ARTIC network

ARTIC network

@artic.network

Putting genomic surveillance at the heart of outbreak response. Funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Gates Foundation.

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Important read from ARTIC PI Placide Mbala (INRB) and @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social in @statnews.com, on what the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak reveals about the limits of pathogen-specific diagnostics, and why we need pathogen-agnostic systems for the next emergency www.statnews.com/2026/07/01/e...

statnews.comWhat Ebola and Marburg are teaching us about the next pandemic“What is urgently needed is a shift from pathogen-specific diagnostics toward pathogen-agnostic diagnostic systems,” write Krutika Kuppalli and Placide Mbala.
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Excellent update from @pathoplexus.org this month. Pathoplexus has been central to data sharing during the ongoing Bundibugyo ebolavirus outbreak response, with ARTIC contributing developer time to Loculus, the platform behind it.

Pathoplexus@pathoplexus.org

1/ 🌍 Our June update is here! Two new pathogens added in response to active outbreaks, over 5,700 new sequences, and a growing community of labs from around the world. Here's what's new in #Pathoplexus 👇 Read the full update: pathoplexus.org/news/2026-06... 📰

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Pathoplexus
@pathoplexus.org

1/ 🚀 Pathoplexus now supports Bundibugyo virus (BDBV), a species of Ebolavirus. BDBV has been associated with past outbreaks of Ebola in the DR Congo and Uganda, & a case has been reported today during response to the current Ebola outbreak. pathoplexus.org/ebola-bdbv #ebola #bdbv #ebolaoutbreak

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📍 Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston (UK) ⏱ Full time, fixed term up to 18 months 💷 Salary: Starting in the range £30,062 to £31,900, with potential progression once in post to £35,883 🗓 Closing date: 7th April 2026

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@artic.network

If you enjoy lab based work, problem solving and contributing to something meaningful, we would love to hear from you. 👉 Apply here: edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... 👉 Informal enquiries: j.quick@bham.ac.uk

edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.comSenior Research Technician - School of Biosciences - 107150 - 8975This role sits within the ARTIC network project (https://artic.network/), a global initiative that develops and supports genomic surveillance for outbreak response. Based in the School of Biosciences,...
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This is a great chance to join a collaborative team at the forefront of global pathogen genomics. You will work with liquid handling robots, LIMS systems and Oxford Nanopore sequencing to produce and distribute high quality primer panels that support rapid outbreak response worldwide.

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@artic.network

If you are passionate about pushing the boundaries of metagenomics, open science, and global health preparedness, we would love to hear from you. Informal enquiries: j.quick@bham.ac.uk

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Work with international partners, drive open-source innovation, and play a key role in shaping the future of outbreak response through advanced metagenomics.

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Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Position: Research Fellow (Postdoctoral), Grade 7 Salary: £36,636 to £46,049 (with progression to £48,822) Contract: Full-time, fixed term until March 2030 Closing date: 2nd April 2026

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@artic.network

Join the world leading ARTIC Network and the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Public Health Genomics to help build the next generation of rapid, field-ready metagenomic sequencing for global pathogen surveillance.

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@artic.network

This high-impact postdoc will push forward innovative workflows, long-read sequencing, and enrichment strategies to detect emerging threats faster than ever.

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@artic.network

These resources provide guidance for public health and research labs who are planning to perform genome sequencing and analysis of measles virus.

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@artic.network

We have assembled an end‑to‑end package including primers and sequencing resources, best practice pipelines for sequence data processing, and guidance for analysis and interpretation. Please share widely!

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'Can you stop an outbreak becoming a pandemic?' ARTIC Network recently delivered a workshop at the PHA4GE conference in Cape Town. Read more: www.linkedin.com/posts/artic-... @pha4ge.bsky.social

linkedin.comIn October, as part of the Public Health Alliance for Genomic Epidemiology (PHA4GE) 2025 pre-conference schedule in Cape Town, the ARTIC team hosted a workshop titled “Can you stop an outbreak… | ARTI...In October, as part of the Public Health Alliance for Genomic Epidemiology (PHA4GE) 2025 pre-conference schedule in Cape Town, the ARTIC team hosted a workshop titled “Can you stop an outbreak becomin...

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Josh Quick
@scalene.bsky.social

Click the link for open-source recipes for end-preparation, barcode and adapter ligation. 60% cost saving over commercial kits for the ARTIC protocol.

Anna (Ganna) Kovalenko@annakovalenko.bsky.social

the link to the preprint 🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

biorxiv.orgReducing Supply Chain Dependencies for Viral Genomic Surveillance: Get by with a Little HELP from Commercial Enzymes already in your Lab FreezerThe COVID-19 pandemic exposed vulnerabilities in global laboratory supply chains, disrupting genomic surveillance efforts essential to epidemic response. To address this challenge, we developed ARTIC ...

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Kristian G. Andersen
@kgandersen.bsky.social

Amazing work from our colleagues in Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and elsewhere, making the first sequences available from the ongoing Mpox epidemic in Sierra Leone. More to come - for now, head over to @pathoplexus.org: pathoplexus.org/seqsets/PP_S...

pathoplexus.orgPathoplexus | SeqSetsPathoplexus is a new, open-source database dedicated to the efficient sharing of human viral pathogen genomic data, fostering global collaboration and public health response.

