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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
News article 28 Feb 2014 Master switch protein discovered which triggers the sexual form of malaria
Malaria-infected red blood cell. Photo credit: NIAID, Flickr 2013, CC-BY2.0. News article 18 Dec 2013 Researchers discover a molecular marker for artemisinin resistance
Cameroon Fishing Boats. Photo credit: Jake Stimpson, Flickr 2006, CC-BY2.0. News article 29 Nov 2013 Association of Cytokine and Toll-Like Receptor Gene Polymorphisms with Severe Malaria in Cameroon
Town meeting. Photo courtesy of Abdoulaye Djimdé. News article 15 Oct 2013 Malaria susceptibility differs between Fulani and Dogon ethnic groups in Mali
News article 12 Sep 2013 Rapid blood test developed to detect artemisinin resistance
News article 27 Aug 2013 New study suggests treatment failures in Western Cambodia due to artemisinin resistance
Malaria sporozoites. Photo credit: NIAID, WikiCommons 2015, CC-BY2.0. News article 9 Aug 2013 Malaria vaccine shows promise in early trials
MalariaGEN animation about malaria drug resistance and genomics. News article 1 Jul 2013 Malaria drug resistance animation online
News article 22 Nov 2012 Common enzyme deficiency may hinder plans to eradicate malaria
Malaria vaccine. Photo credit: Global Panorama, Flickr 2009, CC-BY-SA2.0. News article 13 Nov 2012 Clinical trial in African children yields disappointing results for malaria vaccine
News article 12 Nov 2012 Artemisinin resistance reported in a second Cambodian province
News article 2 Nov 2012 New report focuses on malaria outside Africa
News article 25 Sep 2012 Novel malaria vectors discovered in Western Kenya
DNA Photo credit: Miki Yoshihito, Flickr 2008, CC-BY 2.0. News article 17 Sep 2012 Decoding the human genome
News article 16 Sep 2012 Whole-genome sequencing of P. vivax field isolates
News article 16 Sep 2012 SAO associated with reduced risk of vivax malaria in children
News article 13 Sep 2012 Malaria candidate SNP survey in Mali
News article 12 Sep 2012 Age-acquired malaria immunity detected in Sri Lanka
News article 31 May 2012 Consultation document - community project on Plasmodium falciparum population genomics

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