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Overview

The Swedish Reference Genome Portal is a free national data service for aggregating, discovering, and visualising non-human eukaryotic genome assemblies and genome annotations (co-)produced by researchers affiliated with a Swedish institution.

This service is developed and maintained by the Data Science Node in Evolution and Biodiversity (DSN-EB) team as part of the SciLifeLab Data Platform, operated by the SciLifeLab Data Centre.

The DSN-EB team comprises system developers, data stewards, and bioinformaticians affiliated with SciLifeLab Data Centre and the National Bioinformatics Infrastructure Sweden (NBIS), based at Uppsala University and the Swedish Museum of Natural History.

The Swedish Reference Genome Portal aims to:

  • Highlight and showcase genome research performed in Sweden.

  • Make it easier to access, visualise, and interpret genome data by lowering the barriers to entry.

  • Promote the sharing of genomic annotations that are rarely published.

  • Ensure all data displayed on the Genome Portal aligns with the FAIR principles and is available in public repositories.

Technical implementation and source code

The Swedish Reference Genome Portal website was built using the static website builder Hugo. The genome browser JBrowse 2 is used to display genomic datasets and is embedded into the static website. All data shown on the Genome Portal is sourced from public repositories. We retrieve a copy of this data from the repositories to display on the genome browser.

The source code for the Genome Portal is publicly available on GitHub under an MIT (open source) license. The Genome Portal is deployed on a Kubernetes cluster located at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.

Citation guidelines

Consult the Cite us page for detailed citation guidelines.

Terms of use

Information about what to expect from this service, as well as disclaimers and limitations of this website and its content, can be found on the Terms of use page.

Privacy policy

Information about what, how, and why personal and technical data is handled and protected when using this website can be found on the Privacy policy page.

Funding

This service is supported by SciLifeLab and the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation through the Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS) program, as well as by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF).

Getting help

For questions, comments, or issues related to the Genome Portal, please contact us via email at dsn-eb@scilifelab.se, or use the Contact form.