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Overview

The VinGen Data Portal provides partners with web-based and command-line based access to data of various genomics studies on Vietnamese population carried out at VinBigData. Key features of the portal include:

  • Open, detailed access to information of all datasets available in VinGen Data Portal.
  • Advanced search and visualization-assisted filtering of genomic information and files.
  • Data visualization tools to support the analysis and exploration of data.

Understanding human genome has been a demanding task for many life scientists. Once thorough knowledge of human genome is uncovered, meaningful analysis could be carried out to make the previously impossible the possible, for example, finding a cure for cancer or a vaccine for COVID-19. Thanks to Data Science, especially the streak in Bioinformatics, we believe that we can eventually overcome the contemporary challenges.

Our institute, VinBigData - a research institute belongs to VinGroup, has conducted the 1000 Vietnamese Genome Project which serves as a first-ever large-scale database of genomic variants for Vietnamese population. Our goal is to achieve comprehensive understanding of Vietnamese people's genome, therefrom drawing out the characteristics of Vietnamese genomes, and then figuring out how different they are from those of other ethnic groups. By navigating to VinGen Data Portal, partners can explore and access the data provided in categories set out as below:

  • Single Nucleotide Variant (SNV): when a single nucleotide (e.g., A, T, C, or G) is altered in the DNA sequence. SNVs are by far the most common type of sequence changes, and there are a number of endogenous and exogenous sources of damage that lead to the single base pair substitution variants that create SNVs. (sciencedirect.com).
  • Short Insertion/Deletion (Indel): when a short nucleotide sequence (e.g., ATC, TCGA, or GGA) is inserted/deleted to/from the DNA sequence. Indels are by far the second common type of sequence change. (sciencedirect.com)
  • Copy Number Variant (CNV): when the number of copies of a particular gene varies from one individual to the next. Following the completion of the Human Genome Project, it became apparent that the genome experiences gains and losses of genetic material (genome.gov).