Genome of Europe
Overview
The Genome of Europe is a Horizon Europe-funded project (2024–2028) building a collective reference genome cohort of European citizens selected to mirror the genetic composition of the European population across participating countries. Its primary scientific goal is to establish a pan-European reference dataset for population genomics and personalised medicine research, addressing the current absence of a representative European-ancestry reference analogous to national reference genome programmes in the USA (TOPMed) and UK (UK Biobank). As of 2025, the project spans 20+ countries and is generating newly sequenced whole genomes from national research cohort collections coordinated through BBMRI-ERIC national nodes. The resulting data feeds directly into the GDI federated infrastructure, making the reference cohort discoverable and accessible to approved researchers and clinicians across Europe under controlled access.
Connections
- relatedTo: GDI (Genome of Europe is a primary data source for the GDI federated infrastructure and a key use case driving its development)
- relatedTo: BBMRI-ERIC (national BBMRI-ERIC biobank nodes coordinate sample collection and sequencing across participating countries)
- registeredIn: EGA (whole genome sequencing data deposited in EGA national nodes under controlled access)