About AusTrakka

In 2020, AusTrakka was rapidly developed in response to key reports to the Office of Health Protection and Response on the need to better facilitate public health genomics data sharing and analysis in Australia and New Zealand. AusTrakka serves as Australia’s national genomics surveillance platform for SARS-CoV-2 and as a coordinator of genomics outbreak investigations across jurisdictions.

National Genomics Data Sharing

All state and territory public health laboratories upload genomic sequences and agreed epidemiological metadata to AusTrakka on a dedicated server for nationally aggregated genomics analysis and visualisation of sequences.

• Access Control: Managed at a user level, overseen by the Communicable Diseases Genomics Network (CDGN) and the Public Health Laboratory Network (PHLN).
• Data Security: Ensures secure data sharing while maintaining custodianship with the submitting laboratory.

Public Health Surveillance & Bioinformatics

For public health surveillance, AusTrakka supports:

• Bioinformatic analysis
• Genomic epidemiology
• Reporting of genomic findings within and between jurisdictions

Platform Functions & Architecture

The AusTrakka platform accepts sequence and epidemiological data from public health laboratories and performs several functions.

Outlined below is:

1. The platform architecture and functions
2. Team functions
3. Outputs of the AusTrakka system

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