Upload genomes with Globus Connect Personal

Uploading data with Globus Connect Personal (GCP) is good if:

You need to transfer large amounts of data (tens or hundreds of gigabytes)
You want to be able to automatically pause and resume your data transfer
- This is also useful if you have a poor internet connection
You are happy to install a special application to transfer data

In other cases it may be simpler to upload data using your web browser.

tip

If you'd like to test the platform we recommend using this small synthetic dataset (HAPNEST)
- The synthetic data are genome build version GRCh38
The small HAPNEST synthetic data have been tested with the polygenic scores below:
- PGS000882 (vitamin D measurement)
- PGS001229 (standing height)

Before you start

You'll need to install Globus Connect Personal
Please take note of the owner identity (email address) that you use to log in to Globus
- You'll need to enter this later on the platform
In Globus terminology a collection is a named set of files, hierarchically organized in folders, associated with a specific storage gateway.
- Practically speaking this is your computer
Once Globus Personal Connect is installed, you need to configure preferences to give Globus permission to access the location where your data are (step 3) one time only

note

The examples below are from a computer running macOS. If you use Linux or Windows GCP may look different. Full Globus configuration instructions are available for macOS, Windows, and Linux users.