Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 10: Human Genetics Research Group at School of Biotechnology, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU) Katra today launched online portal (www.jkdna.in) which is based on the research carried out by the research group along with collaborators for online open access.
The web portal highlighted as “Project JK-DNA” which provides an online open access resource with the goal of aggregating and harmonizing both Human Exome and Genome sequencing data from population of J&K through its genome sequencing projects (Next Generation Sequencing), published resources or public datasets and making summary data available for the use of wider scientific community especially medical researchers in J&K, India and abroad.
The HGRG has plans to pool NGS datasets, generated with collaborators from Institute of Human Genetics and School of Biotechnology, University of Jammu for better and higher genomic resolution. The project is powered through a J&K startup Biodroid Innovations Pvt Ltd and the product series Key2genes.
“The portal will feature various scientific outcomes of the research domain from the region and will also host various resources and articles in common languages for the awareness of common masses,” said Dr Swarkar Sharma, Project Coordinator.
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