====== GISAID ======

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Established in 2008, **GISAID** is an open-access genomic database of viruses.

===== GISAID During the COVID-19 Pandemic =====
During the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], GISAID has been the largest repository for sequenced [[SARS-CoV-2]] genomes.

==== New Funding During the Pandemic ====
GISAID received several million dollars in additional funding for its operations during the pandemic from such sources as the [[World Health Organization]], [[China]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Pfizer]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Janssen]], and [[pharmaceutical_companies:Merck]].(([[https://www.gisaid.org/about-us/grants-and-donations/|GISAID>About Us>Grants and Donations]]))

==== Calls for Open Sourcing ====
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00305-7