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@SarahAuburn2 @MenziesResearch @nhmrc @annapralph @devinefy @malariagenomics @acreme2030 Congratulations Sarah.

@MenziesResearch @nhmrc @annapralph @devinefy Thrilled to receive an @nhmrc investigator grant! So grateful to work with a great team at Menzies and global collaborators @malariagenomics @acreme2030 & others who helped to build this program 🙏🙏🙏 Now hugely excited to continue our work to accelerate malaria elimination! 💪🏽

We’re proud to announce that 5 Menzies researchers have each been awarded @nhmrc Investigator Grants. Congratulations Prof Anne Chang AM, Prof @annapralph, A/Prof @SarahAuburn2, Dr Steven Kho and Dr Angela Devine @devinefy. Read more: bit.ly/445O7N6

@Sanjay_C_Nagi Congratulations @Sanjay_C_Nagi

Hello from Chicago! 🏙️ The wait for @ASTMH 2023 is nearly over #TropMedRes ⌛️️ Join us on Friday Oct 20 for an illuminating symposium on Integrated Malaria Molecular Surveillance in Africa by @deusishe, @LucasAmenga_Ete, @DrNiyo, @OlivoMiotto, @Shav_R plan.core-apps.com/astmh23/event/…

Our wonderful Pathogen #Genomics Capacity course participants from last week in Ethiopia! Thank you to you all for making it such an informative and productive few days.#CapacityBuilding Special thanks to @TADG_Creavin @DrLMJackson @JdaRocha1 @Shav_R @libarbaraa_ and @alicepn👏🏿

And it's a wrap - goodbye everyone #pathogengenomicscapacity. We did it! @EPHIEthiopia @eventsWCS @COG_Train @TADG_Creavin @DrLMJackson @JdaRocha1 @Shav_R @libarbaraa_

What a wonderful workshop with such brilliant minds. Congratulations to everyone for making this a buzzing success @eventsWCS @EPHIEthiopia Will miss the twice a day coffee ceremonies @TADG_Creavin @libarbaraa_ @LinzyElton @Shav_R @JdaRocha1 @DrLMJackson @tapfumamashe

A team led by Prof Ngwa identified a second gene responsible for the resistance of the deadliest human malaria parasite to a major antimalarial medication. This discovery brings us a step closer to understanding & combating this disease. 💪🦟 Read more👉bit.ly/3MlIyEA

A must read piece on how Africa could protect the world from pathogens! By investing in facilities close to where pathogen emerge vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics can be developed before outbreaks become epidemics and epidemics pandemics!, telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

Mission possible

We are now more than halfway there! 590 #LMIC memberships have been been provided by @ASTMH members, #TropMed attendees and #globalhealth friends. Donate $25 or more to help us get to our goal of 1,000. tinyurl.com/2n3z4bzm.

If you could go back in time and give your younger self a message, what would you say? To celebrate #February11 and International Day of #WomenAndGirlsInSTEM, get inspired by six women advancing genomics around the world: malariagen.net/news-events/ne… #WomenInSTEM

🚨 BIG NEWS 🚨 Pf7, the latest version of our P. falciparum dataset, is out now in @WellcomeOpenRes, on our website, and on @github. This release has: -20k+ full sequences -Data from 33 countries -14k *new* sequences from blood spots More: malariagen.net/news-events/ne… 🧵 [1/4]

A study aiming to illuminate the origins of the #SARSCoV2 Omicron variant, using virus sequences from 22 African countries, reveals diverse Omicron ancestors existed across Africa by August 2021, predating the first reports of Omicron in November 2021. scim.ag/IF

It’s #WorldAIDSDay There were an estimated 38.4 million people living with #HIV at the end of 2021, two thirds of whom are in @WHOAFRO. 1.7 million of these are children bit.ly/3H0umi3

1 December is #WorldAIDSDay. Join us in fighting the inequalities that stop people from getting the life-saving health care and support they need. It's time to #Equalize! aids.day

4 pillars in the new @WHO antimalarial drug resistance strategy for Africa: 👀 Stronger surveillance 💊 Optimise use of existing drugs 🚫 Limit the spread of resistance once it emerges 🔬 Support research and innovation who.int/publications/i… #WorldAntimicrobialAwarenessWeek

The #SangerPrize is open again for students based in LMIC. This is an opportunity to spend time @sangerinstitute, learn genomics, access our high-throughput pipelines, make connections, and drink subsidised coffee.Funded by the late, great John Sulston. sanger.ac.uk/about/the-sang…

📢#Malaria researchers! We're developing new methods for extracting P. vivax DNA from dried blood spots and we need your help. Tell us about your DNA extraction protocol: forms.gle/8QXuaYrfEK2ALy…

The biggest lesson of #TropMed22 is to learn that global health = human rights. In this context, @christian_happi’s symposium about the social narrative of monkeypox is more important than ever.

1. Good thread on the #Ebola situation in Uganda, seemingly from a press conference given by the health minister. She confirms Uganda has agreed to test 3 Ebola Sudan vaccines and says the trial could begin within 2 weeks.