Consortia

Ø       WTCCC (Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium): a Wellcome Trust-funded project which is undertaking large-scale (500k) genome wide association studies on type 2 diabetes and 8 other conditions. Data collection will be complete during summer 2006.

Ø       IGWANA (International Genome Wide Association Analysis Network): an international grouping of researchers conducting genome-wide association scans on type 2 diabetes committed to data sharing and integration, and completing "the mother of all meta-analyses" on 8,000 case-control pairs scanned for type 2 diabetes.

Ø       arcOGEN: arc-funded consortium (UK nationwide) carrying out the largest single genome-wide association scan to date (8,000 cases) for osteoarthritis

Ø       The International Type 2 Diabetes 1q Consortium: NIH-funded consortium (UK, US, France, China) to map the susceptibility genes responsible for replicated linkage signal on chromosome 1q.

Ø       EURODIA: an EU-funded project to explore the functional genomics of the pancreatic beta-cell through integration of genetic, genomic and functional approaches.

Ø       ENDGAME: an NHLBI-funded collaboration between statistical genetics groups (in the US and UK) to develop statistical and informatics tools to support the robust analysis of genome wide association data.

Ø       UK Type 2 Diabetes Genetics Consortium: a grouping of all the UK researchers working on the genetics of type 2 diabetes.