With lab work done, sequencing and bioinformatics made up the final days of the @artic.network workshop in Ghana

The Viral Sequencing and Bioinformatics workshop in Accra, Ghana is underway! @artic.network

Thanks for the great response to last week’s job post. We have another opportunity to share. This one is a Senior Research Technician role at the University of Birmingham, helping us build the ARTIC primer foundry facility: edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

ARTIC are hiring! Postdoctoral opportunity in metagenomics at the University of Birmingham edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

ARTIC 2 measles resources are live! As part of the Wellcome Trust funded ARTIC 2 project we have developed a collection of measles virus resources that are now openly available at artic.network/viruses/mev

Kick off the first Genomic Horizons webinar of the year with @bede.im on “Practical panhuman host sequence depletion for responsible data sharing”. 📅 12 February 2026 ⏰ 14:00 – 15:00 UTC 🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4kiYW80

'Can you stop an outbreak becoming a pandemic?' ARTIC Network recently delivered a workshop at the PHA4GE conference in Cape Town. Read more: www.linkedin.com/posts/artic-... @pha4ge.bsky.social

Click the link for open-source recipes for end-preparation, barcode and adapter ligation. 60% cost saving over commercial kits for the ARTIC protocol.

Amazing work from our colleagues in Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and elsewhere, making the first sequences available from the ongoing Mpox epidemic in Sierra Leone. More to come - for now, head over to @pathoplexus.org: pathoplexus.org/seqsets/PP_S...

Super exciting that we're now up to eight viruses supported on Pathoplexus - with lots of other exciting features in the pipeline too!

**NEW Doctoral Training Programme just launched!!** This exciting programme on Microbial Genomics for Health Protection is joint between @imibirmingham.bsky.social and UKHSA @ukhsa.bsky.social. 9 brilliant projects available!!

📢Today Pathoplexus announces the inclusion of 2 new viral pathogens: RSV (A & B) and HMPV. These respiratory viruses cause a serious health burden, particularly in infants & the vulnerable, & Pathoplexus aims to support sequence sharing to improve understanding & response. 1/4

PhD opportunity! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

PhD opportunity! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

ARTIC 2 is here!

Thanks to @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social for featuring our mSCAPE metagenomics surveillance collaboration and also thanks for the considered comments from Mario Falchi and Judy Breuer: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... - keep an eye out on mSCAPE.climb.ac.uk for further details and resources

🗓️ Pathoplexus has now been around for 7 months! And both we and our users have been busy - so we wanted to share some updates & highlights! 📰 You can see our full News Item here: pathoplexus.org/news/2025-04-16-spring-update 1/9

Job opportunity working with myself and @pmoyniha.bsky.social on an exciting Gates funded project developing TB lysis enzymes for rapid diagnostics. edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Earlier this month ARTIC, together with Asia PGI, were hosted by the Ministry of Public Health in Bangkok, to conduct a regional training workshop of #MPOX #genomicsurveillance, organised by the South-East Asian WHO office, with attendees from 8 countries.

In collaboration with CLIMB BIG DATA & @articnetwork.bsky.social, we are hosting the 2-day 'Cloud Computing in Africa conference under the theme: Building Sustainable Digital Infrastructure for Pathogen Genomics,' to better understand and improve population health and health care systems in #Africa.

Our mSCAPE project has been formally announced to the world by @smhopkins.bsky.social at #FOG2025 today: www.gov.uk/government/n... - a really exciting academic-public health collaboration to build a surveillance platform leveraging NHS metagenomic diagnostic data. @meerac.bsky.social

Does your team deposit and access pathogen genomic data via data-sharing platforms for public health use? Participate in WHO's online consultation on the critical features of pathogen genomic data-sharing platforms to meet public health needs. All info here: www.who.int/news-room/ar...

Bursary support is available to attend Applied Bioinformatics and Public Health Microbiology 2025!💰 #ABPHM25 Join us to explore the impact of data-driven #genomics on global #PublicHealth 🧬 Apply by 25 February to be considered for up to 50% off the fee. #Bursaries 📎Find out more: bit.ly/4fc0T28

I've written a quick post about the recent changes to the @articnetwork.bsky.social fieldbioinformatics pipeline virological.org/t/fieldbioin...

Thank you for doing this it's going to be incredibly useful!

