Project description:The Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Initiative (HipSci) project brings together diverse constituents in genomics, proteomics, cell biology and clinical genetics to create a UK national induced pluripotent stem cell (iPS cell) resource and use it to carry out cellular genetic studies. In this sub-study we performed Expression analysis using the using RNAseq of fibroblasts, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) generated from the skin biopsies or blood of healthy volunteers. This experiment includes the data and expands the metadata from two obsolete ArrayExpress accessions (E-ERAD-216 and E-ERAD-327) for use in the Expression Atlas. For samples derived from E-ERAD-216 the raw data is stored in the European Genome-Phenome Archive (EGA) and is subject to access control. Data from E-ERAD-327 is stored in the European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) and is publicly available.
Project description:The overall goal of this study was to characterize bone marrow cells based on their transcriptome, surface protein expression and BCR- and TCR VDJ-profile across disease diagnosis for accurate identification of clinically relevant cell states. This project has received funding from the European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 824110 (EASI-Genomics).
Project description:Modern genetic data combined with appropriate statistical methods have the potential to contribute substantially to our understanding of human history. We have developed an approach that exploits the genomic structure of admixed populations to date and characterize historical mixture events at fine scales. We used this to produce an atlas of worldwide human admixture history, constructed using genetic data alone and encompassing over 100 events occurring over the past 4,000 years. We identify events whose dates and participants suggest they describe genetic impacts of the Mongol Empire, Arab slave trade, Bantu expansion, first millennium CE migrations in eastern Europe, and European colonialism, as well as unrecorded events, revealing admixture to be an almost universal force shaping human populations. 158 indviduals of Eurasian descent included as part of a global analysis of admixture