Talk on Beacon Network at the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health Plenary Meeting 2016, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

1. genomicsandhealth.org
Beacon Network
17/10/2016
Miro Cupak

2. https://beacon-network.org2
2 years ago

3. https://beacon-network.org3
Today

4. https://beacon-network.org4
Adoption
• 25+ of the world's top genomic organizations, 60+ beacons.

5. https://beacon-network.org5
Usage
• 400K+ queries received 2M+ queries dispatched.

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Usage
• 6K+ users in 100+ countries.

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Usage
• Other metrics:
• Size/growth.
• Requests.
• User visits.
• Assemblies, chromosomes, variants.
• Harmfulness.
• Rarity.
• Genes.
• Disorders, clinical abnormalities.

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Features
• Federation of queries across beacons.
• Registry of public beacons.
• Unified beacon API.
• Input/output conversion.
• Distribution of queries through the network.
• Aggregation.

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Features
• Metadata support.

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Features
• External system integration (e.g. secured beacons).

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Features
• External system integration (e.g. secured beacons).

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Features
• External system integration (e.g. secured beacons).

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Tools
• REST API
• https://beacon-network.org/api/
https://beacon-network.org/#/developers/api/beacon-network

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Tools
• Open-source client library (Java)
• https://github.com/mcupak/beacon-network-client
• https://mcupak.github.io/beacon-network-client/
BeaconNetworkClient bnc = new BeaconNetworkClientImpl();
BeaconResponseDto response = bnc.getResponse(ChromosomeDto.CHR13, 32936732L,
AlleleDto.C, ReferenceDto.HG19, "amplab");

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Tools
• Open-source CLI
• https://github.com/mcupak/beacon-network-cli
$ java -jar cli.jar beacon —help
Beacon Network CLI Usage:
[beacon | organization | response] : Use one of these commands. To get help on
each command, Type -h with the
corresponding command.
-u (--url) VAL : Beacon Network URL (default =
https://beacon-network.org/api/)

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Tools
• Embeddable widget
• https://beacon-network.org/#/developers/embed

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Future
• Support for the latest version of the Beacon API.
• User accounts.
• Secured beacon support.
• Programmatic beacon registration, beacon management.
• Workflow for contacting beacon operators.
• Continued support for tooling.
• Beacon Network specification.

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Questions?
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info@beacon-network.org
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