Well-known Projects and Databases

Projects

1. ENCODE:

build a comprehensive parts list of functional elements in the human genome. https://www.encodeproject.org/

2. 1000 Genomes:

find most genetic variants with frequencies of at least 1% in the populations studied. http://www.internationalgenome.org/

3. TCGA:

generate comprehensive, multi-dimensional maps of the key genomic changes in 33 types of cancer. https://cancergenome.nih.gov/

1. NCBI:

contribute to the NIH mission of ‘uncovering new knowledge’. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

2. UCSC:

genome browser for vertebrate. https://genome.ucsc.edu/

3. Ensemble:

4. GTEx:

gene expression in different tissues. https://www.gtexportal.org/home/

5. Expression Atlas:

exploring gene expression results across species under different biological conditions. https://www.ebi.ac.uk/gxa/home

6. GEPIA:

gene expression in different TCGA tumor types. http://gepia.cancer-pku.cn/index.html

7. cBioPortal:

visualization, analysis and download of large-scale cancer genomics data sets. http://www.cbioportal.org/index.do