What’s Michael Palin done to upset the Metro? “A Gumby was a recurring character featured throughout Monty Python’s works, usually played by Michael Palin, who was simple-minded.” https://t.co/W0OXsc3ZAJ

🎉 Congratulations to the PHA4GE team led by Nicki Tiffin on their recent publication in @GlobalHealthBMJ Their paper introduces seven clear principles for responsible secondary use of microbial data🌍 https://t.co/ksf7p6yzkJ #PublicHealth #MicrobialData #DataSharing #PHA4GE

SKA is no longer just a preprint! Thanks to @johnlees6, Romain and Johanna especially for taking it on, making it better and getting it published!

I am pleased to announce the establishment of an African Bioinformatics Institute thanks to funding from Wellcome Trust and CZI. We seek stakeholder input to shape the ABI to meet the needs of the bioinformatics and user communities. Join us for engagement sessions to contribute.

It's happening again! The next Analysing Genomic Data course (#AMGD25) in bioinformatically brilliant Birmingham is available https://t.co/5uaRFcYrSP @unibirm_CMH @UoBinfectionsch @IMIBirmingham 5 days, hands-on, 17th March 25, beginners welcome

📢 We want to hear from you! Help us improve the PHA4GE website by sharing your feedback through a quick survey. Your input will shape the future of https://t.co/Pg2s8jRcOq. 🌐 👉 https://t.co/jx2hvtdkdw #PHA4GE #PublicHealth #GenomicEpidemiology #CommunityFeedback

It’s really nice to have been invited to join the work on this innovative extension to SKA. Other potentially exciting additions also in the pipeline.

Check out our latest blog from Dr. Inês Mendes and Dr. Bryan A. Wee, members of the Public Health Alliance for Genomic Epidemiology @pha4ge . They show how ‘bad data’ can be made more valuable by tagging them with information about their potential issues.

We are running a massive online open course on AMR databases starting end of the month. Its completely free, study at your own pace and its ~15 hours overall over the 3 weeks (although you can finish any time in a year). Please spread in your networks!

Join us for Asia PGI's 3rd webinar. Anita Suresh will be presenting on the use of NGS in TB diagnostics with @mitokondrion @FINDdx Those interested do join :-) #NGS #AsiaPGI #pathogengenomics

Sensitive and modular amplicon sequencing of Plasmodium falciparum diversity and resistance for research and public health - exellent work by @bgreenhouse1 @DrChilennial and team 👏 https://t.co/2YjzOujwT5

Great pleasure to work with @shenwei356 on a new indexing and alignment scheme, called LexicMap: https://t.co/ImtrRm0x9n We have been working on uniformly reassembling, QC-ing and annotating all bacterial (+ now archaeal) data, & wanted to be able to do full alignment to it....

📢 We're excited to introduce Pathoplexus, a specialized sequence database for human viral pathogens! 🌍 🧬 Launching with 4 viruses, https://t.co/4wGez2nTCr combines modern open-source software with transparent governance to improve global pathogen sequence sharing. 1/14

I have written up some new notes in the intermediate programming course on parallel programming, which are available here: https://t.co/SIdrMS8Rhn The main intro and advanced examples are in rust, but I've also added two independent sections covering python and R.

It’s great to see the @AfricaCDC PGI and @labgenpath supporting the regional fight back against mpox. Such an inspiring, collaborative network.

Expanding mpox testing and sequencing should be prioritized and accelerated. We are leveraging and building on #AfriacPGI partnerships, national and regional capacities, collaborations, systems, and networks. #AfricaCDC @gatesfoundation @illumina @EC_HERA @labgenpath

Today the @AfricaCDC in collaboration with the INRB @labgenpath started a regional training for lab experts from 7 countries. The training is focused on #Mpox testing, sequencing, and sharing. Regional collaboration is key for mpox response. #AfricaPGI @PlacideMbala

🚨 @WHO has declared the #mpox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. To support public health labs, the @PHA4GE PipeViz WG created a living document on key challenges & open-source tools for #mpox analysis. #genomics #publichealth https://t.co/SegylPBi43

There’s a lot of ‘slapped cheek’ (parvovirus) going through our primary school age children at the moment. Is it just us or is there a national wave going on?

Genomic data quality, completeness, and standards are critical to inform public health. We are very excited to collaborate with @phaa4ge and @NCBI to train data curators across the continent. @alangchris @DrSimonHarris @MastercardFdn @gatesfoundation