
*This account is no longer active or monitored International education programme delivering genomic surveillance training. By @connectingsci & @COVIDGenomicsUK
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It's time to say goodbye 👋🏽
Read our final newsletter where we list the main outputs from the COG-Train programme and thank you all for your participation 🤗
👇🏽👇🏽
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Thanks @COG_Train you made an amazing work
It's time to say goodbye 👋🏽
Read our final newsletter where we list the main outputs from the COG-Train programme and thank you all for your participation 🤗
👇🏽👇🏽
mailchi.mp/90e24a3fede3/cog-…
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It's time to say goodbye 👋🏽
Read our final newsletter where we list the main outputs from the COG-Train programme and thank you all for your participation 🤗
👇🏽👇🏽
mailchi.mp/90e24a3fede3/cog-…
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Good luck COG-Train team. We wish you every success in your future plans.
It's time to say goodbye 👋🏽
Read our final newsletter where we list the main outputs from the COG-Train programme and thank you all for your participation 🤗
👇🏽👇🏽
mailchi.mp/90e24a3fede3/cog-…
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🎓 Just unlocked the secrets of SARS-CoV-2's genomic structure! 🧬✨ Completed an amazing course on Making Sense of Genomic Data: COVID-19 Web-Based Bioinformatics by @eventsWCS and @COG_Train 🔍🌍
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With the aim of continuing to strengthen national and regional genomic surveillance capacity on the continent, @AfricaCDC, in collaboration with @ASLM_News and @inrb_kinshasa welcome 20 participants from 9 African countries (Burundi, Chad, Cameroon, CAR, DRC, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of Congo and São Tomé) for a Training Workshop from May 29 to June 9, 2023 on Viral Genome Sequencing and Bioinformatics Analyses. This activity takes place at @inrb_kinshasa through its @labgenpath.
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Very pleased to have contributed in @COG_Train course on #genomic #surveillance of #SARSCoV2 & #policy COG-Train Final Newsletter 📫: mailchi.mp/90e24a3fede3/cog-…
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.@fishtiaq, Principal Scientist at TIGS, contributed to the #COVID19 Genomic Global Training @COG_Train in the area of #Genomic Surveillance of #SARSCoV2 and #policy.
Check out the latest issue of their newsletter.👇
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✍️ “Working together with other teams and groups was the best option for us, because we could go further and produce more,” says Dr Paola Cristina Resende @PaolaResende1 Virologist at @fiocruz
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❗️ Almost 2,000 participants enrolled on our course
'A Practical Guide for SARS-CoV-2 Whole Genome Sequencing'
#WGS @eventsWCS
You can join the course here 👇
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ALT Screenshot of our FutureLearn course page. Text in image: Online CoursesHealthcare & Medicine Wellcome Connecting Science COG Train logo A Practical Guide for SARS-CoV-2 Whole Genome Sequencing 4.6 (31 reviews) Learn the fundamentals of viral sequencing, sequencing library preparation, and SARS-CoV-2 sequencing best practices. Join now 1,991 enrolled on this course
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🚨 Exciting news!🚨
@WHO has published guiding principles on #CollaborativeSurveillance
We propose an ambitious set
of capabilities for strengthening capacity & collaboration, enhancing public health intelligence & evidence-based decision-making
who.int/publications/i/item/…
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Very excited to have been in Geneva for the last 5 days with @WHO to launch the International Pathogen Surveillance Network. Lots of work as we form a global community of practice. An option piece on its significance to other pathogens - devex.com/news/opinion-a-pat…
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✍️ The goal of the project was to increase community understanding SARS-CoV-2, its mutations, variant waves & vaccine development, dispel myths, and increase vaccine uptake in Malawi.
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📝 The project included a training course in communicating scientific and health information, particularly about SARS-CoV-2 variants, for health professionals across the three main regions in the country 🇲🇼
cogconsortium.uk/cog-train-l…
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📻 The project included a series of radio programmes on national and community radio stations to educate local communities about the SARS-CoV-2 virus and wider topics, such as vaccines and virus mutations.
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To support vaccine uptake for various pathogens, the project team contributed to the launch of a comic book focusing on vaccines and vaccine uptake, entitled “One for All, All for One”. The book is available in English and Chichewa, Yao and Tumbuka.
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✍️ The expert local insights of the project team on the ground in Malawi ensured that the training was targeted to local audiences. This project further reinforces the @COG_Train ethos of working with local in-country experts to achieve the best results.
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✍️💻 "Strengthening bioinformatics skills across the world for SARS-CoV-2 genomic analysis"
📝 Essential genomics training to prepare for the next global outbreak
@ConnectingSci @JdaRocha1 @alicepn
coursesandconferences.wellco…
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✍️ Over 40 international experts have provided
📖 educational content,
🎙️ interviews and
📹 videos
to showcase case studies, highlight challenges and pitfalls, and remove some of the mystery surrounding how science and policy interact.
cogconsortium.uk/launch-of-o…
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✍🏽 Developing a training course of this scale for researchers spread across a whole continent comes with challenges and learning opportunities.
Read more about how we overcame the challenges 👇🏽
cogconsortium.uk/it-was-a-gr…


















