Justin Petrone
Justin Petrone covers consumer genomics, ancestry testing, and the microarray and biochip sector of the genomics market for GenomeWeb.
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The new strategy coincides with the launch of Genomics Data Infrastructure Ireland, a separate project for Irish genomic and clinical data.

Estonian Team Building Personalized Medicine Center of Excellence With €30M in National, EU Funding
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Among many objectives, the project will perform whole-genome sequencing of 10,000 individuals to build out its reference genome set.
Sanger Institute-led Respiratory and Microbiome Initiative to Develop Genomic Surveillance Methods
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The initiative will expand on the expertise gained through the use of genomic sequencing during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, applying it to other respiratory pathogens.
The grant was recently awarded through the EU's Cancer Mission, a funding program to reduce cancer cases throughout the EU by 2030.
The project, called PCR-4-All, officially commenced Dec. 1 and will run through November 2026.
The UK government said it will also invest £26 million to support cancer genomics research, and an additional £22 million to improve genomic data diversity.
Clinical Validation of Cancer Genome Interpretation Platform at Heart of New €10M European Project
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Among the objectives of the CGI-Clinics effort is to have a CE-IVD marked analysis tool available by the end of 2027.
The researchers, based in the UK and Estonia, also recently released a tool to factor genetic ancestry into polygenic score calculations.
The Danish rare cell diagnostics company is also in the process of migrating its tests from array comparative hybridization to next-generation sequencing.
CEO and Cofounder İbrahim Çağrı Kurt discussed the new test during a presentation at Slush, an annual startup conference held in Helsinki this week.