Members of our team (Jody, Linfeng, Matt) recently ran a bioinformatic analysis clinic at the Research Institute for tropical Medicine, Department of Health in the Philippines, with whom we have collaborated since 2016 on infectious disease genomics and had continuous joint (UKRI) funding. The aim of the clinic was to provide training to biomedical researchers and technicians in the use of bioinformatic tools and techniques for the analysis of genomic data, as well as directly assist them with analysis. Over two days, the team assisted with AMR, COVID-19, malaria, TB, and Schistosoma genomic, transcriptomics and serological data analysis.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is impacting on many aspects of biomedical sciences and healthcare. We have been implementing AI methods that use whole genome sequencing data to identify pathogen mutations to predict drug resistance, geography, and outbreaks.

Members of our team celebrate their PhD's on graduation day