📣 Applications are now open! Thrilled to share that the IPSN Catalytic Grant Fund is now accepting applications for their second round of funding, supporting the scale-up of #genomics innovation and capacity-building in LMICs. 👉 Find out how to apply: bit.ly/WHOIPSNfunding

WHO Hub & Charité Center for Global Health have open 6 month Research Fellowships in Public Health Intelligence in Berlin.
Applications on pathogen genomics very welcome - more details below.
www.linkedin.com/posts/whopan...

Please join us for the @who.int EPI-WIN webinar introducing WHO’s report on Attributes and Principles of Pathogen Genomic Data-Sharing Platforms. 24 November 2025, 1-2pm CET.
🔗 Register: who.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
👉 Webinar info: www.who.int/news-room/ev...
📄 Report: iris.who.int/bitstreams/f...

Please join us for the next @who.int IPSN Webinar on the Utility of Pathogen Genomics focussing this time on metagenomics as a tool to detect emerging threats. 25/09/25 at 13:00 CET

PhD Microbial Genomics for Health Protection, Biosciences - University of Birmingham PhD in Microbial Genomics, exciting new Doctoral Training Programme in Microbial Genomics for Health Protection in collaboration with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) launches

Just a few days left to apply for PhD positions in the Health Protection Research Unit - Public Health Genomics @imibirmingham.bsky.social.

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I am offering two projects (on Clostridioides difficile & metagenomics of wastewater and freshwater).

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: WHO EPI-WIN Webinar: The Utility of Pathogen Genomics: Spotlight TB. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: WHO EPI-WIN Webinar: The Utility of Pathogen Genomics: Spotlight TB. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

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Please register for the latest @who.int

IPSN EPI-WIN webinar on current and future perspectives of genomic surveillance of TB - tomorrow - 02:07:25 @ 13:00 CEST

Reminder to join the latest @who.int IPSN EPI-WIN webinar on current and future perspectives of genomic surveillance of mpox - today @ 13:00 CET

Artificial intelligence for modelling infectious disease epidemics Nature - This Perspective considers the application to infectious disease modelling of AI systems that combine machine learning, computational statistics, information retrieval and data science.

AI is poised to accelerate understanding in infectious diseases, but its value needs to be demonstrated through close collaboration between research, industry, society, and policy.

Paper free to read: rdcu.be/eaxEw

Summary here: www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-02...

Screenshot of the virological post on the Ebolavirus sequence

Screenshot of the sequence on pathoplexus

Thanks to huge efforts by Uganda’s Central Public Health Laboratory, Uganda Ministry of Health, UVRI, Africa CDC, & SANBI, UWC the sequence from the Ebola Sudan case in Kampala is now available on Pathoplexus pathoplexus.org/seq/PP_0011C... w full analysis here: virological.org/t/near-real-...

What do you think are the critical features pathogen genomic data-sharing platforms require to meet the public health need? Please participate in this public consultation!

The mutation rate of SARS-CoV-2 is highly variable between sites and is influenced by sequence context, genomic region, and RNA structure RNA viruses like SARS-CoV-2 have a high mutation rate, which contributes to their rapid evolution. The rate of mutations depends on the mutation type (e.g., A→C, A→G, etc.) and can vary between sites ...

Building on the UShER tree of millions of SARS-CoV-2 genomes maintained by Angie Hinrichs, Hugh Haddox and Georg Angehrn (and others in @matsen.bsky.social lab and @jbloomlab.bsky.social) have looked into how the neutral mutation rate varies along the genome:

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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Incredibly excited to share that our manuscript was just published in @nature.com ! What a way to start the new year! 🎉
https://buff.ly/4gyYCzx

We present phylowave, a framework that enables to learn the fitness dynamics of pathogens from phylogenies.

🧵 A thread... 1/n
#IDSky #IDModelling

Please join us at 13:00 CET December 12th for the next edition of the IPSN webinar series 'Pathogen Genomics in Health Emergencies' to hear how genomics can contribute to the understanding of Cholera outbreaks. Register here:

Applied Bioinformatics & Public Health Microbiology (21-23 May 2025) is open for registrations!
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Please join us at 13:00 CET December 12th for the next edition of the IPSN webinar series 'Pathogen Genomics in Health Emergencies' to hear how genomics can contribute to the understanding of Cholera outbreaks. Register here:

Great to have you here Anderson!

Thanks for all your input Peter!

Please join us to hear how genomics is helping in response to the multiple outbreaks of Dengue from the
@who
hosted International Pathogen Surveillance Network. Register here: echo.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Come join the group in Utrecht!  I have a post-doc position to fill to work on using microbial genomics and metagenomics to build machine learning models to better understand the spread of pathogens and dissemination of resistance www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

Predict and Prevent Emerging Pathogen Threats Predicting which pathogen variants warrant intention for intervention is critical for a proportional and optimal public health response. ‘Predict and Prevent’ will leverage the power of routine in...

Excited to announce the funding of the Health Holland project ‘Predict and Prevent’ working on the integration of pan-genomics, population dynamics and clinical outcomes to elucidate emerging pathogen threats using machine learning. 
 
www.health-holland.com/project/2023...

That’s awful, not sure I know of a larger daycare STEC outbreak