Data access

Data is available via different routes based on the type of data and if it is required to be linked to other data items. The various options are outlined below, and a reference for each data set is in the table below.

Unlinked EGA hosted GWA data

GWA data that is externally stored at EGA, which is not required to be linked to any other NCDS data can be applied for directly from the relevant Data Access Committee as outlined on the data item page on the EGA website. In most cases this is datasharing@sanger.ac.uk.

Unlinked UKDS hosted data

Data hosted by UKDS which is not required to be linked to any other NCDS data can be applied for directly from UKDS.

Unlinked epigenetic, imputed or sequence data

Any request for unlinked epigenetic, imputed or sequence data must go to METADAC.

Linked data

Any combination of data items that require a linkage between the data sets must go to METADAC.

NHS and HES linkage data

These are only available through secure on-site access, and it is not currently possible to combine thier use with genetic data or with samples.

		Location		Application process
Data item	Data Type	Externally stored at	Stored at Newcastle University	Unlinked	Linked to another data item
Affymetrix 500K	GWA	EGA	Yes	EGA	METADAC
Infinium HumanHap 55K v1.1	GWA	EGA	Yes	EGA	METADAC
Infinium HumanHap 55K v3	GWA	EGA	Yes	EGA	METADAC
Illumina 15K Custom chip	GWA	EGA	Yes	EGA	METADAC
Affymetrix v6	GWA	EGA	Yes	EGA	METADAC
Illumina 1.6M	GWA	EGA	Yes	EGA	METADAC
Illumina HumanEXome-12v1_A-GenCall, zCall	GWA	EGA	Yes	EGA	METADAC
Illumina Human 610-Quad	GWA	EGA	Yes	EGA	METADAC
Illumina ImmunoBeadShip – Illuminus, GenoSNP	GWA	EGA	Yes	EGA	METADAC
Dynal RELI SSO assay	GWA	EGA	Yes	EGA	METADAC
Illumina HiSeq 2500	Sequence	EGA	Yes	METADAC	METADAC
Power & Bell	Methylation	-	Yes	METADAC	METADAC
Momoko	Imputed	-	Yes	METADAC	METADAC
Davies	Imputed	-	Yes	METADAC	METADAC
GMM	Imputed	-	Yes	METADAC	METADAC
-	Social studies resource	UKDS	No	UKDS	METADAC
-	Phenotype	UKDS	No	UKDS	METADAC
-	Biospecimen	UoB	No	METADAC	METADAC

Data access process

Unlinked EGA hosted data

Once the Data Access Committee has approved your project they will grant you access to the files at the EGA directly. You will then be able to download them from the EGA. This data will be available on the static ID as deposited at EGA.

Unlinked epigenetic, imputed or sequence data

Once METADAC has approved your project someone from the Newcastle University team will be in touch to arrange transfer of the data to you. This data will be provided with a bespoke project ID which you will not be able to link with any other projects.

Linked data

Once METADAC has approved your project different people will be in contact with you depending on which datasets you have requested, it will likely be someone from CLS and Newcastle University.