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DESCRIPTION:Alex Wagner from the Nationwide Children's Hospital (Columbus\,
  USA) will talk about "The Variation Representation Specification (VRS) - 
 enabling consistent variant exchange"  at the GHGA lecture series "Advance
 s in Data-Driven Biomedicine" on July 16\, 2025.\n\n\nAbstract: \n\nThe Va
 riation Representation Specification (VRS) is an open-source standard deve
 loped by the Global Alliance for Genomic Health (GA4GH) to facilitate the 
 exchange and sharing of genetic variation data. It provides a framework fo
 r representing genetic variations in a way that is both human-readable and
  machine-interpretable\, enabling more precise and consistent communicatio
 n of genetic information between different systems and organizations.\n\nT
 he Specification consists of a JSON Schema for representing many classes o
 f genetic variation\, conventions to maximize the utility of the schema\, 
 and a Python implementation that promotes adoption of the standard.
SUMMARY:GHGA Lecture Series with Alex Wagner
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 gner-virtual
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