Publications Corner – Nov 2021

Take a read on some of the bioinformatics for public health papers published in the last three months
Community Profile – Dr. Josefina Campos

We shine a spotlight on Dr. Josefina Campos, the Director of the National Center of Genomics and Bioinformatics -ANLIS ‘Dr Carlos G Malbrán’
Update: Promoting Sustainable Development In Bioinformatics To Support Public Health

Ten research teams will be partnering with national public health laboratories to implement standardized bioinformatics practices, pipelines, and data structures in either AMR or SARS-CoV-2 sequencing.
Ethics and Data Sharing Working Group – August 2021 update

The PHA4GE Ethics and Data Sharing Platform continues to grow as more people are joining and participating in the community.
OPINION: Organizational resilience in the context of public health threats

Organizational resilience is championed across various sectors such as urban planning, ecology, extractive industries, and healthcare for a system’s ability to continue to meet its objectives in the face of challenges.
Bioinformatics Solutions for SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Analysis

Genomic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 has made a profound impact in support of the global response to the pandemic. The ability to carry out analysis on samples is increasingly being considered as a crucial functionality of public health labs. However, many labs are faced with the daunting task of starting an entire bioinformatics program and integrating […]
PHA4GE Pipelines and Visualization Working Group – May 2021 Update

It’s been a while since our last update but during that time the Pipelines and Visualization Working has made substantial progress.
Community Profile – Peter van Heusden

We chat to Peter van Heusden on his role at SANBI, COVID-19, challenges facing the Bioinformatics research community and Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
The PHA4GE Ethics and Data Sharing Platform has launched!

The Ethics and Data-Sharing Working Group is delighted to announce that the PHA4GE Ethics and Data Sharing Platform went live at the PHA4GE Open Meeting on 30 March 2021
Data Structures: Major updates hot off the presses!

May 2021 update from the Data Structures Working Group