== Contributors to XGAP ==
== Consortia ==
The following consortia are involved in the development of XGAP.

 * '''CASIMIR consortium:'''[[BR]]                                 CASIMIR, is a coordination action of the 6th Framework                                 Programme of the European Commission, and focusses on                                 co-ordination and integration of databases containing                                 experimental data, including sequences, and material                                 resources such as biological collections, relevant to                                 the use of the mouse as a model organism for human                                 disease.                                http://casimir.org.uk/

 * '''GEN2PHEN consortium'''[[BR]]                                 The GEN2PHEN project aims to unify human and model                                 organism genetic variation databases towards                                 increasingly holistic views into Genotype-To-Phenotype                                 (G2P) data, and to link this system into other                                 biomedical knowledge sources via genome browser                                 functionality.                                 [http://www.gen2phen.org// http://www.gen2phen.org/]

 * '''PANACEA consortium for C. elegans'''[[BR]]The PANACE project studies the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans as an important model for the identification and characterization of genes underlying complex diseases in humans. They use XGAP to share genetics, molecular and phenotype data, models and tools within the project to answer the questions how the genetic background affects complex disease signaling pathways and whether we can predict the effect of the genetic background on these pathways. [http://www.panaceaproject.eu/UK/ http://www.panaceaproject.eu/UK/]

 * '''Netherlands Bioinformatics Center/Biobanking platform''''[[BR]]The NBIC organization aims to develop and harmonize bioinformatics platforms for the Dutch Life Science community. It is adopting XGAP to accomodate the development of a national platform for GWAS studies. [http://www.nbic.nl]
== Institutes ==
The following institutes contributed to XGAP development:

|| * '''University of Groningen'''[[BR]] Groningen Bioinformatics Center [[BR]] Netherlands [[BR]] || [[Image(rug-vertikaal.gif)]] ||
|| * '''University Medical Center Groningen'''[[BR]] Genetics [[BR]] Netherlands [[BR]] || [[Image(umcg.gif)]] ||
|| * '''University of Cambridge'''[[BR]] Physiological Development and Neuroscience [[BR]] United Kingdom [[BR]] || [[Image(cambridge_university.gif)]]||
|| * '''MRC Harwell'''[[BR]] Mammalian Genetics Unit [[BR]] United Kingdom [[BR]] || [[Image(mrc_harwell.gif)]]||
|| * '''Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research'''[[BR]] Experimental Mouse Genetics [[BR]] Germany [[BR]] || [[Image(hzi.gif)]] ||
|| * '''European Molecular Biology Laboratory'''[[BR]] European Bioinformatics Institute Hinxton [[BR]] United Kingdom [[BR]] || [[Image(ebi.gif)]]||
|| * '''University of Manchester'''[[BR]] Information Management Group [[BR]] United Kingdom [[BR]] || [[Image(mygrid.gif)]] ||
|| * '''University of Liverpool'''[[BR]] Department of Preclinical Veterinary Science [[BR]] United Kingdom || [[Image(liverpool.gif)]] ||