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🙌 Join Us

The Predicted Effector Gene (PEG) Working Group is an open, collaborative effort to build community standards, tools, and infrastructure for PEG lists.

We welcome contributions from researchers, clinicians, data scientists, and community members interested in:

  • Developing and maintaining PEG list standards
  • Sharing best practices and use cases
  • Building infrastructure for interoperability and FAIR data
  • Participating in workshops, surveys, and benchmarking activities

👩‍🔬 PEG Working Group Organising Committee​

  • Laura Harris (EMBL-EBI)
  • Aoife McMahon (EMBL-EBI)
  • Yue Ji (EMBL-EBI)
  • Noël Burtt (Broad Institute)
  • Julie Jurgens (Broad Institute)

👥 PEG Working Group Members​

(Family name, alphabetic order)

  • Zhanna Balkhiyarova University of Surrey
  • Marcos Casado Barbero EMBL-EBI
  • Oleg Borisov University of Freiburg
  • MacKenzie Brandes Broad Institute
  • Noel Burtt Broad Institute
  • Adam Butterworth University of Cambridge
  • Nathalie Chami Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  • Daniel Considine Open Targets Genetics
  • Maria Costanzo Broad Institute
  • Ayse Demirkan University of Surrey
  • Eric Fauman Pfizer
  • Xiangyu Ge Open Targets Genetics
  • Laura Harris EMBL-EBI
  • Karl Heilbron Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
  • Quy Hoang Broad Institute
  • Emrah Kacar Trinity College Dublin
  • Kanika Kanchan NIAID/NIH
  • Lillya Kopanitsa Wellcome Sanger Institute
  • Yong Li University of Freiburg
  • Aoife McMahon EMBL-EBI
  • Ellen McDonagh EMBL-EBI/Open Targets Genetics
  • Nina Oparina Uppsala University
  • Matt Pahl Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Santhi Ramachandran EMBL-EBI
  • Wafaa Rashed Ahram Canadian University-Egypt
  • Gabi Rinck EMBL-EBI
  • Oliver Ruebenacker Broad Institute
  • Abdurrahman Shiyanbola University of Surrey
  • Loz Southam Institute of Translational Genomics, Helmholtz Munich
  • Szymon Szyszkowski Open Targets Genetics
  • Sylvanus Toikumo University of Pennsylvania
  • Yakov Tsepilov Wellcome Sanger Institute
  • Kyle Vogan Nature Genetics
  • Sean Yao Insilico Biosystems
  • Juliana Xavier de Miranda Cerqueira University of Tampere
  • Chi Zhang ByteDance
  • Norann Zaghloul NIDDK/NIH

💡 How to Get Involved​

  • Attend workshops → Stay updated on community activities and standards
  • Join the mailing list → Follow and join ongoing discussions
  • Left your comments on Github repo → Share feedback directly on issues
  • Join Github dicussion → Take part in open conversations
  • Contribute to documents → Help refine PEG standards and metadata
  • Share use cases → Provide real-world examples from your work

👉 If you’d like to join the PEG Working Group, please get in touch.