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Theo Sanderson
@theo.io

Super exciting that we're now up to eight viruses supported on Pathoplexus - with lots of other exciting features in the pipeline too!

Pathoplexus@pathoplexus.org

📢Today Pathoplexus announces the inclusion of 2 new viral pathogens: RSV (A & B) and HMPV. These respiratory viruses cause a serious health burden, particularly in infants & the vulnerable, & Pathoplexus aims to support sequence sharing to improve understanding & response. 1/4

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Jessica Blair
@jessicamablair.bsky.social

**NEW Doctoral Training Programme just launched!!** This exciting programme on Microbial Genomics for Health Protection is joint between @imibirmingham.bsky.social and UKHSA @ukhsa.bsky.social. 9 brilliant projects available!!

Institute of Microbiology and Infection @imibirmingham.bsky.social

An exciting new Doctoral Training Programme in Microbial Genomics for Health Protection, in collaboration with the UK Health Security Agency @ukhsa.bsky.social, has just launched, funded by @nihr.bsky.social there are 9 PhD projects available (UK students only) www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/cen...

birmingham.ac.ukPhD Microbial Genomics for Health Protection, Biosciences - University of BirminghamPhD in Microbial Genomics, exciting new Doctoral Training Programme in Microbial Genomics for Health Protection in collaboration with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) launches

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Pathoplexus
@pathoplexus.org

📢Today Pathoplexus announces the inclusion of 2 new viral pathogens: RSV (A & B) and HMPV. These respiratory viruses cause a serious health burden, particularly in infants & the vulnerable, & Pathoplexus aims to support sequence sharing to improve understanding & response. 1/4

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@artic.network

ARTIC 2 is here!

Nick Loman@pathogenomenick.bsky.social

Absolutely thrilled to announce the launch of ARTIC2 - a £5.5M 5 year project funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social to build on the ARTIC approach of low-cost, globally accessible genome sequencing for surveillance of outbreaks, epidemics and endemic diseases: www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/am...

birmingham.ac.ukAmbitious project to develop low-cost genome sequencing for pathogens known and unknown - University of BirminghamProject will build on research that helped diagnostic labs to adopt sequencing capacity for COVID-19 and permit characterisation of future infectious threats

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Nick Loman
@pathogenomenick.bsky.social

Thanks to @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social for featuring our mSCAPE metagenomics surveillance collaboration and also thanks for the considered comments from Mario Falchi and Judy Breuer: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... - keep an eye out on mSCAPE.climb.ac.uk for further details and resources

thelancet.comUK launch metagenomic pathogen surveillance programmeOn Jan 30, 2025, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) announced the launch of the metagenomics Surveillance Collaboration and Analysis Programme (mSCAPE)—the world’s first biosecurity surveillance sy...

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Pathoplexus
@pathoplexus.org

🗓️ Pathoplexus has now been around for 7 months! And both we and our users have been busy - so we wanted to share some updates & highlights! 📰 You can see our full News Item here: pathoplexus.org/news/2025-04-16-spring-update 1/9

pathoplexus.orgPathoplexus | Pathoplexus Spring UpdatePathoplexus is a new, open-source database dedicated to the efficient sharing of human viral pathogen genomic data, fostering global collaboration and public health response.

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Josh Quick
@scalene.bsky.social

Job opportunity working with myself and @pmoyniha.bsky.social on an exciting Gates funded project developing TB lysis enzymes for rapid diagnostics. edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.comResearch Associate (Genomics) - School of Biosciences - 105316 - Grade 6The successful candidate will play a crucial role in developing an innovative TB diagnostic approach, collaborating across a multidisciplinary team to advance our novel enzymatic lysis technology. Key...
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Earlier this month ARTIC, together with Asia PGI, were hosted by the Ministry of Public Health in Bangkok, to conduct a regional training workshop of #MPOX #genomicsurveillance, organised by the South-East Asian WHO office, with attendees from 8 countries.

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Nick Loman
@pathogenomenick.bsky.social

Our mSCAPE project has been formally announced to the world by @smhopkins.bsky.social at #FOG2025 today: www.gov.uk/government/n... - a really exciting academic-public health collaboration to build a surveillance platform leveraging NHS metagenomic diagnostic data. @meerac.bsky.social

gov.ukUKHSA launches new metagenomic surveillance for health securityThe UK launches mSCAPE, a world-first metagenomics initiative by UKHSA to enhance health security through rapid pathogen detection and surveillance.

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Josh Quick
@scalene.bsky.social

Thank you for doing this it's going to be incredibly useful!

Will Anderson@willaanderson.bsky.social

Hey #HiSciSky 👋. I'm a post-doc researcher with a background in scientific device dev. I have just released an open-source STEM-Education project for a $40, 3D-printed, DNA fluorometer with ng/uL levels of sensitivity. Follow for updates! GitHub Repo: github.com/traulab/DIYN... #DIYNAFLUOR #STEM