Access to BIOS data

There are two ways to access BIOS data:

1. Download of selected data through EGA

RNA-seq, DNA methylation, sex, age and cell count data that has been analyzed in publications can be requested and downloaded from The European Genome-phenome Archive (EGA). The advantage is that data can be downloaded to own computational facilities, but not all data can be accessed (no DNA data, and currently only freeze1: most of methylation data but only ~ 50% of RNA-seq, and no GONL). ​Click here to download the document for BIOS data requests through EGA. The document includes the data sharing policies.

2. Analyze all data on a centralized computational facility

For BBMRI-NL researchers, all data shared by participating biobanks including genome-wide SNP data, limited phenotypes, RNA-seq and DNA methylation on all individuals can be analyzed on centralized computational facilities, namely the LifeScience Grid and the SurfSARA High Performance Computing cloud (​https://userinfo.surfsara.nl/systems/grid/new-users). The advantage of this approach is that all available data can be analyzed (including those with a privacy aspect), but the data cannot be downloaded and a relatively strict security protocol has to be adopted. Please, fill out this ​form if you wish to request access to BIOS data at the SurfSARA servers. To complete this request, you will also need to sign the ​BIOS Code Of Conduct. ​Click here for an overview of current data requests.