FGED
Introduction
The Functional Genomics Data Society - FGED Society, founded in 1999 as the MGED Society, advocates for open access to genomic data sets and works towards providing concrete solutions to achieve this. Our goal is to assure that investment in functional genomics data generates the maximum public benefit. Our work on defining minimum information specifications for reporting data in functional genomics papers have already enabled large data sets to be used and reused to their greater potential in biological and medical research.
We work with other organisations to develop standards for biological research data quality, annotation and exchange. We facilitate the creation and use of software tools that build on these standards and allow researchers to annotate and share their data easily. We promote scientific discovery that is driven by genome wide and other biological research data integration and meta-analysis.
As part of this effort, we are providing a service for facilitating data deposition.
Defined FGED Standards:
Collaborative Standards Working Groups:
- MIBBI
- ISA-TAB
- FuGE
- OBI under OBO Foundry
Read more about:
- FGED Sponsors
- Historical highlights
- FGED Meetings
- FGED Supported Meetings
- FGED Workgroups
- Relevant Publications
- FGED Board
News
MGED is now FGED
14 Jul 2010
The MGED Society has decided to change its name to the Functional Genomics Data Society to reflect its current mission which embraces functional genomics and not just microarrays or gene expression.
Published E-Letter in Science
15 Feb 2010
MGED urges scientific journals to adopt and support MINSEQE to preserve MIAME-enabled achievements in this new age of advancing UHTS. More details in E-Letter.
Published Dataset Availability.
25 Nov 2009
The MGED Society mission includes facilitating deposition of functional genomics datasets (e.g. microarray studies) in public archives. In addition to addressing what and how data gets deposited, we are very much concerned with seeing that authors adhere to journal requirements for data deposition. A new service is available for facilitating data deposition. We will document the results to assist others seeking the same dataset and to aid reviewers of related publications and grants.
GEO and ArrayExpress agree to exchange UHTS sequencing data.
05 Nov 2009
ArrayExpress and GEO have entered into a metadata exchange agreement, meaning that ultra high throughput sequencing (UHTS) experiments will appear in both databases regardless of where they were submitted. This complements the exchange of underlying raw data between the short read archives, SRA and ERA. Raw sequencing data submitted to ArrayExpress or GEO will be sent to ERA or SRA respectively. You do not need to submit to the sequence repositories separately.
Events
MGED 13 Meeting
05 Nov 2009
MGED 13 meeting, July 13-15, 2010, Boston, Massachusetts in conjunction with ISMB.
