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1/ 🎂 Pathoplexus turns TWO! 🎉 Two years ago we launched with an idea: what if pathogen data sharing put open access, speed, ease of use, & credit for data generators at its center? Here's what our community has built since: 📰 Read the full update: pathoplexus.org/news/2026-08...

2/ 🦠 We've grown from 4 founding pathogens to 15 - including outbreak-driven additions like Ebola Bundibugyo & Andes virus. ⏲️Teams in the DRC and Uganda shared the first BDBV genomes within days of outbreak confirmation 🌍Labs across 4 countries did the same for ANDV

3/ 📊 Two years, in numbers: - 18,659 sequences directly submitted across 14 pathogens - Contributions from every populated continent: North America (4,737), Africa (4,194), South America (3,612), Europe (3,597), Oceania (2,157), Asia (362)

4/ 🧬 Steady, ongoing sharing across our pathogens: - Dengue (3,557) - Mpox (3,686) - RSV-A (3,618) - RSV-B (3,653) - Measles (1,908) - West Nile (993) - BDBV (648) - HMPV (488) - Ebola Zaire (72) - plus critical additions to ANDV, Marburg, CCHF, Yellow Fever & Ebola Sudan.

5/ 💡 New capabilities added this year: - SeqSet DOI tracking - see when your sequences are cited in publications - Hierarchical taxonomy search - find all sequences from a host in one query - Link-out Tools - jump straight to Nextclade, Sealion, UShER & Taxonium

6/ 🔓 In the past two years, we've seen many Restricted-Use sequences have gone fully Open once manuscripts were published - showing that researchers want to share and want their data reused - they just want credit for generating it.

7/ 🦟 And just this week: Zika virus joined Pathoplexus, our newest addition! bsky.app/profile/path...

9/ ❤️ To everyone who's submitted a sequence, flagged a curation issue, joined our Scientific Advisory Board, presented a poster, funded our work, or told a colleague about us - thank you. 2️⃣ Here's to year two, and many more to come! 🎊 🔗 Full post: pathoplexus.org/news/2026-08...