Resource Centre
The MalariaGEN resource centre provides scientific and operational support for the research and training activities of the network. This includes responsibility for the stewardship of samples and data contributed to consortial and community projects. The resource centre is based primarily at Oxford University and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, with some members at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Wellcome-Mahidol Unit in Bangkok.
Lab team
The lab team is responsible for secure archival of samples, for driving forward large-scale genotyping and sequencing experiments, and supporting MalariaGEN investigators in laboratory methods and data management. Current team members>>
Informatics team
The informatics team is building secure web-based systems for managing and integrating large amounts of data, with user-friendly web tools to assist MalariaGEN investigators to analyse complex genetic and genomic datasets, and to integrate these with clinical and epidemiological data. Current team members>>
Analysis team
The analysis team performs quantitative genomics data analysis and research for MalariaGEN consortial projects, and supports MalariaGEN investigators and data fellows to analyse their data and design new studies, through one-to-one assistance and training workshops. Current team members>>
Ethics team
The ethics team provides support for MalariaGEN investigators in responding to ethical issues, helps to form MalariaGEN policy on issues of ethics and ownership, and does research into the ethical and social implications of the new science of genomic epidemiology. Current team members>>
Programme management team
The programme management team provides support and coordination for MalariaGEN's research programme in malaria-endemic countries, and works to strengthen research capacity at MalariaGEN's partner institutions. Current team members>>
Alumni
We’re indebted to previous members of the resource centre who’ve made important contributions to MalariaGEN. Past team members>>