GUARDIANS
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Services & resources

This catalogue brings together public-facing services and the enabling resources, infrastructure components, guidance, publications, and pilot outputs that support GUARDIANS delivery.

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Beacon network service

Open service

Catalogue capability for locating and describing Australian human omics datasets.

For:
Researchers

User value: Helps researchers discover relevant datasets and understand the next step for requesting access.

PilotPublicServiceDetails

Capabilities: Data discovery

Lead organisation: Australian BioCommons

Contributing organisations: Garvan Institute of Medical Research, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Children's Cancer Institute / Zero Childhood Cancer

Contribution types: Technical delivery, Infrastructure operations, Standards / interoperability

CaRDinal rare disease omics analysis platform

Open service

Controlled-access rare disease genomics platform for reviewing and analysing candidate variants.

For:
ResearchersClinician researchers

User value: Supports authorised clinical and research teams to work with rare disease genomic data in a shared analysis environment.

AvailablePublicServiceDetails

Capabilities: Scalable analysis environments

Lead organisations: Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Centre for Population Genomics

Contribution types: Technical delivery, Infrastructure operations, Data stewardship, Governance / expertise

htsget-rs

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Rust server implementation of the GA4GH htsget protocol for streaming genomic reads and variants.

For:
Infrastructure operatorsSoftware developersData stewards and custodians

User value: Helps infrastructure teams provide standards-based, region-level access to large BAM, CRAM, VCF and BCF files without requiring users to download full datasets.

AvailablePublicSoftware / toolDetails

Capabilities: Data access and authorisation

Lead organisation: University of Melbourne

Contribution types: Technical delivery, Standards / interoperability

Omics data beyond borders: Law, Ethics and Governance

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Examination of legal and governance challenges in genomic data sharing across varying jurisdictions and contexts.

For:
PartnersData ownersData stewards and custodiansInfrastructure operatorsResearchers

User value: Supports data custodians and infrastructure operators in ethical and legally robust omics data governance and practices.

AvailableInternalDocumentation / guidanceDetails

Capabilities: Governance, policy and operations

Lead organisations: University of Sydney, University of Melbourne

Contribution types: Governance / expertise, Training / capability building, Community engagement

OMIX3 Gen3 portal

Open service

Gen3 data commons for clinically accredited human multi-omics datasets.

For:
ResearchersData stewards and custodians

User value: Will support authorised researchers to discover, access and work with integrated multi-omics data through a national data platform.

In developmentPublicServiceDetails

Capabilities: Data commons and repositories, Data access and authorisation

Lead organisation: University of Melbourne

Contributing organisation: Australian BioCommons

Contribution types: Technical delivery, Infrastructure operations, Data stewardship, Standards / interoperability

SeqHaven data sharing repository

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Controlled-access platform for safely transferring large human genomics datasets between research organisations.

For:
ResearchersData ownersData stewards and custodians

User value: Helps verified researchers access and share large genomic datasets while maintaining data governance, privacy and participant confidentiality requirements.

AvailableControlled accessServiceDetails

Capabilities: Data commons and repositories, Data access and authorisation

Lead organisation: QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

Contribution types: Technical delivery, Infrastructure operations, Data stewardship, Governance / expertise

Shared identity and access uplift

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National trusted identity and access management capability supporting streamlined and responsible access to authorised human omics research services.

For:
Infrastructure providersResearchers

User value: Reduces access friction across participating services while keeping identity assurance and governance obligations visible.

AvailableControlled accessInfrastructure componentDetails

Capabilities: Trusted researcher identity, Governance, policy and operations

Lead organisation: Australian Access Federation

Contributing organisation: Australian BioCommons

Contribution types: Technical delivery, Infrastructure operations, Governance / expertise, Standards / interoperability, Program coordination

ZERO Childhood Cancer Data Portal

Open service

Explore ZERO Childhood Cancer cohort-level data through a rich user interface and apply for access to controlled data.

For:
ResearchersClinician researchers

User value: Enables researchers and clinicians to explore detailed paediatric cancer cohort data and metadata.

PilotPublicServiceDetails

Capabilities: Data commons and repositories, Data access and authorisation

Lead organisation: Children's Cancer Institute / Zero Childhood Cancer

Contribution types: Technical delivery, Infrastructure operations, Data stewardship, Standards / interoperability

CTRL consent management platform

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Open-source dynamic consent platform for managing participant consent preferences and research study permissions.

For:
Infrastructure operatorsData stewards and custodiansProduct owners and engineers

User value: Helps research organisations replace paper-based consent records with auditable electronic workflows, while giving participants a web portal to review and update consent decisions.

AvailablePublicSoftware / toolDetails

Capabilities: Data access and authorisation

Lead organisation: Garvan Institute of Medical Research

Contribution types: Technical delivery, Infrastructure operations, Governance / expertise

GUARDIANS guidelines

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Founding guidance shared with partners to shape Phase I decision-making, including national focus, interoperability, sustainability, governance, and security.

For:
PartnersFunders and media

User value: Gives partners and external readers a clear view of the principles guiding GUARDIANS implementation choices.

AvailablePublicDocumentation / guidanceDetails

Capabilities: Governance, policy and operations

Lead organisation: Australian BioCommons

Contribution types: Program coordination, Governance / expertise, Standards / interoperability

htsget-elsa-rs

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Extension that connects Elsa data manifests to htsget-rs for selective genomic data access.

For:
Infrastructure operatorsSoftware developersData stewards and custodians

User value: Enables data sharing systems that use Elsa manifests to expose controlled subsets of genomic files through htsget queries.

AvailablePublicSoftware / toolDetails

Capabilities: Data access and authorisation

Lead organisation: University of Melbourne

Contribution types: Technical delivery, Standards / interoperability

Human omics capability roadmap

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Current roadmap describing the national capabilities required for discovery, access, stewardship, and analysis of human omics data.

For:
Product owners and engineersFunding agencies

User value: Helps delivery teams and external stakeholders understand the direction of travel for national infrastructure capability.

AvailablePublicDocumentation / guidanceDetails

Capabilities: Governance, policy and operations

Lead organisation: Australian BioCommons

Contributing organisations: National Computational Infrastructure, Australian Access Federation, University of Melbourne, University of Sydney, Children's Cancer Institute / Zero Childhood Cancer, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Garvan Institute of Medical Research

Contribution types: Program coordination, Standards / interoperability, Community engagement

Human omics research user stories

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Design document describing representative user stories for national human omics research data infrastructure.

For:
Product owners and engineersPartnersInfrastructure providers

User value: Helps partners, product owners and delivery teams align on user roles, common workflows, system scope and future sources of value.

AvailablePublicDocumentation / guidanceDetails

Capabilities: Governance, policy and operations

Lead organisation: Australian BioCommons

Contribution types: Program coordination, Community engagement, Governance / expertise, Standards / interoperability

National genome repository

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Repository capability for secure Australian hosting and stewardship of nationally significant human omics datasets.

For:
Data ownersData stewards and custodiansResearchers

User value: Provides a trusted route for custodians to host sensitive datasets and support controlled access workflows.

In developmentInternalData resourceDetails

Capabilities: Data commons and repositories, Scalable analysis environments

Lead organisation: National Computational Infrastructure

Contribution types: Technical delivery, Infrastructure operations, Data stewardship
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