During February and March, the Campino and Clark groups hosted 4 researchers from the Thailand Ministry of Public Health, who have been generating genomic and serological data as part of a (MRC-funded) COVID-19 vaccine break-out study. Thanks to Daniel Ward for mentoring the Thailand team

In March, our team lunch event was at Siam Central. Our third lunch event of the year was a resounding success, with everyone who attended enjoying the great food and even better company. We were able to connect with colleagues we have not seen in person for a while, as well as get to know some of the newer team members better. The best part was that we all agreed to strictly no work talk, which allowed us to focus on building relationships and having fun.

Members of our team (Jody, Linfeng, Matt) recently ran a bioinformatic analysis clinic at the Research Institute for tropical Medicine, Department of Health in the Philippines, with whom we have collaborated since 2016 on infectious disease genomics and had continuous joint (UKRI) funding. The aim of the clinic was to provide training to biomedical researchers and technicians in the use of bioinformatic tools and techniques for the analysis of genomic data, as well as directly assist them with analysis. Over two days, the team assisted with AMR, COVID-19, malaria, TB, and Schistosoma genomic, transcriptomics and serological data analysis.