
The West German Genome Center is one of four national Next Generation Sequencing Competence Centers. We are a network of institutes west of the 7.1 E meridian who joined forces and expertise to advance NGS technologies and applications. Download the flyer and find out more about us.
Sequencing facilities
The WGGC can count on three core facilities located in Bonn, Cologne and Dusseldorf, equipped with state-of-the-art NGS technologies. Learn more…
Special Interest Groups
Our SIGs (Special Interest Groups) work on hot topics related to NGS developments and relevant for the community, from data management to training, from harmonization to outreach. Learn more…
Connect with experts
Connect with a network of experts in NGS technologies and applications. Our experts work on a wide range of topics and with different organisms, from bacteria to plants to humans. Go to Profiles…
Sequencing services and more
NGS will be a key technology in the future life and medical sciences, and in 2017 the DFG launched the national NGS Competence Center (NGS-CC) initiative with the aim of modernizing and harmonizing NGS infrastructures of German universities. With funding granted in March 2018, the WGGC started its activities officially on January 1st, 2019. More than 50% of the newly acquired NGS and bioinformatics capacity at the production sites is committed as service to the scientific community. All the WGGC partners further serve the scientific community through the provision of consultation, collaboration, and/or data analysis at the requested level. Find out more about us.

NGS COUNSELING
Check out our production sites and get in touch to receive counseling regarding your sequencing project, including advice on the right technology, protocols for sample preparation, data processing and analysis. Find here a document from the SIG4/5 (Technology & Production) detailing the input recommendations for the most popular applications.

DFG PROJECTS
Whether you want to apply for the next DFG sequencing call or to other funding schemes, here some additional information on the process to follow.
Latest News 
- The NGS webinar seriesThe SIG1/2 “Public outreach and teaching” is happy to announce the launch […]
- The DFG extended the NGS-CNWe are delighted to announce that the DFG decided to further support […]
- Invitation to the Next Generation Sequencing Network online workshopThe one-day virtual workshop will provide an overview of the latest updates […]
- Invitation to the Annual Meeting of the AGD 2020Bonn, December 17–18 2020 **Please note the update: the meeting will be […]
- A new publication from the 1st DFG NGS call is out!Jennifer V Gerbracht et al. “CASC3 promotes transcriptome-wide activation of nonsense-mediated decay […]
Main contact
kontakt@wggc.de
Cologne Center for Genomics (CCG)
University of Cologne
Weyertal 115b
50931 Cologne
Germany
WGGC partners
- RWTH and Uniklinik Aachen
- Bonn University and Clinic
- Cologne University and CCG
- University of Duisburg/Essen
- Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf
- University of Saarland
Collaborating partners
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Prof. Dr. Peter Nuernberg
Cologne Center for Genomics (CCG)
University of Cologne
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