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News article 25 Sep 2023 The growing community delving into genomic data from malaria mosquitoes across Africa
MalariaGEN's guide to PAMCA 2023 News article 15 Sep 2023 MalariaGEN’s guide to PAMCA 2023
A woman with dark, shoulder-length hair with crossed arms and smiling. She is wearing a grey blazer with an peach turtleneck jumper. News article 25 Jul 2023 Meet Varanya Wasakul
A group of people standing together and smiling. Some people are wearing matching green t-shirts and all are wearing lanyards. They appear to be indoors, with a large blue banner behind them. The banner has several logos on it, including PAMCA and Bayer. News article 21 Jul 2023 MalariaGEN and PAMCA to host second genomic data analysis hackathon
News article 9 May 2023 In Memoriam: Dominic Kwiatkowski
News article 18 Apr 2023 Call for participants: Training course in data analysis for genomic surveillance of African malaria vectors
Procurement grants for specialist genomic surveillance reagents and equipment are now available. News article 23 Feb 2023 New grants launched for lab equipment, specialist reagents, and consumables
News article 10 Feb 2023 Meet six women creating the future of malaria genomics
The Pf7 data release contains more than 20k whole genome sequences of Plasmodium Falciparum parasites. News article 5 Jan 2023 Pf7 released: Major update for the world’s largest malaria parasite genomic dataset
News article 13 Dec 2022 Four rising stars in bioinformatics
News article 22 Nov 2022 Meet Alistair Miles - Vector Surveillance Lead
Amplicon toolkit icon News article 21 Nov 2022 What is amplicon sequencing?
NAMRU-6 staff pose for a photo while performing malaria microscopy in the NAMRU-6 Iquitos laboratory. (U.S. Navy photo by Greys Braga/Released) News article 10 Nov 2022 Genomic surveillance reveals no artemisinin resistance in Peru... yet
Cristina Ariani, MalariaGEN's new Malaria Parasite Surveillance Lead News article 13 Oct 2022 Meet Cristina Ariani - Malaria Parasite Surveillance Lead
Students at the hackathon discussing genomic data at tables with laptops News article 10 Oct 2022 Collaboration in Kigali
Group shot of attendees of Ghana meeting News article 23 Sep 2022 Regional sequencing labs established in West Africa
Anophleles genome training News article 8 Jul 2022 MalariaGEN-PAMCA Anopheles Genomics Training Programme Travel Award
The Global Genomic Surveillance Strategy - working together to strengthen and scale genomic surveillance for quality, timely and appropriate public health actions in local to global health systems News article 6 Apr 2022 WHO launches 10-year strategy to scale up global genomic surveillance of pathogens
Press release 9 Dec 2021 New link between malaria parasites and sickle haemoglobin identified
Nina Chhita draws women fighting malaria with genomics News article 27 May 2021 Malaria researchers featured by ‘women in science’ illustrator
News article 25 Apr 2021 World Malaria Day
Taking blood samples in Kenya News article 24 Feb 2021 Open data on malaria genomes will help combat drug resistance
News article 21 Dec 2020 MalariaGEN Podcast: Professor Olivo Miotto talks about the GenRe-Mekong genomic surveillance project
Taking blood samples in Gambia News article 30 Oct 2020 Launch of pathogen genomics initiative aims to boost disease control in Africa
News article 16 Dec 2019 Insights into malaria susceptibility using genome-wide data on 17,000 individuals from Africa, Asia and Oceania
Mother, Child and Nurse with ACT - Effective case management remains one of the cornerstones of malaria prevention and control. Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) are used for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria. Press release 23 Aug 2019 Malaria control success in Africa at risk from spread of multi-drug resistance
Taking a blood slide to identify malaria infection Press release 23 Jul 2019 Multi-drug resistant malaria spreading in Asia
Figure 1 Venn diagram showing the distribution of the three major phenotypes of severe malaria. The Lancet Haematology, CC-BY 4.0 News article 26 Jul 2018 New study associates risk of severe malaria with human gene polymorphisms
News article 5 Mar 2018 GEM 2018 Travel Bursary Scheme Open
Press release 1 Feb 2018 Multidrug resistant malaria spread under the radar for years in Cambodia
Geographical population structure: Admixture and allele frequency differentiation Press release 29 Nov 2017 Largest genetic study of mosquitoes reveals spread of insecticide resistance across Africa
Figure 1: Changing spatial patterns of P. falciparum endemicity in sub-Saharan Africa since 1900. Credit: Reprinted by permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: Nature (doi:10.1038/nature24059), copyright 2017. News article 12 Oct 2017 115 years of malaria in Africa
Testing malaria infections: blood sample collections in a village near Basse, The Gambia. Photo credit: Ellen Leffler. Press release 19 May 2017 Natural resistance to malaria linked to variation in human red blood cell receptors
Figure 3 Allele frequency of G6PD+202T: Change in the allele frequency of G6PD+202T under the adapted Levene model. eLife, CC-BY 4.0. News article 9 Jan 2017 New insights into the effect of G6PD deficiency on P. falciparum malaria
Stilt houses near the Prek Toak floating village, Sangker River, Cambodia. Photo credit: Dr Roberto Amato. Press release 4 Nov 2016 Genetic marker found for resistance to malaria treatment in Cambodia
Figure 1: Properties of indels. News article 28 Sep 2016 Study of P. falciparum genetic crosses reveals that indels, structural variation, and recombination drive genomic diversity
Clinic set up in Suah, Papua New Guinea. Photo courtesy of Ivo Mueller. Press release 27 Jun 2016 Monitoring malaria parasite reveals evolving drug resistance and infection history
Figure 2A. Haplotypes capture more population structure than independent loci. Busby et al, eLife, 2016. Press release 22 Jun 2016 Scientists reveal sub-Saharan Africa’s legacy of past migrations over last 4,000 years
Screen capture from a video demonstration of the leucocyte depletion protocol. Watch the video below. News article 11 May 2016 Online: Protocol for leucocyte depletion using MN2100ff cellulose columns
Shoreline in Vietnam. Photo credit: Roberto Amato. News article 4 Mar 2016 New insights into the evolution of artemisinin resistant malaria

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