🧬 What exactly is a genome? In this edition of Genomics Explained, we explore what a genome is, why it matters and how it helps us better understand pathogens and strengthen public health. #GenomicsExplained #PHA4GE #Genome
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🧬 Discover how BioStruct-Africa is building Africa’s next generation of structural biologists in Episode 19 of #GenomicHorizons, featuring Justice Ohene Amofa from the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research. 📅 19 Aug | 🕒 Time: 14:00–15:00 UTC 🔗 Register: bit.ly/4xcookR #PHA4GE
🧬 Genomics Explained | DNA DNA is often called the blueprint of life, but it’s much more than that. In this edition of Genomics Explained, we explore what DNA is, why it matters and its role in pathogen genomics. #PHA4GE #GenomicsExplained #DNA
🌍 Making Health Data Work Across Borders Dr Emma Griffiths and Dr Charlie Barclay discuss how the IRIDA platform illustrates the power of shared data standards & global collaboration in making health data interoperable across borders. 🎥: bit.ly/45daJhy #PHA4GE @sfu.ca
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🧬 Genomics Explained #02 What exactly is a pathogen? This week, we’re breaking down what pathogens are, why they matter, and the role they play in protecting public health. #GenomicsExplained #PHA4GE #Pathogens
🧬 Genomics Training Learning with purpose can make all the difference. In this short clip, Dr Alice Matimba explains why defining your learning goals is key to making the most of your journey in genomics and bioinformatics. #PHA4GE
🧬 Introducing Genomics Explained! A new educational series breaking down complex genomics and public health terms into simple, easy-to-understand explanations. We’re starting with Wastewater Surveillance. #GenomicsExplained #WWS #PHA4GE
Our June Monthly Update is here! Catch up on the latest community news, project highlights, working group updates, events and more. Read it here: mailchi.mp/pha4ge/june-... #PHA4GE
PHA4GE Monthly Update - January 2025
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Could wastewater surveillance be one of Africa's most underutilised public health tools? In this clip, Precious Adeyemi shares why it's time to unlock its full potential for disease surveillance and outbreak monitoring. #WastewaterSurveillance #PHA4GE #DiseaseSurveillance
🚨 In case you missed it… The special PHA4GE x WHO IPSN webinar on Hantavirus and genomic epidemiology is now available on YouTube. Watch the full discussion on outbreak response, surveillance preparedness and genomic epidemiology here: 📹 www.youtube.com/live/iRTz_Qc... #PHA4GE #Hantavirus
Hantavirus and genomic epidemiology: Has it been smooth sailing?
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📢 PHA4GE is conducting a survey on cholera surveillance and genomics to help shape practical public health guidance for Vibrio cholerae genomic analysis. ⏱️ The survey takes approximately 10–15 minutes to complete. Take the survey: bit.ly/4dA7Lro #PHA4GE #Cholera
Survey: Cholera Surveillance and Genomics
Community Input to PHA4GE Cholera Genomics Guidance The Public Health Alliance for Genomic Epidemiology (PHA4GE) is developing a community-consulted guidance document for cholera genomics for public ...
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🚨 The PHA4GE AI Working Group is conducting a short survey on AI readiness in public health pathogen genomics. Help identify gaps, priorities and support needs across regions. ⏱️ The survey takes about 5 minutes to complete. Survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #PHA4GE #AI
PHA4GE AI Working Group – AI Landscape & Readiness Survey
This short survey (5 minutes) aims to better understand how artificial intelligence (AI) is currently being used, or planned for use, in public health pathogen genomics and related health contexts. T...
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🚨 Hantavirus and genomic epidemiology: Has it been smooth sailing? Join a special PHA4GE & IPSN webinar exploring how genomics supported the response to the Hantavirus outbreak. 📅 20 May 2026 🕒 14:00 CEST 📍 Zoom Register: bit.ly/4ulwHKm #PHA4GE #Hantavirus
A full first day for Week 2, with wide-ranging discussions to refine and align key parts of the metadata standard. Detailed, collaborative work like this helps build clearer, more usable data systems for public health. #PHA4GE
Week 2 of our Stakeholder Strategy Meetings is underway, focusing on meningitis and sepsis metadata. Today’s sessions begin with refining key structures and updates to strengthen clarity, consistency and usability. #PHA4GE
Bringing Week 1 to a close — with a focus on next steps, collaboration and what comes next. These discussions help strengthen how data is structured and used in public health. Because stronger data systems don’t just improve understanding — they improve response. #PHA4GE
At the PHA4GE Conference & IPSN Global Partners Forum 2025, Dr. @jocampos.bsky.social introduced the pathogen genomics strategy roadmap, outlining priorities to strengthen genomic surveillance and public health systems globally. 🎥 youtu.be/I7Mzyf9npJM?... #PHA4GECon2025 #IPSNGPF2025
IPSN Intro to Pathogen Genomics Strategy Roadmap | PHA4GE Conference – IPSN Global Partners Forum
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What does it take to better understand and respond to TB? Our #WorldTBDay series explores how genomics and bioinformatics support tracking, understanding and responding to TB. 🎥 Watch the full video: youtube.com/shorts/cRlHF...
