Public Population Project in Genomics

P3G (Public Population Project in Genomics and Society)
Formation2004
Purposepopulation genetics
HeadquartersMcGill University Genome Quebec Innovation Centre, Montreal (Canada)
Official language
English
Websitehttp://www.p3g.org

P3G (Public Population Project in Genomics and Society) is a not-for-profit international consortium dedicated to facilitating collaboration between researchers and biobanks working in the area of human population genomics.[1] P3G is member-based and composed of experts from the different disciplines in the areas of and related to genomics, including epidemiology, law, ethics, technology, biomolecular science, etc. P3G and its members are committed to a philosophy of information sharing with the goal of supporting researchers working in areas that will improve the health of people around the world.

  1. ^ European Journal of Human Genetics (2008) 16, 664–665; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2008.55; published online 2 April 2008 Population Genomics: The Public Population Project in Genomics (P3G): a proof of concept? http://www.nature.com/ejhg/journal/v16/n6/full/ejhg200855a.html