alan christoffels
@alangchris
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Bioinformatics - microbial genomics; genome evolution; infectious diseases
Cape Town, South Africa
Joined March 2015
Day2 of the malaria molecular surveillance (MMS) meeting in #Uganda. Thought provoking discussions on the data and analytics needs to ensure MMS is routinely used in #publichealth surveillance @pha4ge @sangerinstitute @AfricaCDC
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RT @cwondji: Honored to be attending the @AfricaCDC meeting in Entebbe - Uganda led by Prof @alangchris, where I'm engaging with experts o….
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I am excited to in Uganda at the malaria molecular surveillance workshop on data standards and analysis tools. Meeting organised by @AfricaCDC PGI and @pha4ge. Opening talks by leading malaria experts in Africa: Profs Alfred Ngwa and Charles Wondji
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RT @IMBM_Lab_UWC: IMBM's Dr. Elzaan Booysen was awarded a R1M grant to assess our patented biosurfactants in water remediation and in colla….
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We Successfully concluded project planning with the @AfricaCDC pathogen team and @ASLM_News. Role out of Pathogen genomics projects including computational infrastructure for national public health labs. @pha4ge @MRCza.
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RT @Nicky_Mulder: The ISCB-Africa ASBCB Bioinformatics conference is taking place in Cape Town from 14-16th April 2025. Abstract submission….
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RT @peppermin5: Want to know more about #AMRColab ? @sudattlam will be sharing more during a webinar by @pha4ge on 26th November - register….
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RT @NatComputSci: 📢Our September issue is now live, and includes a Focus on the state of DEI in computational science, highlighting experts….
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RT @NatComputSci: A Viewpoint on increasing the presence of BIPOC researchers in computational science features input from 12 experts in th….
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Day2 sysadmin curriculum development. Experiences shared across diverse research and #PublicHealth ecosystems. 1) sysadmin critical to support datascience, 2) funding models do not sustain sysadmin skills retention. @pha4ge @AfricaCDC
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Sysadmin curriculum planning workshop to support public health institutes. Excited to be hosting sysadmin staff from #Senegal, #Uganda,#Ghana,#Tunis, #kenya, #SouthAfrica,#UK,#Germany. @AfricaCDC .@MRCza @KEMRI_Wellcome @Pasteur_Tunis @PasteurDakar @MRCClimb
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RT @sofoniaskt: Everyday heroines and heroes prevent the spread of epidemics. But most are compensated minimally, or not paid at all. "Beh….
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RT @AfricaCDC: The vision of @AfricaCDC Pathogen Genomics Initiative #PGI is to strengthen data governance in Africa that will inform a dat….
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Exciting to see the launch of the first data curation workshop at the @AfricaCDC in partnership with @NCBI and @SANBI_SA. The vision for @AfricaCDC is to strengthen data governance in Africa. Valerie Schneider providing the opening remarks. @MastercardFdn @gatesfoundation
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RT @griffiemma: Seq data of varying quality can be used for different public health applications (analysis, training, more). @pha4ge standa….
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As the staff letter outlines in detail, the decision makes no sense after a protracted process that was flawed.
@MarvelHlungwan @MandlaNotyawa Yes, the second meeting of IF recommended Prof Lawack for appointment as the next VC and voted as it should have done so during the first sitting where it is alleged that the voting never took place.
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RT @pha4ge: Our (TB) guidance document is designed to offer direction for those engaged in bioinformatics analyses, pointing them towards t….
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Exciting to attend the launch of the global consortium for wastewater and environmental surveillance (WES) for public health. @pha4ge contributing to the global WES framework.
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RT @pneumowatch: Together with CDC, we delivered pneumococcal genomics A to Z workshop at #ISPPD13, covering the topic from choice of seque….
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RT @pha4ge: 📢 Exciting News! 🚀 The PHA4GE February 2024 Newsletter is officially live! 🎉 Dive into a recap of our 2023 Conference, publicat….
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