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The Genome of Europe (GoE) has launched a public awareness survey across five European countries (Estonia, France, Greece, Portugal, and Slovenia) to assess citizens’ understanding and attitudes towards genetics and genomics-based personalized medicine. The survey is part of a wider scientific and societal effort to ensure that all Europeans can benefit from the promises of […]

23. May, 2025 – at the Melia Hotel, Milan, Italy — Just ahead of the annual European Human Genetics Society (ESHG) meeting, the Genome of Europe (GoE) project consortium gathered in Milan for a pivotal in-person meeting focused on shaping the future of genomic research. The meeting brought together representatives from participating countries to align on

The European Genomic Data Infrastructure (GDI) project and Genome of Europe (GoE) have formally announced a strategic collaboration by signing a Memorandum of Understanding. This collaboration will stimulate knowledge exchange between the two projects to advance population genomics research in Europe and enable data access and analysis across participating countries. Both EU projects are co-funded

In March 2025 Genome of Europe project launched its first newsletter. The quarterly newsletter will conclude latest developments and achievements in the project, introduce people and institutions involved, pinpoint events worthy to attend and much more. The newsletter is outward looking and directed to all interested in the developments of the project and the field!

27 countries join forces to establish a unique pan-European reference database comprising of a minimum of 100,000 genomes representative of European citizens.  The most extensive EU-funded programme on population genomics to date, “Genome of Europe” (GoE), was officially launched by bringing more than 100 researchers and experts from 74 institutions across 34 countries together in