
Screen capture of the MalariaGEN newsletter – Issue 7.
In this issue:
Save the date
The next Genomic Epidemiology of Malaria Conference will be held at the Wellcome Genome Campus in Hinxton, UK, from 11-13 June 2018.
Projects
- New insights into the effect of G6PD deficiency in P. falciparum malaria
- Genetic markers found for piperaquine resistance in Cambodia
Data releases
- Ag1000G makes incremental release
- Pf Community Project makes data release to partners
- P. vivax Genome Variation project makes data release to partners
- Association test summary statistics available for 3 populations
Community
- 60 seconds with... Dr Deus Ishengoma
- New Year's Honours 2017: Prof Sir Nicholas White appointed the Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Professor Kevin Marsh recognised for contributions to health in Africa
Announcements
- WHO report 2016 online
- WHO publishes GMS malaria elimination strategy
- ASTMH announces new leadership team and medal winners
- The Global Health network: new eLearning course
Upcoming events
- Gordon Research Conference 2017
- 6th International Conference on P. vivax research
- International Summit in Human Genetics and Genomics
Recent publications
- Links to the latest malaria publications
Malaria in the media
- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute – the blog: In search of the hidden reservoir of malaria. By Arthur Talman.
- BBC Health News: Malaria drugs fail for first time on patients in UK
- The Guardian: Progress on malaria deaths at risk without big boost in funding, UN warns
- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute: Prime Minister opened £42M Biodata Innovation Centre and new Sequencing Facility
- World Health Organization: WHO welcomes global health funding for malaria vaccine
- BBC News: Malaria drugs' complete failure tracked
- GatesNotes: No Mercy for the Mosquito (video)
- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute – the blog: Companion: a new tool to generate and visualize annotation of parasite genomes. By Sascha Steinbiss & Thomas Otto.