Country | Institutes conducting large-scale genomic researcha | National human genome databases | National biobanksb |
---|---|---|---|
China | • Chinese National Human Genome Center, Shanghai (‘South Center’) | • Pan-Asia Population SNP Database [20] | • Human Genetic Resources Platform (2003–2007) [21] |
 | • Chinese National Human Genome Center, Beijing (‘North Center’) | • 1000 Genomes Project | • Kadoorie Study of Chronic Disease in China (KSCDC; 2004–2008) [22] |
 | • Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI), Shenzhen |  | • National Clinical Specimen Biobank (2011–2015) [23] |
Indonesia | • Biotechnology Research Centre of the Science Institute of Indonesia (LIPI) | (Individual institution-wide databases only) |  |
 | • Eijkman Institute |  |  |
 | • Institute of Tropical Disease |  |  |
 | • Consortium on Vaccine Research (16 universities and research institutions) |  |  |
Japan | • University of Tokyo | • Japanese Genotype-phenotype Archive (JGA) [24] | • Biobank Japan (2003-) [25] |
 | • Yokohama City University | • Japanese Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (JSNP) | • National Center Biobank Network (NCBN; 2012-) [26] |
: | • RIKEN Center for Genomic Medicine (CGM) | • Human Genome Variation Database (HGVD) | • Tohoku Medical Megabank (ToMMo; 2012-) |
 | • Tohoku University | • National Registry of Diseases Office (NRDO) |  |
 | • National Cancer Center |  |  |
Singapore | • Genome Institute of Singapore |  |  |
 | • Bioinformatics Institute |  |  |
 | • Bioprocessing Technology Institute |  |  |
 | • National University of Singapore |  |  |
 | • Nanyang Technological University |  |  |
 | • National Cancer Centre |  |  |
 | • Defence Science Office |  |  |
South Korea | • Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) | • Korean Genomic Variant Database (KGVDB) | • Korea Biobank Project (KBP; 2008-; including Korea Biobank Network and National Biobank of Korea (NBK)) [27, 28] |
Taiwan | • Genomics Research Center (GRC), Academia Sinica |  | • Taiwan Biobank (2005-) [29] |
 | • National Health Research Institute (NHRI) |  |  |