Partners and collaborations
Our global partners in pathogen genomics
Collaborating Institutions
Genome Detective works with universities, national reference labs, research centers, and public-health organizations to strengthen genomic surveillance and outbreak preparedness.
Research Partners
KULeuven
Prof. Anne-Mieke Vandamme and Prof. Philippe Lemey of the Laboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology at the Rega Institute for Medical Research. Prof. Jan Aerts of the Visual Data Analysis group, part of ESAT-STADIUS, embedded in the Data Visualization Lab.
Stellenbosch University - CERI
Prof. Tulio de Oliveira from the Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation at the Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
The University of Manchester
Prof. David Robertson from the Computational and Evolutionary Biology grouping in the Faculty of Life Science.
KULeuven
Prof. Hervé Vanderschuren, Crop Biotechnics, Department of Biosystems.
Yale School of Public Health
Prof. Nathan Grubaugh and Verity Hill, Grubaugh lab, Yale School of Public Health, Yale University.
Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum
Dr. J.J.C. de Vries and Dr. S.A. Boers, Leiden University Center for Infectious Diseases
Research Projects
Virogenesis
NGS analysis pipelines are rapidly becoming routine practice across research, clinical and public health laboratories in the public sector and private industry. The VIROGENESIS consortium addresses the most pressing bioinformatics obstacles to NGS integration by developing a software platform for end-users featuring tools underpinned by novel algorithms, models and bioinformatics methods. The speed and flexibility of these tools enable daily analyses across diverse fields, including diagnostics, phylogeography, phylodynamics and transmission of drug resistance.
Virtigation
Tomatoes and cucurbits (i.e. cucumber, melon, pumpkin, zucchini and gourds) are among the most produced fruits and vegetables in the world, but are increasingly under threat by emerging viral diseases caused by begomoviruses (whitefly-transmitted) and tobamoviruses (mechanically transmitted). To date, there are only limited bio-based remedies on the market to tackle the devastation caused by these plant diseases.
VIRTIGATION has developed a broad range of solutions to address this issue, including advanced diagnostic tools for the early detection of virus variants, and identify conditions and factors enabling outbreaks.
