ProjectB1MG plus – Beyond 1 Million Genomes Plus
Basic data
Acronym:
B1MG plus
Title:
Beyond 1 Million Genomes Plus
Duration:
01/02/2025 to 31/01/2028
Abstract / short description:
The EU Member States’ initiative 1+ Million Genomes (1+MG) aims to enable secure access to genomic and corresponding clinical
data across Europe, supporting research, health policy and personalised healthcare. This initiative follows a two-staged roadmap, via
the Beyond 1M Genomes and European Genomic Data Infrastructure projects, alongside 1+MG Working Groups and National Mirror
Groups. The Genome of Europe project will build a European network of national genomic reference cohorts. B1MGplus aims to support
the scale up and sustainability of 1+MG by supporting Member States’ to create a federated European genomics data infrastructure
based on a European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (EDIC). It will also facilitate the uptake of genomics into healthcare delivery and
public health policy, while developing the guidelines for meta-data standards and data quality assurance within the 1+MG Framework.
B1MGplus activities include: -Preparation of Genome EDIC: drafting of legal and policy documents for operational readiness, supporting
GDI Pillar I for long-term sustainability, setting up risk management frameworks and stakeholder interaction plans -Facilitating strategic
orientation of the 1+MG initiative -Facilitating the uptake of genomics for healthcare: promoting awareness and engagement of public
health professionals, encouraging the maturity assessment of genomics in healthcare systems, creating a citizens' hub for disseminating
information on genomics, supporting the demonstration of the economic impact of genomics medicine on healthcare -Developing data
standards, ontologies, and sequencing practices to ensure that data made available is 1+MG-ready B1MGplus advances the 1+MG
initiative, fostering genomic medicine and personalised healthcare. This project will contribute to unlocking the promise of genomics
for healthcare and public health, creating unprecedented opportunities in cancer, common and rare diseases, infectious diseases and
pharmacogenomics.
data across Europe, supporting research, health policy and personalised healthcare. This initiative follows a two-staged roadmap, via
the Beyond 1M Genomes and European Genomic Data Infrastructure projects, alongside 1+MG Working Groups and National Mirror
Groups. The Genome of Europe project will build a European network of national genomic reference cohorts. B1MGplus aims to support
the scale up and sustainability of 1+MG by supporting Member States’ to create a federated European genomics data infrastructure
based on a European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (EDIC). It will also facilitate the uptake of genomics into healthcare delivery and
public health policy, while developing the guidelines for meta-data standards and data quality assurance within the 1+MG Framework.
B1MGplus activities include: -Preparation of Genome EDIC: drafting of legal and policy documents for operational readiness, supporting
GDI Pillar I for long-term sustainability, setting up risk management frameworks and stakeholder interaction plans -Facilitating strategic
orientation of the 1+MG initiative -Facilitating the uptake of genomics for healthcare: promoting awareness and engagement of public
health professionals, encouraging the maturity assessment of genomics in healthcare systems, creating a citizens' hub for disseminating
information on genomics, supporting the demonstration of the economic impact of genomics medicine on healthcare -Developing data
standards, ontologies, and sequencing practices to ensure that data made available is 1+MG-ready B1MGplus advances the 1+MG
initiative, fostering genomic medicine and personalised healthcare. This project will contribute to unlocking the promise of genomics
for healthcare and public health, creating unprecedented opportunities in cancer, common and rare diseases, infectious diseases and
pharmacogenomics.
Involved staff
Managers
Faculty of Medicine
University of Tübingen
University of Tübingen
Local organizational units
Institute of Medical Genetics and Applied Genomics
Department of Diagnostic Laboratory Medicine
Hospitals and clinical institutes, Faculty of Medicine
Hospitals and clinical institutes, Faculty of Medicine
Funders
Brüssel, Belgium