A meeting entitled “The GTEx Symposium: All Things Considered- Biospecimens, Omics and Data” was held on the NIH campus on May 20 and 21, 2015, that included presentations on each of the topics discussed in this report and some molecular analysis presentations. The meeting videocast was archived and can be accessed at http://videocast.nih.gov/Summary.asp?File=19024&bhcp=1 (May 20) and http://videocast.nih.gov/Summary.asp?File=19026&bhcp=1 (May 21). Project policy mandates that all data generated by researchers from the GTEx biospecimens must be made publicly available. Such availability will greatly enhance the value of GTEx resources by complementing other initiatives aimed at identifying functional elements in the human genome, such as the ENCyclopedia Of DNA Elements (ENCODE) project (http://www.genome.gov/10005107) and the Library of Integrated Network-based Cellular Signatures (LINCS) program (http://commonfund.nih.gov/lincs), in translating genome-wide association study findings to help prioritize the advancement of therapeutic targets.
