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Welcome to the 1st CERI/KRISP newsletter of 2024. This month, we are delighted to welcome Prof. Thulani Makhalanyane, a pioneer in the microbiome field, to our team. Excitingly, we proudly announce the newly formed partnership between CERI at Stellenbosch University and GSU at Wellcome Sanger Institute.

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This issue's highlights are:

- Feature: Prominent microbiome scientist, Thulani Makhalanyane, joins Stellenbosch University

- Sanger & CERI: Leading UK and South African genomics labs unite to take disease surveillance beyond COVID

- Publication: Taking Pathogen Detection to New Levels with new Illumina Nextseq2000 and Metagenomics Viral Panels at KRISP, UKZN

- Publication: Investing in Africa’s scientific future. Science 2024

- Publication: Rapid dynamic changes of FL.2 variant: A case report of COVID-19 breakthrough infection. medRXiV 2023

- Feature: Africa-Europe CoRE-GHA Consortium Experts Convene at Stellenbosch University to Advance Genomic Research for Public Health

- Training: : The 28th International Workshop on Virus Evolution and Molecular Epidemiology (VEME2024)

- News: CLIMADE Surveillance of dengue fever, arboviruses and infectious diseases in West-Africa, IRESSEF, Senegal

- Positions: Postdoctoral & PhD Research Fellowships in Population Health Innovation

- Positions: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Bioinformatics and Software Engineer

- News: Not-for-profit Genomics Sequencing Services at KRISP and CERI

We hope you enjoy it and find it informative. We welcome any feedback about content or format.

The concept behind this newsletter is that anyone with 15 minutes to spare can learn about the work of the Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI) at Stellenbosch University and the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP), which is hosted at University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), Durban, South Africa

CERI and KRISP want to challenge the status quo and create a scientific environment in South Africa that drives innovations in global health and reverses the brain drain. The way we challenge the status quo is by attracting, training and retaining both top (South) African scientists that understand the problem from the ground level and the best international minds that are committed to our vision…

News date: 2024-02-04

Links:

https://krisp.org.za/manuscripts/CERI_KRISPnewsletter_Vol7(1)_JanFeb.pdf