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29 Apr 2025
In this issue: World Malaria Day 2025, Deciphering Drug Resistance Over 30 Years, May Journal Club, Pwani Molecular Form, and SciDev Blog with Prof Abdoulaye Djimde.
31 Mar 2025
In this issue: Vector Training 2025,  April Journal Club, PlasmoGenEpi Course, Parasite Time Capsule, and the AnoKin Project.
27 Feb 2025
In this issue: Training survey, March Journal Club, MESA MMS Collection, ASTMH Fellowship, Evaluating Vaccine Targets, and MPM Conference.
28 Jan 2025
In this issue:  Submit parasite data, An. funestus study in Tanzania, Journal Clubs resume, GenRe-Mekong scientific forum, and Georgia is malaria-free.
24 Jan 2025
As our malaria genomic data resources expand, we are excited to announce that starting with Pf9, our parasite data releases will incorporate data from external sources. We invite researchers, institutions, and data owners…
17 Dec 2024
In this issue: World Malaria Report, Meet Sophia Mwinyi, Journal Clubs 2024, Pf-HaploAtlas manuscript, VObs updates, and GenMoz protocol.
16 Dec 2024
A round-up of this year’s Malaria Genomic Epidemiology Journal Club sessions.
6 Dec 2024
Meet Sophia Mwinyi, a Research Scientist at Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania and a PhD student at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. We spoke to Sophia about her journey in malaria genomics…
28 Nov 2024
In this issue: Vector training course 2025, iMMS in Africa, ASTMH 2024 highlights, An. arabiensis pre-print, GenRe-Mekong webinar, and apply to join the ABI.
1 Nov 2024
We are pleased to announce an online training course to be held in 2025, delivered jointly by MalariaGEN and the Pan-African Mosquito Control Association (PAMCA).
29 Oct 2024
In this issue: Vobs Updates, Journal Clubs, Parasite Data Survey, ABI Information Session, and Egypt is Malaria-Free.
2 Oct 2024
It’s almost two weeks since the end of the 9th Genomic Epidemiology of Malaria Conference (GEM) Conference. This edition had 177 in-person attendees and 401 watching online, all the way from Peru to…
26 Sep 2024
 Inside: GEM 2024, Vobs updates, Parasite Data Survey, Vector Mini-Symposium, Women in Malaria, and a New vaccine for pregnant women.
25 Sep 2024
The Dominic Kwiatkowski GEM award celebrates two early-to-mid-career scientists from malaria-endemic countries who have made outstanding contributions to the malaria genomics field.
29 Aug 2024
Inside: World Mosquito Day, Artemisinin resistance review, Coluzzii in Kenya, PAMCA Lift2Her III, Abdoulaye Diabate Ted2024, and Diplotype Clustering.
26 Aug 2024
Researchers and public health authorities recently discovered Anopheles coluzzii mosquitoes in Kenya for the first time. A new study, published in Malaria Journal, suggests that closer monitoring of mosquito populations could change how…
20 Aug 2024
To mark World Mosquito Day 2024, hear from three MalariaGEN partners about the role that genomic data resources and capacity building can play in malaria vector control across Africa.  
25 Jul 2024
In this issue: Pf-HaploAtlas released, Join the haplotype analysis clinic, Cameroon genomic capacity grows, APMEN training, and World Mosquito Day 2024.
23 Jul 2024
Malaria remains a major global health challenge, and tracking the genetic mutations of Plasmodium falciparum is crucial for controlling the disease. The Pf-HaploAtlas app is a new tool that enables researchers and public…
27 Jun 2024
In this issue: Training Course wraps up, Meet Prof Alfred Amambua-Ngwa, July Journal Club, Vector Genomics Fellows at the Sanger Institute, and Vaccines in South Sudan and CAR.
24 Jun 2024
Alfred Amambua-Ngwa is a Professor at the MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM dedicated to understanding and combatting malaria using genomics. We caught up with Alfred and he highlighted key milestones from the…
6 Jun 2024
Honorine Kaboré and Mahamadi Kientega will be completing a three-month placement with the Lawniczak group and Malaria Vector Genomic Surveillance teams.
22 May 2024
In this issue: Come connect at GEM 2024, Brice Letcher Journal Club, mosquito mutations blog, parasite partner study resources, Anopheles coluzzii in Kenya, and apply for a Post-Doc role.
15 May 2024
The 9th Genomic Epidemiology of Malaria (GEM) conference organised by Wellcome Connecting Science will take place from 18th to 20th September 2024 at the Wellcome Genome Campus (UK) and virtually.
2 May 2024
Why did mosquitoes in a Tanzanian district develop – and then lose – resistance to a banned insecticide?
25 Apr 2024
In this issue: World Malaria Day 2024, Joel Odero Journal Club, data access update, Prof Dominic Kwiatkowski’s final paper, genomic surveillance for malaria control, MIM 2024, and register for GEM.
25 Apr 2024
This World Malaria Day, we hear from two malaria genomics researchers from the MalariaGEN community, Honorine Kaboré and Dr Fiacre Agossa. Through their work, they demonstrate that malaria genomics research and surveillance remain…
24 Apr 2024
The final scientific paper by Professor Dominic Kwiatkowski, completed shortly before his passing, has now been published. Those who worked closely with Dominic reflect on this deeply intellectual contribution, the culmination of a…
18 Apr 2024
To help us continue providing cloud data resources for the community, we are making some changes to how data are accessed. If you are actively using MalariaGEN data, or are planning to use…
18 Mar 2024
In this issue: Dr Sanjay Nagi Journal Club, Sequencing Survey, Locking out parasites, cryptotypes in Africa, training course begins, vacancies at ISGlobal, GEM 2024