

Read all about it in Pinot de Moira et al (2025) Understanding Social Inequalities in Childhood Asthma: Quantifying the Mediating Role of Modifiable Early-Life Risk Factors in Seven European Birth Cohorts. Allergy Clin Immunol Pract.
March 25, 2025 publication

VIP pipeline helped to produce first results using novel nanopore sequencing!

Read all about it in de Boer et al (2025) Nanopore Long-Read Sequencing as a First-Tier Diagnostic Test to Detect Repeat Expansions in Neurological Disorders. Int.J.Mol. Sci
March 10, 2025 publication

How does the disclosure protection system of DataSHIELD work?

Read all about it in Avraam et al (2025) DataSHIELD: mitigating disclosure risk in a multi-site federated analysis platform. Bioinformatics Advances
December 04, 2024 publication

Finally, the MOLGENIS Armadillo publication - a lightweight server for federated analysis solutions such as DataSHIELD.

Read all about it in Cadman et al (2024) MOLGENIS Armadillo: a lightweight server for federated analysis using DataSHIELD. Bioinformatics.
October 22, 2024 publication

Studying social inequalities in child mental health using catalogue and datashield shows inequalities emerging early and generally persisting throughout childhood.

Read all about it in Cadman et al (2024) Social inequalities in child mental health trajectories: a longitudinal study using birth cohort data 12 countries. BMC Public Health
September 24, 2024 publication

How we setup international data infrastructure to co-analyze data from thousands to genetically diagnose (“solve”) rare diseases (RDs).

Read all about it in Johansson et al (2024) An interconnected data infrastructure to support large-scale rare disease research. GigaScience.
August 24, 2024 publication

Created catalogue metadata list for real-world evidence studies.

Read all about it in Pajouheshnia et al (2024) Metadata for Data dIscoverability aNd Study rEplicability in obseRVAtional Studies (MINERVA): Development and Pilot of a Metadata List and Catalogue in Europe. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Safefety.
March 14, 2024 publication

We aim to implement systematic reanalysis of NGS data in routine diagnostics, but what are the ELSI implications?

Read all about it in van der Geest et al (2024) Systematic reanalysis of genomic data by diagnostic laboratories: a scoping review of ethical, economic, legal and (psycho)social implications. Eur J Hum Genet.
February 14, 2024 publication

Federated analysis of postpartum depression (PPD) across 12 European birth cohorts.

Read all about it in Cadman et al (2024) Urban environment in pregnancy and postpartum depression: An individual participant data meta-analysis of 12 European birth cohorts. Environment International
March 23, 2020 news

EUCAN-connect project update

Two years into the EUCAN-connect project, its principal investigator Professor Morris Swertz from the University Medical Center Groningen and MOLGENIS open-source software project evaluates progress towards realizing this dream.
March 08, 2019 news

EUCAN-Connect project kick-off

On 7th and 8th of March, the EUCAN-Connect project held a successful kick-off meeting.
December 12, 2018 news

MOLGENIS is selected as part of 10 ELIXIR ‘recommended interoperability resources’

MOLGENIS is selected as part of 10 ELIXIR recommended interoperability resources! See ELIXIR website.
November 07, 2018 news

MOLGENIS database nominated for Dutch Data Prize

The 1000ibd MOLGENIS database, build by The Genomic Coordination Centre is nominated for the Dutch Data Prize 2018. This prize is awarded for the extraordinary contribution to science by making research data available for additional or new research. During the annual symposium on November 28, the winner is announced.
October 01, 2018 event

DTL symposium

The MOLGENIS team is proud member of the Dutch Techcentre for Life Science (DTL). On October 2, 2018 we organise a workshop on digital infrastructure for large multi-omics research. The Netherlands X-omics Initiative, ELIXIR-NL, BBMRI-NL, and Health-RI are involved as co-organisers. For more information and registration check the DTL website
August 26, 2018 publication

Our researchers, developers and data managers are constantly improving MOLGENIS. The latest efforts are described in this paper

Read all about it in Van der Velde et al (2018) MOLGENIS research: advanced bioinformatics data software for non-bioinformaticians. Bioinformatics.
June 14, 2018 news

VIDI award for Morris Swertz

Dr Morris Swertz from DTL partner UMC Groningen has been awarded an NWO-VIDI grant to develop scalable big data methods for personalised genome diagnostics.