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Chris Jacob presenting at ASTMH 2015. Credit: Victoria Cornelius. Event 13 Nov 2016 ASTMH Annual Meeting 2016 Atlanta Marriott Marquis and Hilton Atlanta, Atlanta, USA
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
Prof Tom Williams. Courtesy of Prof Tom Williams. Blog 26 Sep 2016 60 Seconds with… Prof Tom Williams
Screen capture from the Ag1000G web application, showing some of the Vsgc variants. Blog 13 Jul 2016 Untangling mosquito mutation nomenclature
Map of admixture events - Arrows show inferred gene-flow events between Bantu speaking groups. In the media 30 Jun 2016 On the move - eLife podcast eLife
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
Map of admixture events Blog 20 Jun 2016 Understanding historical population movements and the study of malaria
Hinxton Hall, Wellcome Genome Campus Conference Centre. Photo credit: Thomas Farnetti. Event 5 Jun 2016 GEM 2016 Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK
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
Prof Arjen Dondorp speaking at the 2014 Genomic Epidemiology of Malaria conference. Credit: Thomas Farnetti. Blog 6 May 2016 60 secs with… Prof Arjen Dondorp
Dried blood spot collection. Photo credit: Will Hamilton. Blog 25 Apr 2016 Genomic approaches to understanding drug-resistant malaria
Screen capture of Ag1000G data. Blog 17 Apr 2016 Getting started with Ag1000G data
Prof Dominic Kwiatkowski presenting at World Malaria Day event in Oxford, 25 April 2016. Credit: Rachel Giacomantonio. Event 25 Apr 2016 World Malaria Day 2016: Combatting malaria through collaboration Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford
The differentiation between African and Asian genomes is evident in this neighbour-joining tree that shows population structure across all sampling sites. Sample branch colour indicates country of collection. Credit: DOI: 10.7554/eLife.08714 Blog 7 Mar 2016 Evolution of artemisinin-resistant malaria
Genome-wide analysis of N/S ratio. For each P. falciparum gene the N/S ratio in Africa (red points) and in SEA (blue points) are plotted against the conservation score of the gene coding sequence. The kelch13 gene values are represented by larger circles. Photo credit: DOI: 10.7554/eLife.08714 Blog 7 Mar 2016 The secrets of kelch13
Shoreline in Vietnam. Photo credit: Roberto Amato. News article 4 Mar 2016 New insights into the evolution of artemisinin resistant malaria
Nadira Karunaweera at GEM 2013. Photo credit: Thomas Farnetti. Blog 2 Feb 2016 60 seconds with... Prof Nadira Karunaweera
Riverside in Cambodia. Photo credit: Roberto Amato. News article 8 Jan 2016 Current malaria treatment fails in Cambodia due to drug-resistant parasites
Photo credit: Anopheles gambiae. Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, PLOS, WikiCommons2006, CCBY-2.5. In the media 21 Dec 2015 How can studying the mosquito genome help to defeat malaria? Oxford Sparks
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
Screenshot of the <i>P. falciparum</i> genetic crosses application below. Blog 13 Oct 2015 Genetic variation in parasite crosses
Roberto Amato presents P. falciparum Community Project findings at ASTMH 2014 Event 25 Oct 2015 ASTMH Annual Meeting 2015 Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Philadelphia, USA
Photo credit: 8-12-13, CDC Global, CC-BY2.0. Press release 1 Oct 2015 Genes that protect African children from developing malaria identified
A child suffering from malaria recovers at a clinic in Mogadishu, Somalia. Photo credit: 2013_04_15_Clinic_D, AMISOM Public Information, CC0-1.0. In the media 30 Sep 2015 The genes behind malaria resistance may reveal an intriguing evolutionary history The Washington Post
Prof Lisa White at GEM 2015. Credit: Thomas Farnetti. Blog 23 Sep 2015 60 secs with… Prof Lisa White
Developing Excellence in Leadership, Training and Science. Wellcome Trust. News article 10 Sep 2015 Leading African scientists to drive continent’s research agenda
Walking with malaria. Illustration by Will Hamilton. Blog 7 Sep 2015 A view from the field
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
Group photo: Genomic Epidemiology of Africa Course. Photo credit: Tommy Carstensen. Event 21 Jun 2015 Genomic Epidemiology of Africa Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa
Dr Janet Midega. Credit: Thomas Farnetti. Blog 24 Jun 2015 60 secs with... Dr Janet Midega
Prof Abdoulaye Djimdé, GEM Retreat 2015 at the Wellcome Genome Campus Conference Centre. Photo credit: Thomas Farnetti. Event 8 Jun 2015 GEM Retreat 2015 Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK
BBC Radio 4 World at One - Interview with Prof Dominic Kwiatkowski. In the media 14 May 2015 Prof D Kwiatkowski: "Understanding what's going on in the mosquito population is crucial" BBC Radio 4 World at One
Screen capture of Pf3k web application News article 24 Apr 2015 Pf3k Consortium releases data on more than 2,500 P. falciparum genomes
Sample locations in the Pf3k web application. Blog 23 Apr 2015 Keeping pace with changing parasite genetics
A welcome tops our first issue of the MalariaGEN quarterly newsletter. News article 24 Mar 2015 First issue of the MalariaGEN newsletter is online
Dr Alfred Amambua Ngwa. Credit: Tom Farnetti. Blog 23 Feb 2015 60 secs with… Dr Alfred Amambua-Ngwa
Watch a video introduction to the Ag1000G web application below. Blog 4 Feb 2015 Wondrous diversity
Figure 2a. Miotto, Amato et al, 2015. Press release 20 Jan 2015 Global collaboration provides key insights into mutations underpinning artemisinin resistance