Open Targets
banner
opentargets.org
Open Targets
@opentargets.org
Public-private partnership using human genetics and genomics data for systematic drug target identification and prioritisation. http://blog.opentargets.org
Congratulations to the whole team at Open Targets, past and present — here’s to another ten years! 🥂
December 8, 2025 at 10:21 AM
None of that would have been possible without the contributions of all our team members, the input and feedback from our partners, collaborators, and data providers, and of course, our community of users
December 8, 2025 at 10:21 AM
The Platform was created as an open source resource for the systematic identification and prioritisation of targets for drug discovery. In the past decade, we've been going from strength to strength, with considerable changes and refinements to the data, analyses, and interface
December 8, 2025 at 10:21 AM
This will enable a large-scale, systematic analysis of omics data that could transform prediction, diagnosis, and treatment of mental health conditions through new and personalised interventions

Find out more: www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/a...
New data initiative accelerates discovery and personalised care for mental health conditions
EMBL-EBI receives UKRI Medical Research Council (MRC) and National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) funding for enhancing and translating mental-health omics data into the Open Targets Pl...
www.ebi.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Co-led by Ellen McDonagh, our Translational Informatics Director, the Open Psychiatry Project has received a £2.3 million investment from the UKRI Medical Research Council and the National Institute for Health and Care Research.
November 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Nearly one in seven people worldwide lives with a mental health condition, and current treatments are often ineffective.

Most psychiatric conditions have a strong genetic basis that we can study, but large-scale data analysis is needed to derive meaningful insights for patients.
November 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM