Serratus is a collaborative Open Science project for ultra-rapid discovery of all viruses.
While there is an intense research effort to sequence and analyze SARS-CoV-2 isolates for tracking real-time virus evolution, our understanding of the virus's evolutionary origins is limited by incomplete genomic characterization of other members of the Coronaviridae (CoV) and related families.
We are re-analyzing all RNA-seq, meta-genomics, meta-transcriptomics and environmental sequencing data in the NCBI Short Read Archive to discover new coronaviruses. That is >5 million biological samples or >10 petabases of sequencing data.
The Serratus team is actively looking to collaborate with all scientists and developers.
- See: CONTRIBUTING.md
- Email (ababaian AT bccrc DOT ca)
- Join us on Slack (
/join #serratus)
Learn more on the Serratus Wiki
Our primary goal is to generate the viral data to accelerate the global research efforts in fighting emerging pathogens. To achieve this:
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All software development is open-source and freely available (GPLv3)
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All sequencing data generated, raw and processed, will be freely and immediatly available in the public domain in accordance with the Bermuda Principles set out by the Human Genome Project.