Project: Beyond 1M Genomes

Acronym: B1MG

Call for proposal: H2020-SC1-DTH-2019-2

Contract number: 951724

Implementation period: 36 months (1 June 2020 – 31 May 2023)

Project coordinator: EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY (ELIXIR/EMBL/EBI)

Project partners:

BIOBANKS AND BIOMOLECULAR RESOURCES RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE CONSORTIUM (BBMRI-ERIC) (incl. IDRYMA IATROVIOLOGIKON EREUNON AKADEMIAS ATHINON, STICHTING HET NEDERLANDS KANKER INSTITUUT-ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK ZIEKENHUIS, LATVIJAS BIOMEDICINAS PETIJUMU UN STUDIJU CENTRS)

FUNDACIO CENTRE DE REGULACIO GENOMICA (CRG)

CSC-TIETEEN TIETOTEKNIIKAN KESKUS OY (CSC)

 UNIVERZITA KARLOVA (CUNI)

 STICHTING DTL PROJECTS (DTL-PROJECTS)

 EUROPEAN ALLIANCE FOR PERSONALISED MEDICINE ASBL (EAPM)

EATRIS ERIC (EATRIS)

ECRIN EUROPEAN CLINICAL RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK (ECRIN)

STICHTING HARTWIG MEDICAL FOUNDATION (HMF)

Orszagos Onkologiai Intezet (NIO)

INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SAUDE DR. RICARDO JORGE (INSA)

INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III (ISCIII)

LEGAL PATHWAYS BV (LEGAL PATHWAYS)

KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN (KU Leuven)

STICHTING NATIONAAL ICT INSTITUUT IN DE ZORG (NICTIZ)

KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET (KI)

UNIVERSITETET I OSLO (UiO)

STICHTING VUMC (VUmc)

UNIVERSITE DU LUXEMBOURG (UNILU)

UPPSALA UNIVERSITET (UU)

TERVISE ARENGU INSTITUUT (TAI)

TARTU ULIKOOL (UT)

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO (UMIL),

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS (CNRS),

UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI (UL),

UNIVERSITAIR MEDISCH CENTRUM UTRECHT (UMC UTRECHT)

STICHTING LYGATURE (LYGATURE)

Project web page: https://b1mg-project.eu/

Leader of Latvian team: Signe Mežinska

Total Costs: 4 000 000.00 EUR

Summary

Until recently, genomic data have predominantly been generated, analyzed and used in research settings, with health care systems lacking the necessary processes to bring in this genomic knowledge into their daily practice. Working in partnership with European countries that have signed the ‘Towards access to at least 1 million sequenced genomes in the EU by 2022’ Declaration, as well as national health care providers, patient organisations, research infrastructures and the industry, the B1MG (Beyond 1 Million Genome) project aims to bridge the gap between research and practice, to accelerate translation into improved healthcare. This will be achieved by collaboratively developing a roadmap for the integration of genomic data with phenotypic data across borders using demonstrators from different medical areas.