deCODE genetics
Overview
deCODE genetics is a genomics research institute in Reykjavík, Iceland, founded in 1996 and now an Amgen subsidiary, that releases GWAS summary statistics openly for neurological and psychiatric phenotypes derived from a whole-genome sequenced cohort covering over 60% of the Icelandic adult population. Variant-level data are deposited to EVA and dbSNP, and deCODE contributed to the normative framework of the 1+MG initiative. As an Amgen subsidiary, it operates with its own wet laboratory and bioinformatics team. Individual-level data are controlled-access via Amgen and are not available through open repositories.
Notable datasets
GWAS summary statistics are downloadable from the deCODE website and, for some studies, from European archives.
Connections
- registeredIn: EVA (open-access Icelandic variant data deposited to the European Variation Archive)
- registeredIn: dbSNP (variant identifiers for Icelandic population variants)
- relatedTo: EGA (some controlled-access datasets accessible via EGA under Amgen data access agreements)
- relatedTo: 1+MG Framework (deCODE contributed to the normative framework for European population genomics infrastructure)