Ensuring sample/data consent and ownership
In this lecture Malebo Malope from Stellenbosch University, South Africa reviews informed consent and discusses who owns the data. Please visit the POPI Act website to learn more about the …
Course: From Swab to Server: Testing, Sequencing, and Sharing During a Pandemic
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We hope you have enjoyed the course and we look forward to seeing you again in our upcoming courses. Making sense of genomic data: COVID-19 web-based Bioinformatics (July 2022) SARS-CoV-2 …
Importance of implementing local capacity
Sharon Glaysher, Sam Robson, and Angie Beckett from Portsmouth University share their experiences over the emergence of the Alpha variant. They highlight the importance of having laboratory capacity and contingency …
Summary of the Week 2
This week we have learned about meta-data and how it adds value to genomic data. We have explored how samples and data are collected and stored, how consent is sought …
Scaling up: implementation and how to overcome limitations
In this discussion, Sharon Glaysher, Sam Robson, and Angela Beckett from the University of Portsmouth talk about the strategies they used to scale up their testing processes. Have you had …
De-centralising genomic surveillance
To address this pressing challenges of centralised genomic surveillance, the Philippines Department of Health (DOH) with its established surveillance network was utilized to leverage in the crafting of additional genomic …
Data enrichment benefits to epidemiology
The process of appending or otherwise augmenting gathered data with relevant context gained from extra sources is known as data enrichment. It’s done by appending various attributes and values from …
Journal club: Discussion on comparative platforms
Welcome to our journal club. Each week we will be looking at a published scientific article, relevant to the topics covered that week. You can download a PDF of the …
Public databases benefit epidemiology
For researchers, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the most significant mission has been to produce valuable data regarding infection and transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Equally important has been to share such data …
Data collection tools
What is Data Collection? Data collection is the methodical process of gathering and analyzing specific information to provide solutions to relevant questions and evaluate the results. It focuses on finding …
High-throughput testing during pandemic response
In this short interview, Ana and Dr Harper VanSteenhouse talk about how to implement protocols for high throughput testing and make sure it is a reliable system. Do you know …
What is metadata?
Metadata is any additional information that can be collected on a sample that is being sequenced. For clinical samples, it is mostly information about the patient, testing, and sample types. …
Introduction to biobanking
Just like a bank accepts (receives) and safeguards (stores) money owned by other individuals and entities, and then lends (gives out/shares) this money in order to conduct economic activities such …
The testing pathway
In this video, Harper VanSteenhouse, Site Director of the Glasgow lighthouse testing lab, explains in detail the testing pathway of swab samples in a large testing lab. In summary, this …
How to promote data sharing
How to ask for cooperation for global data sharing? Here Dr Ewan Harrison talks about the COG-UK approach. Ewan talked about a couple of different advantages the UK had but …
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