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Canadian iMicroSeq Data Portal

The iMicroSeq Data Portal is an inclusive, Canadian database of microbial (including viral) sequences, and associated harmonized contextual metadata. This Data Portal integrates DNA and RNA-associated data from clinical and environmental sources, including water and other wastewater, to support data discovery, more wholistic analyses, and improved response to threats affecting public health, agriculture, aquaculture, and the environment.

What iMicroseq provides

  • Infrastructure for sharing of water-based environmental monitoring bacterial and viral sequence data, qPCR data and associated contextual data alongside select clinical case-based data (VirusSeq/SARS-CoV-2).
  • Canadian sovereign data storage.
  • A transparent data governance framework that supports FAIR data sharing, with recognition of data providers, and is striving for OCAP® compliance with community consultation.
  • Tools being tailored to explore the data and serve the needs of the research community.

What iMicroSeq Enables

  • Data discovery, uniting data in Canada into a standardized, searchable resource.
  • More wholistic analyses of data from diverse sources, breaking down data silos.
  • Integration with, and extending, data from other resources (e.g. GenBank, ENA), via the use of powerful data specifications and interchange formats.
  • Supporting: Detection, source attribution, surveillance, risk assessment, and control strategies for microbes and antimicrobial resistance - bolstering sectors as diverse as public health, agriculture, aquaculture, and mining.
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Genome Canada has also partnered with DNAstack to share VirusSeq data on Viral AI , a federated network for genomic variant surveillance and infectious disease research. Viral AI was designed to deliver equitable access to software infrastructure, accelerate international data sharing, and empower scientists and public health officials with globally representative datasets they need to mitigate current and future infectious disease outbreaks.

Explore VirusSeq Data on Viral AI