← Back to Nuqta Atlas
Editorially curated · qa-katara-biodiversity-genomes
Katara Biodiversity Genomes Programme
National conservation-genomics program building chromosome-level references and genetic tests to guide breeding, releases, herd management, and preservation of culturally important species.
01 / Project overview
What the record establishes.
- Geographic scope
- Qatar with regional conservation-genomics collaborations
- Project type
- multi-species biodiversity genomics program
- Research domain
- conservation genomics, reference genomes, and breeding management
- Years
- 2023–
- Lifecycle status
- active
- Status basis
- Katara launched the program on 2 September 2023; current researcher and public repository records document multiple reference-genome outputs.
- Status evidence date
- 2026-08-15
- Scale
- Published/deposited references include four falcon species plus Arabian horse, Arabian camel, and MacQueen's bustard; program aims to establish a specialized regional biodiversity-genomics center.
02 / Organizations and population
Who and what the project connects.
- Lead organizations
- Cultural Village Foundation - Katara · Al Gannas Qatari Society
- Partner organizations
- Ministry of Environment and Climate Change · Sidra Medicine · Souq Waqif Falcon Hospital · Umm Haish Reserve · Vertebrate Genomes Project · Rockefeller University
- Organism / population
- Culturally and environmentally important Qatar species, including falcons, Arabian horse, dromedary camel, and MacQueen's bustard
03 / Data and access
What exists and how it can be reached.
Data types
- long-read whole-genome sequencing
- Hi-C
- reference assemblies
- population genetic tests
- conservation data
Data access
Selected reference genomes and reads are public in NCBI; project services and additional data are institutionally managed.
Identifiers
- BioProject
PRJNA1068121 - BioProject
PRJNA1068118 - BioProject
PRJNA1067650
04 / Evidence and provenance
Why the record is included.
Inclusion basis
Named national multi-species conservation-genomics program with public BioProject outputs.
Editorial note
Successor/expansion of the Qatar Falcon Genome Project; do not double-count falcon references when aggregating species outputs.
Sources
- primary record source Verified 2026-08-15
- additional record source Verified 2026-08-15
- additional record source Verified 2026-08-15
- additional record source Verified 2026-08-15
- additional record source Verified 2026-08-15
Release v0.2.0