== Access to BIOS data == There are two ways to access BIOS data: === 1. Download of selected data through EGA === RNA-seq, DNA methylation, sex, age and cell count data that has been analyzed in publications can be requested and downloaded from The European Genome-phenome Archive (EGA). The advantage is that data can be downloaded to own computational facilities, but not all data can be accessed (e.g. SNPs, and currently only freeze1: most of methylation but only ~ 50% of RNA-seq, and no GONL). [http://www.bbmri.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/BIOS_DATA_ACCESS_POLICY_CONDITIONS_v4.docx Click here] to download the document for BIOS data requests through EGA. The document includes the data sharing policies. === 2. Analyze all data on a centralized computational facility === For BBMRI-NL researchers, all data shared by participating biobanks including genome-wide SNP data, limited phenotypes, RNA-seq and DNA methylation on all individuals can be analyzed on centralized computational facilities, namely the !LifeScience Grid and the SurfSARA High Performance Computing cloud (https://userinfo.surfsara.nl/systems/grid/new-users). The advantage of this approach is that all available data can be analyzed (including those with a privacy aspect), but the data cannot be downloaded and a relatively strict security protocol has to be adopted. Please, fill out this [http://www.bbmri.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/BIOSdataaccessrequest.doc form] if you wish to request access to BIOS data at the SurfSARA servers. To complete this request, you will also need to sign the [http://www.bbmri.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/BIOSCodeOfConduct.pdf BIOS Code Of Conduct]. [http://www.bbmri.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/BIOSrequestsoverview2015-Sep.pdf Click here] for an overview of current data requests.