Genomic technologies are transforming how we understand diseases like TB. From detecting drug resistance to tracking transmission, genomics and bioinformatics are strengthening public health surveillance worldwide. Part of our PHA4GE #WorldTBDay series.
As we approach #WorldTBDay, we’re exploring how genomics and bioinformatics support the surveillance and response to diseases like TB. Follow along as we highlight how these tools help strengthen modern public health systems. #PHA4GE #GenomicSurveillance
Watch the keynote by Dr. Placide Mbala-Kingebeni at the PHA4GE Conference & IPSN Global Partners Forum 2025. He highlights the role of genomic surveillance and research partnerships in responding to infectious disease threats. Full video: shorturl.at/8ZSZx #PHA4GECon2025 #IPSNGPF2025
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🧬 Missed the #GenomicHorizons webinar? @bede.im presented: “Practical panhuman host sequence depletion for responsible data sharing” — exploring responsible genomic data sharing & host sequence removal in pathogen sequencing. Full recording here: bit.ly/3OhxUCi
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📢 New preprint from the PHA4GE Infrastructure Working Group on compute infrastructure for pathogen genomics. Exploring practical approaches and best practices to support timely, secure public health genomic analysis. Read here: verixiv.org/articles/3-6... #PHA4GE #GenomicEpidemiology
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Don’t miss Episode 16 of #GenomicHorizons 🧬 Join us on 12 Feb 2026 at 14:00 –15:00 UTC as @bede.im presents: “Practical panhuman host sequence depletion for responsible data sharing.” Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Live stream: www.youtube.com/live/FRuj2Wm... See you there!
The opening remarks from the PHA4GE Conference & IPSN Global Partners Forum 2025 set the tone for three days of discussion on data, standards, and action in public health genomics. 📹 Watch here: youtu.be/QxNW8Vb1kGE?... #PHA4GECon2025 #IPSNGPF2025
Opening Remarks | PHA4GE Conference – IPSN Global Partners Forum
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Kick off the first Genomic Horizons webinar of the year with @bede.im on “Practical panhuman host sequence depletion for responsible data sharing”. 📅 12 February 2026 ⏰ 14:00 – 15:00 UTC 🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4kiYW80
📄 New paper published in Microbial Genomics: The MPox Contextual Data Specification Package — a data curation toolkit supporting collaborative pathogen genomic surveillance and consistent contextual metadata. 🔗 Read here: www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour... #Mpox #GenomicSurveillance
The Mpox contextual data specification package: a data curation toolkit to support collaborative pathogen genomic surveillance
A sudden increase in the number of Mpox virus (MPXV) cases worldwide prompted the WHO to declare a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in 2022 and again in 2024. Public health genomic sur...
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New preprint alert from the PHA4GE Wastewater Subgroup: Community-led standards for global wastewater-based infectious disease surveillance. 💧 Read the full work: zenodo.org/records/1778... Share feedback via GitHub: github.com/pha4ge/waste... #PHA4GE #WastewaterSurveillance
Community-led standards for global wastewater-based infectious disease surveillance
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated global adoption of wastewater and environmental surveillance (WES) and revealed its value as a complement to case-based monitoring. However, practical scientific, eth...
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Join us for the #PHA4GECon2025 & #IPSNGPF2025 hosted by IPSN, @afro.who.int and @pha4ge.bsky.social. Join our expert panel on October 27, 2025, as they tackle key genomics data challenges shaping global surveillance. Collaborate, share insights, and drive public health innovation.
Wastewater Surveillance Data Analysis Workshop (beginner–intermediate) Covering wastewater surveillance, epidemiology, ethics, curation & bioinformatics (incl. Freyja) Register: www.formdesk.com/millennium/P... #PHA4GECon2025
