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“Don’t be afraid to take unconventional paths”: Celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science

To celebrate this year’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we spoke to some of the inspiring women who are part of the GenPath Africa consortium about their work and what advice they would give to the next generation of women in science.

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Publication Highlight: An Oxford Nanopore Technology-based Hepatitis B Virus sequencing protocol suitable for genomic surveillance within clinical diagnostic settings

A new publication by our GenPath Africa colleagues Tongai Maponga, Gert Van Zyl, Wolfgang Preiser, Cheryl Baxter and Tulio de Oliveira from Stellenbosch University (SU) develops a new sequencing protocol for sequencing Hepatitis B Virus (HBV).

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Improving clinical management of drug-resistant TB: GenPath Africa member Prof Van Rie takes part in a workshop to form the BETTER Project

As part of GenPath Africa’s PARR-TB team, Annelies Van Rie recently attended a workshop that focused on best practices around the clinical management of people with rifampicin-resistant TB (RR-TB).

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Publication Highlight: The third era of genomics is at risk of being dismantled across the global south

GenPath Africa coordinator Tulio de Oliveira from Stellenbosch University (SU) recently published a commentary on current threats to genomics, especially in the global south.

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Publication Highlight: Targeted deep sequencing of mycobacteria species from extrapulmonary sites not identified by routine line probe assays

In a recent study GenPath Africa consortium members Wynand Goosen, Michele Miller, Rob Warren and Tanya Kerr from Stellenbosch University (SU) used advanced sequencing techniques to investigate previously unidentified mycobacteria species in TB-infected sites outside the lungs.

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Publication Highlight: Genomic epidemiology of Rift Valley Fever Virus involved in the 2018 and 2022 outbreaks in livestock in Rwanda

A new study by GenPath Africa consortium members Samuel Oyola and John Juma from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) provides a genomic retrospective study on Rift Valley Fever outbreaks in Rwanda.

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Two GenPath Africa stakeholder workshops on wastewater-based surveillance held in Kenya

GenPath Africa partners at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) recently held two stakeholder workshops on wastewater-based surveillance in Kisumu and Mombasa, Kenya.

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Publication Highlight: Insights into mycobacteriome composition in Mycobacterium bovis-infected African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) tissue samples

In a recent study by GenPath Africa consortium members Wynand Goosen, Michele Miller, Rob Warren, Tanya Kerr and Elizabeth Streicher from Stellenbosch University (SU), researchers developed a new method to characterize the mycobacteria present in animal tissue samples.

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First meeting of the GenEpi Network Steering Committee

On 24 July 2024, the GenEpi Network Steering Committee held its first meeting to discuss future collaboration within the network.

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Publication Highlight: Identification and molecular characterization of M. bovis DNA in GeneXpert® MTB/RIF ultra-positive, culture-negative sputum from a rural community in South Africa

A new study by GenPath Africa consortium members Wynand Goosen, Michele Miller, Rob Warren, Tanya Kerr and Elizabeth Streicher from Stellenbosch University (SU) shows there is a high risk of Mycobacterium bovis (M.bovis) spreading from animals to humans in rural South Africa.

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Publication Highlight: Detection of Mycobacterium bovis in nasal swabs from communal goats (Capra hircus) in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A new publication by our GenPath Africa colleagues Wynand Goosen, Michele Miller and Rob Warren from Stellenbosch University (SU) compares methods of detecting Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) and shows that M. bovis poses a serious health risk in rural South Africa.

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First GenPath Africa Annual Meeting held

One year into the project, the GenPath Africa consortium came together at the Biomedical Research Institute (BMRI) in Cape Town, South Africa, for its first in-person meeting on May 27-28, 2024.

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GenPath Africa workshops: Developing wastewater-based surveillance and treatments of drug-resistant TB to improve public health responses to pandemics

In 2023, GenPath Africa team members convened in two workshops to discuss project goals with stakeholders in Kenya and in South Africa.

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GenPath Africa at the Grand Challenges Annual Meeting 2023

On 10 October 2023, the Grand Challenges Annual Meeting (GCAM) 2023 brought togther six projects - including GenPath Africa - which are part of the newly formed Genomic Epidemiology Network.