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Press release 9 Dec 2021 New link between malaria parasites and sickle haemoglobin identified
MalariaGEN Podcast logo Article 6 Dec 2021 MalariaGEN Podcast: Dr Kirk Rockett and Professor Michael Parker discuss the MalariaGEN Consortium and the ethics of sharing human genome data
MalariaGEN newsletter Newsletter 30 Nov 2021 MalariaGEN newsletter November 2021
MalariaGEN Podcast logo Article 4 Nov 2021 MalariaGEN Podcast: Dr Shavanthi Rajatileka on establishing amplicon sequencing pipelines for malaria
Blog 30 Sep 2021 60 seconds with... Dr Shavanthi Rajatileka
Dr. Brandy St. Laurent Blog 20 Aug 2021 Understanding the diverse malaria vectors in Southeast Asia
Newsletter 7 Jul 2021 MalariaGEN newsletter July 2021
Nina Chhita draws women fighting malaria with genomics News article 27 May 2021 Malaria researchers featured by ‘women in science’ illustrator
MalariaGEN podcast Article 6 May 2021 MalariaGEN Podcast: Dr Cristina Ariani on Covid and malaria genomic surveillance
News article 25 Apr 2021 World Malaria Day
Blog 29 Mar 2021 60 seconds with... Dr Cristina Ariani
Taking blood samples in Kenya News article 24 Feb 2021 Open data on malaria genomes will help combat drug resistance
Blog 11 Feb 2021 Reflecting on women in science - can we have it all?
WACCBIP sequencing team Blog 27 Jan 2021 60 seconds with…Professor Gordon Awandare
News article 21 Dec 2020 MalariaGEN Podcast: Professor Olivo Miotto talks about the GenRe-Mekong genomic surveillance project
GEM group photo 2016 Event 7 Jun 2021 Genomic Epidemiology of Malaria (GEM Virtual Conference)
Taking blood samples in Gambia News article 30 Oct 2020 Launch of pathogen genomics initiative aims to boost disease control in Africa
Event 8 Jun 2020 POSTPONED Genomic Epidemiology of Malaria Conference 2020 Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK
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
Blog 1 Feb 2018 It’s time to make genetic surveillance part of regional malaria elimination policies
Prof. Martin Donnelly. Photo credit: Thomas Farnetti In the media 30 Nov 2017 Prof M Donnelly: Insecticide resistance threatens malaria control in Africa BBC Radio 4 Today Programme
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
Brandy St. Laurent is processing mosquito collections in Pursat Province, Cambodia. Photo credit: Kolthida Oy. Blog 30 Oct 2017 60 seconds with… Dr Brandy St. Laurent
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
Cristina Ariani. Photo credit: Genome Research Ltd. In the media 14 Aug 2017 SpotMalaria: a global collaborative platform to survey the major malaria parasites Brazilian Society for Tropical Medicine
Alistair Miles presenting Ag1000G findings at ASTMH 2015. Photo credit: Rachel Giaccomantonio. Event 5 Nov 2017 ASTMH Annual Meeting 2017 Baltimore Convention Centre, Baltimore, USA
7th MIM Pan African Malaria Conference. 15-20 April 2018. Dakar, Senegal. Event 15 Apr 2018 Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM 2018) Dakar, Senegal
Pete Gething at GEM 2015. Credit: Thomas Farnetti. Blog 27 Jun 2017 60 seconds with… Prof Peter Gething
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
GEM 2014. Photo credit: Thomas Farnetti. Event 11 Jun 2018 Save the date – GEM 2018 Wellcome Genome Campus Conference Centre, Hinxton, UK
Dr Geraldine Clarke at GEM 2014. Photo credit: Thomas Farnetti. Blog 17 Jan 2017 60 seconds with... Dr Geraldine Clarke
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
In the media 11 Nov 2016 Dr Roberto Amato: "We need to understand how the parasite is evolving in order to be successful in our malaria eradication strategies" Cambridge TV
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
Dr Deus Ishengoma. Credit: Thomas Farnetti. Blog 26 Oct 2016 60 seconds with... Dr Deus Ishengoma