The official announcement: bsky.app/profile/path...

primalscheme3 is now live at primalscheme.com! Key features - Handle up to 20% target diversity - Create panels for multiple targets - Improved multiplexing, allowing 10x more primer per reaction Preprint to follow

“Pandemics and epidemics continue to be a global threat, further amplified by climate change. There is urgent need for equitable access to these tools and capabilities to protect lives in vulnerable communities.” www.who.int/news/item/26...

Fabulous work with colleagues in Burundi, who took up Mpox sequencing to understand the situation AND are willing to share pre-publication, shows the expanding tree, and evidence for several introductions not taking off. In progress virological.org/t/preliminar...

ARTIC have primers for #Marburg virus! (MVD) labs.primalscheme.com/detail/artic... #molecularepidemiology #pathogen #pathogensurviellance #bioinformatics #epidemiology #virus #outbreak #clinicalvirology

Wendy Barclay and I will soon be recruiting a postdoc to work on a virology project investigating the evolution of swine influenza viruses and how this impacts future pandemic potential. Job will be based at Imperial's South Kensington campus. Drop me a DM/email for more details.

Delighted that Birmingham has been awarded HPRU status in Public Health Genomics! Am looking forward to working with stellar team from UKHSA and Birmingham on themes inc. env surveillance, metagenomics, novel genomics methods & analysis/data infrastructure www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/pr...

This is exciting work 'Respiratory virus detection and sequencing from negative SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen tests' www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

I’ve read a lot of stuff about #mpox already that is wrong or at least confused. And it’s not that surprising. The situation is pretty complicated and confusing. I tried to disentangle a few things for Science here (thread to come later): www.science.org/content/arti...

ARTIC #mpox resources! Guides to setup #sequencing #bioinformatics and #analysis artic.network/mpxv/resources #wellcometrust #nanopore #illumina #molecularepidemiology #pathogen #pathogensurviellance #bioinformatics #epidemiology #virus #outbreak #clinicalvirology

Watch this space! ARTIC tools & resources for #mpox sequencing and analysis coming very soon! #wellcometrust #nanopore #illumina #molecularepidemiology #pathogen #pathogensurviellance #bioinformatics #epidemiology #virus #outbreak #clinicalvirology #sequencing

Today ARTIC provided bioinformatics and phylogenetics training to an #mpox workshop hosted by INRB in DRC, with participants from 8 countries #genomicsurveillance #molecularepidemiology #pathogen #pathogensurviellance #bioinformatics #epidemiology #virus #outbreak #clinicalvirology #sequencing

Check out our guide to the ARTIC LoCost protocol! community.artic.network/t/overview-o... #molecularepidemiology #pathogen #pathogensurviellance #metagenomics #bioinformatics #epidemiology #nanopore #virus #outbreak #clinicalvirology #sequencing #COVID #SARSCov2

Thrilled to be working with our colleagues in South Africa to release real-time wastewater surveillance from their national program. Sequencing and SARS-CoV-2 levels provided - should be a key early indicator. Thanks to the NICD for their amazing work and BMGF for funding. wastewater.nicd.ac.za

The global reach of the ARTIC Network! Users and collaborators across 5 continents! #molecularepidemiology #pathogen #pathogensurviellance #metagenomics #bioinformatics #epidemiology #nanopore #virus #outbreak #clinicalvirology #sequencing

ARTIC collaboration in mpox surveillance in the DRC. #molecularepidemiology #pathogen #pathogensurviellance #metagenomics #bioinformatics #epidemiology #nanopore #virus #outbreak #clinicalvirology #sequencing #mpox virological.org/t/mpox-clade...

Application deadline extended!

The ARTIC group is looking for a new bioinformatician! edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... #metagenomics #bioinformatics #epidemiology #nanopore #illumina #virus #outbreak #SARSCoV2 #clinicalvirology #sequencing #molecularepidemiology #pathogen

Very excited to be using the soon-to-be released MK1D for HBV sequencing from Uganda!

The ARTIC gang at the #nanoporeconf #oxfordnanopore #sequencing #genomicepidemiology

ARTIC at the #nanoporeconf

The ARTIC group is looking for a new bioinformatician! edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... #metagenomics #bioinformatics #epidemiology #nanopore #illumina #virus #outbreak #SARSCoV2 #clinicalvirology #sequencing #molecularepidemiology #pathogen