Our Infectious Disease ‘omics course was hosted by the Royal Veterinary College, with many participants online. The Alan Turing Institute sponsored RVC places on the course. Specifically, this course offers hands-on experience of processing sequencing data to construct genomes, identifying genomic variants and applying downstream methods, such as phylogenetics.

We co-organised an Infectious disease ‘omics symposium and data analysis workshop in the National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology (NIMPE, Ministry of Health), Hanoi, Vietnam. Participants came from around Vietnam, and included staff within the national malaria control programme, who are starting to apply sequencing-based technologies to inform surveillance activities. The meeting was part funded by an MRC grant.

Kevin Tetteh and Daniel Ward recently visited the Ministry of Public Health in Thailand and trained their staff in serological methods and Oxford Nanopore sequencing as part of funded TB and COVID-19 projects. Members of the Ministry of Public Health are visiting LSHTM during July and August.