A genomic database of all Earth’s eukaryotic species could contribute to many scientific discoveries; however, only a tiny fraction of species have genomic information available. In 2018, scientists across the world united under the Earth BioGenome Project (EBP), aiming to produce a database of highquality reference genomes containing all ~1.5 million recognized eukaryotic species. As the European node of the EBP, the European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) sought to implement a new decentralised, equitable and inclusive model for producing reference genomes. For this, ERGA launched a Pilot Project establishing the first distributed reference genome production infrastructure and testing it on 98 eukaryotic species from 33 European countries. Here we outline the infrastructure and explore its effectiveness for scaling high-quality reference genome production, whilst considering equity and inclusion. The outcomes and lessons learned provide a solid foundation for ERGA while offering key learnings to other transnational, national genomic resource projects and the EBP.
The European Reference Genome Atlas: piloting a decentralised approach to equitable biodiversity genomics / A.M. Mc Cartney, G. Formenti, A. Mouton, D. De Panis, L.S. Marins, H.G. Leitão, G. Diedericks, J. Kirangwa, M. Morselli, J. Salces-Ortiz, N. Escudero, A. Iannucci, C. Natali, H. Svardal, R. Fernández, T. De Pooter, G. Joris, M. Strazisar, J.M.D. Wood, K.E. Herron, O. Seehausen, P.C. Watts, F. Shaw, R.P. Davey, A. Minotto, J.M. Fernández, A. Böhne, C. Alegria, T. Alioto, P.C. Alves, I.R. Amorim, J. Aury, N. Backstrom, P. Baldrian, L. Baltrunaite, E. Barta, B. Bedhom, C. Belser, J. Bergsten, L. Bertrand, H. Bilandija, M. Binzer-Panchal, I. Bista, M. Blaxter, P.A.V. Borges, G.B. Dias, M. Bosse, T. Brown, R. Bruggmann, E. Buena-Atienza, J. Burgin, E. Buzan, A. Cariani, N. Casadei, M. Chiara, S. Chozas, F. Čiampor, A. Crottini, C. Cruaud, F. Cruz, L. Dalen, A. De Biase, J. del Campo, T. Delic, A.B. Dennis, M.F.L. Derks, M.A. Diroma, M. Djan, S. Duprat, K. Eleftheriadi, P.G.D. Feulner, J. Flot, G. Forni, B. Fosso, P. Fournier, C. Fournier-Chambrillon, T. Gabaldon, S. Garg, C. Gissi, L. Giupponi, J. Gomez-Garrido, J. González, M.L. Grilo, B. Grüning, T. Guerin, N. Guiglielmoni, M. Gut, M.P. Haesler, C. Hahn, B. Halpern, P.W. Harrison, J. Heintz, M. Hindrikson, J. Höglund, K. Howe, G.M. Hughes, B. Istace, M.J. Cock, F. Janžekovič, Z.O. Jonsson, S. Joye-Dind, J.J. Koskimäki, B. Krystufek, J. Kubacka, H. Kuhl, S. Kusza, K. Labadie, M. Lähteenaro, H. Lantz, A. Lavrinienko, L. Leclère, R.J. Lopes, O. Madsen, G. Magdelenat, G. Magoga, T. Manousaki, T. Mappes, J.P. Marques, G.I.M. Redondo, F. Maumus, S.A. Mccarthy, H. Megens, J. Melo-Ferreira, S.L. Mendes, M. Montagna, J. Moreno, M. Mosbech, M. Moura, Z. Musilova, E. Myers, W.J. Nash, A. Nater, P. Nicholson, M. Niell, R. Nijland, B. Noel, K. Noren, P.H. Oliveira, R. Olsen, L. Ometto, R.A. Oomen, S. Ossowski, V. Palinauskas, S. Palsson, J.P. Panibe, J. Pauperio, M. Pavlek, E. Payen, J. Pawlowska, J. Pellicer, G. Pesole, J. Pimenta, M. Pippel, A.M. Pirttilä, N. Poulakakis, J. Rajan, R. M. C. Rego, R. Resendes, P. Resl, A. Riesgo, P. Rodin-Morch, A.E.R. Soares, C.R. Fernandes, M.M. Romeiras, G. Roxo, L. Rüber, M.J. Ruiz-Lopez, U. Saarma, L.P. da Silva, M. Sim-Sim, L. Soler, V.C. Sousa, C.S. Santos, A. Spada, M. Stefanovic, V. Steger, J. Stiller, M. Stöck, T.H. Struck, H. Sudasinghe, R. Tapanainen, C. Tellgren-Roth, H. Trindade, Y. Tukalenko, I. Urso, B. Vacherie, S.M. Van Belleghem, K. Van Oers, C. Vargas-Chavez, N. Velickovic, N. Vella, A. Vella, C. Vernesi, S. Vicente, S. Villa, O.V. Pettersson, F.A.M. Volckaert, J. Voros, P. Wincker, S. Winkler, C. Ciofi, R.M. Waterhouse, C.J. Mazzoni. - In: NPJ BIODIVERSITY. - ISSN 2731-4243. - 3:1(2024 Sep), pp. 28.1-28.17. [10.1038/s44185-024-00054-6]
The European Reference Genome Atlas: piloting a decentralised approach to equitable biodiversity genomics
M. Chiara;G. Forni;L. Giupponi;G. Magoga;M. Montagna;A. Spada;S. Villa;
2024
Abstract
A genomic database of all Earth’s eukaryotic species could contribute to many scientific discoveries; however, only a tiny fraction of species have genomic information available. In 2018, scientists across the world united under the Earth BioGenome Project (EBP), aiming to produce a database of highquality reference genomes containing all ~1.5 million recognized eukaryotic species. As the European node of the EBP, the European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) sought to implement a new decentralised, equitable and inclusive model for producing reference genomes. For this, ERGA launched a Pilot Project establishing the first distributed reference genome production infrastructure and testing it on 98 eukaryotic species from 33 European countries. Here we outline the infrastructure and explore its effectiveness for scaling high-quality reference genome production, whilst considering equity and inclusion. The outcomes and lessons learned provide a solid foundation for ERGA while offering key learnings to other transnational, national genomic resource projects and the EBP.
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