Beacon v1 installation

An open-access online tutorial How to install and deploy Beacon v1 has been launched on the ELIXIR-SI eLearning Platform (EeLP). Learning materials are provided by ELIXIR Beacon project contributors from Finland and Spain.

The tutorial is registered on ELIXIR Training eSupport System (TeSS) and contains instructions for Beacon installation and deployment, both as instruction manual and tutorial video. No username and password is required to access the tutorial.

Beacon v1 archives

Below are archived the updates and posts relevant to Beacon v1.

Beacon publication at Nature Biotechnology

Federated discovery and sharing of genomic data using Beacons

Marc Fiume, Miroslav Cupak, Stephen Keenan, Jordi Rambla, Sabela de la Torre, Stephanie O. M. Dyke, Anthony J. Brookes, Knox Carey, David Lloyd, Peter Goodhand, Maximilian Haeussler, Michael Baudis, Heinz Stockinger, Lena Dolman, Ilkka Lappalainen, Juha Törnroos, Mikael Linden, J. Dylan Spalding, Saif Ur-Rehman, Angela Page, Paul Flicek, Stephen Sherry, David Haussler, Susheel Varma, Gary Saunders and Serena Scollen

@mbaudis 2019-03-04: more ...

Release of Beacon v0.4

Beacon v0.4.0 has been released using the OpenAPI specification.

@mbaudis 2018-01-24: more ...

Release of Beacon v0.3

Beacon v0.3.0 Release

@mbaudis 2016-05-31: more ...

Range Queries and Structural Variants

This page provides some more detailed description of the “4 positions match any continuous region” concept. General examples for variant queries can be found in the “Example Queries” documentation.

@mbaudis 2018-10-17: more ...

GA4GH and ELIXIR Release Beacon API v1 with increased security measures

ELIXIR and the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) have announced the release of the first genomic data interoperability standard from the GA4GH 2018 Strategic Roadmap.

@mbaudis 2018-10-18: more ...

Global network of Beacons lighting up the world of genomic data

The Beacon Project has released new Beacon API v0.4 specifications to provide greater search functions and richer search results.

@mbaudis 2018-03-16: more ...

GA4GH Beacon v1.0

The official Beacon API v1.0.0 has been approved through the GA4GH Product Approval Process.

@mbaudis 2018-10-02: more ...

Example Queries

This page gives examples for query strings against Beacon implementations. This documentation is expected to be expanded over time, with adjustments for the expanding protocol options.

@mbaudis 2019-09-24: more ...