As a secure national omics data infrastructure, GHGA enables the use of human omics data in research, while ensuring data security and preventing misuse.
Our Mission The GHGA Data Portal
The genome data collected within the genomDE model project is archived in GHGA and, with the patient's consent, made available for research.
Omics data have the potential to revolutionise health care. Here we show how GHGA is an integral part of this process.
GHGA has developed a robust and appropriate legal and data protection structure.
The Berlin Data Hub, jointly run by the MDC and the BIH at Charité, is operational after completing its first data submission. GHGA datasets are now hosted across three locations in Germany, all accessible via the GHGA Data Portal.
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Dr Kornelia Neveling discusses how long read sequencing works and where it can make a decisive difference.
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First genome data successfully transferred to genome data centers operated by GHGA data hubs —marking a key step toward a secure, decentralised infrastructure for personalised diagnostics and research. (link to German press release by BfArM)
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17 September 2025
Leslie Matalonga from the National Center for Genomic Analysis (CNAG), Barcelona will talk about “The Genome-Phenome Analysis Platform (GPAP) - A platform for diagnosis and rare disease research” at the GHGA lecture series on September 17, 2025
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22 October 2025
Florian Buettner from Goethe-University Frankfurt and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) will talk at the GHGA lecture series "Advances in Data-Driven Biomedicine" on October 22 2025
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12 November 2025
Christian Fufezan from GlaxoSmithKline - Cellzome (Heidelbeg) will talk at the GHGA lecture series "Advances in Data-Driven Biomedicine" on November 12 2025
Learn moreGHGA is part of the NFDI e.V. and is funded by the DFG. We are closely integrated with both national and international infrastructures and initiatives, such as GDI, EGA, GA4GH, and the model project GenomSeq.
As a national initiative created by researchers for researchers, GHGA brings together expertise from over 20 leading institutions in genomic medicine, major omics data producers (including four DFG Sequencing Centres), and high-performance computing (HPC) centres. These institutions are dedicated to providing scalable infrastructure for genomic research.
Our infrastructure is managed in a federated manner and organised into data hubs located across Germany.
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"At GHGA, we enable data-driven research in the interest of patients and the public. For us, patient engagement is not a secondary process but an integral part of our mission."
"GHGA will go beyond data archive - the goal is to establish a comprehensive genome data infrastructure and research platform that will also act as a bridge between basic research and translation."
"GHGA will be a key infrastructure for the archiving, and sharing, of sensitive human genomics research data requiring appropriate protection, in Germany and internationally. Go data sharing to advance research for the common good!”
"GHGA has been pivotal in driving national developments in genome medicine, operating core infrastructure for the MV GenomSeq project, and advancing the integration of genome research with clinical care in Germany."
"Using knowledge generating patient care with systemic multi-omics analyses in research projects can help develop new diagnoses for rare disease patients. To enable and simplify data sharing between researchers and facilitate such analyses, we have GHGA."
“We need a new approach for cancer therapy decision making! GHGA establishes the infrastructure to combine new omics approaches with longitudinal clinical data towards dynamic swarm intelligence based algorithms for advanced patient navigation.”
