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Global Alliance for Genomics and Health
We develop genomics tools to benefit human health
The Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) was formed to help accelerate the potential of genomic medicine to advance human health. It brings together over 400 leading genome institutes and centers with IT industry leaders to create global standards and tools for the secure, privacy respecting and interoperable sharing of Genomic data.
- python
- postgresql
- java
- react
- rust
- security
- genomics
- bioinformatics
- genetics
- standards
Project ideas
5 ideas on its 2026 ideas page; of the 5 that state a difficulty: 2 medium, 3 hard. Sizes: 2 medium, 1 large.
- Project Name: Workflow Clinic hard
- Project Name: GA4GH ServiceInfo Sidecar hard
- Project Name: GA4GH-RegBot: An LLM-Powered Compliance Assistant for Genomic Data Sharing medium medium
- Project Name: Advanced Workflow Logging Parser medium medium
- Project Name: GA4GH-aligned Trustworthy Federated AI large hard
Read the ideas page. Ideas are for scope reference; never copy one into a proposal.
History
In GSoC since 2016, 10 years. Projects per year: '16: 3, '17: 2, '18: 4, '19: 5, '20: 4, '21: 7, '22: 8, '23: 7, '24: 5, '26: 4.
On GitHub
69 repositories pushed to in the last year. Main languages: Python (21), Java (6), Jupyter Notebook (5), HTML (4), Go (2), TypeScript (2).
Links and channels
- Website: https://ga4gh.org
- Ideas page: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SeDP5Ny7Gt42g5oY9jdN15Wx6RXtJ9dDcaPeYBvKBcE/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.qflicizcqlm
- Contributor guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Sje_91qcUMkRK9d_BS_8Y-c2r7cCa8h4Csy6d0-xKlQ/edit?usp=sharing
- Source code: https://github.com/ga4gh
- Email: gsoc-mentors-2026@ga4gh.org
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