ClinGen is defining the clinical relevance of genes and variants
Founded in 2013 by the National Human Genome Research Institute, ClinGen is a growing collaborative effort, involving three grants, nine principal investigators and over 2,700 contributors from more than 72 countries. Below are a series of recent updates that ClinGen has been working on.
Advancing genomic knowledge through global curation
In Genetics in Medicine, a special article from ClinGen describing the methods of genomic curation and development of software and infrastructure needed to support a global consortium capable of large-scale evidence-based curation.
Volunteer as an Expert
Interested in contributing your expert knowledge and/or data to a ClinGen GCEP or VCEP? Learn more and take our volunteer expert survey.
ClinGen Downloads and APIs
Visit our File Downloads and APIs page for a summary of available ClinGen curation files and API resources.
Volunteer to Curate
Please take a brief survey to tell us more about your interests and desired level of involvement so we can pair you with an appropriate curation activity and/or Expert Panel.
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Curation Activities
Clinical Actionability
Are there actions that could be taken to improve outcomes for patients with this genetic risk?
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Dosage Sensitivity
Does loss or gain of a copy of this gene or genomic region result in disease?
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Somatic Cancer Variant
Somatic Cancer Clinical Domain Working Group curates the clinical significance of genomic anomalies associated with different cancer types within the following diseases specific task forces - pediatric cancers, pancreatic cancer, lung cancer and genitourinary cancers
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Baseline Annotation
Baseline annotation focuses on annotating evidence in the biomedical literature in a structured and standardized way, thus supporting our expert panels, working groups, and curation processes.
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Recent Updates
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August 21, 2025 GenomeConnect Participation Statistics - June 2025
This document provides a high-level summary of GenomeConnect's data sharing efforts including participation enrollment via GenomeConnect and data sharing partners. These statistics are updated quarterly. The last update was June 30, 2025. -
August 4, 2025 ClinGen Opportunities
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August 1, 2025 ClinGen Publication Policy, Manuscript Concept Form and Checklist
The purpose of the policies established herein is to encourage and facilitate important analyses while providing guidelines that assure appropriate use of any ClinGen Consortium data, timely completion of manuscripts, and adherence to the principles of authorship. -
August 1, 2025 ClinGen Manuscript Checklist