Dr Joshua Levy, project scientist at Scripps Research in the US, visited the PHA4GE Secretariat hub at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) at the end of March.
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Dr Joshua Levy, project scientist at Scripps Research in the US, visited the PHA4GE Secretariat hub at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) at the end of March.
Professor Alan Christoffels’ whirlwind three-day trip to Switzerland and Germany in March proved a productive one as it lay the groundwork for exciting new ventures for global bioinformatics and for PHA4GE.
PHA4GE kicked off work on malaria genomics data standards at ASTMH 2024 in New Orleans, where Alan Christoffels and Tracey Calvert-Joshua presented a funding proposal on metadata collection.
The Africa CDC hosted its second data-curation workshop in Addis Ababa, building capacity for high-quality pathogen data sharing via the Agari platform. Experts from PHA4GE, SANBI, and NCBI led the training to enhance public health data use.
Rito is a Bioinformatician at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (South Africa), specializing in bacterial pathogen genomics and public health. Passionate about bridging medical microbiology and public health, she explores metagenomic approaches for meningitis pathogen sequencing.
Prof. Alan Christoffels joined the GLOWACON Regional Conference in Addis Ababa, supporting efforts to integrate wastewater monitoring into public health systems worldwide.
With PHA4GE members spread across the globe, in-person meetups are always a valued opportunity. Several members recently gathered at the IPSN Global Partners Forum in Bangkok, Thailand (Nov 21–22, 2024) to connect, collaborate, and advance global pathogen surveillance efforts.
Ghislaine van Vlijmen reflects on her three-month voluntary internship with PHA4GE, where she contributed to organizational sustainability and assisted in multiple portfolios. Her experience highlights the power of partnerships in advancing bioinformatics solutions for public health.
Arthur Shem Kasambula and Dr. Emma Hodcroft have joined PHA4GE’s Data Repositories Working Group as co-chairs, aiming to advance tools and databases like Pathoplexus for improved pathogen data sharing. Their efforts will drive consensus-driven solutions and technical recommendations to enhance usability and integration across global data systems.