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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
Riverside in Cambodia. Photo credit: Roberto Amato. News article 8 Jan 2016 Current malaria treatment fails in Cambodia due to drug-resistant parasites
A Cambodian Anopheles mosquito taking a blood meal. Credit: NIAID. News article 20 Oct 2015 NIH study reveals risk of drug-resistant malaria spreading to Africa
Photo credit: 8-12-13, CDC Global, CC-BY2.0. Press release 1 Oct 2015 Genes that protect African children from developing malaria identified
Developing Excellence in Leadership, Training and Science. Wellcome Trust. News article 10 Sep 2015 Leading African scientists to drive continent’s research agenda
Screen capture of Pf crosses web application. News article 18 Aug 2015 New data resource to aid the study of genetic variation and recombination in P. falciparum
Screen capture of Ag1000G web application News article 22 Jul 2015 Ag1000G Consortium releases data on 845 mosquito genomes
Screen capture of Pf3k web application News article 24 Apr 2015 Pf3k Consortium releases data on more than 2,500 P. falciparum genomes
A welcome tops our first issue of the MalariaGEN quarterly newsletter. News article 24 Mar 2015 First issue of the MalariaGEN newsletter is online
Figure 2a. Miotto, Amato et al, 2015. Press release 20 Jan 2015 Global collaboration provides key insights into mutations underpinning artemisinin resistance
Figure 2. Claessens, Hamilton et al, 2014. Press release 18 Dec 2014 Parasite creates millions of new ways to evade immune system every 48 hours
Anopheles gambiae. Photo credit: Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, WikiCommons 2006, CC-BY2.5. News article 11 Dec 2014 Large public data set gives unprecedented view of African mosquito genome variation
Dr Abdoulaye Djimdé presenting the latest PDNA findings at the 2014 ASTMH Annual Meeting. Credit: Rachel Giacomantonio. News article 12 Oct 2014 Large study establishes baseline to track K13 mutations in African malaria parasites
News article 28 Sep 2014 Massive malaria study raises intriguing evolutionary questions
PDNA meeting, Hinxton Hall, Wellcome Genome Campus Conference Centre, June 2014. Photo courtesy of Dr Vikki Cornelius. News article 12 Sep 2014 African-led network gets a head start on malaria
News article 31 Jul 2014 Drug-resistant malaria has spread to critical border regions of Southeast Asia
Anopheles gambiae mosquito feeding. Photo credit: James Gathany, CDC, WikiCommons. Press release 25 Jun 2014 Mosquito species swap insecticide-resistance genes

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