5/10 As well as the communicable diseases that are nationally notifiable, #WGS can be used to provide valuable information on other biological agents that could be used for bioterrorism or biocrime – such as those regulated under the SSBA Scheme doi.org/10.1373/clinch…

Halting funding for the World Health Organization during a world health crisis is as dangerous as it sounds. Their work is slowing the spread of COVID-19 and if that work is stopped no other organization can replace them. The world needs World Health Organization (WHO) now more than ever.

About how the Australian COVIDSafe app helps with contact tracing. A thread. This is from the perspective of an epidemiologist - I don't have any expertise on the technical or privacy aspects. health.gov.au/resources/apps…

We are looking for postdocs with expertise in phylodynamics to work with @drandersgs Benjamin Howden, me, and a terrific team at the Doherty Institute on COVID-19 genomics. Please share! jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/902…

Looking for genomic epidemiologists interested in translational research to join our team in MDU PHL at University of Melbourne Doherty Institute! jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/902…

Epidemiologist - closing date 29 July 2020 jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/902…

Come check it out! #CDGN🧬🧪💻

Unbelievable inequalities are disguised when progress is tracked with national averages. This is part 3 of 5 of the video and slideshow we made for the United Nations yearly SDG meeting: gapminder.org/sdg/ #sdg_gapminder #sdgs

Excited to announce the Doherty Institute will be expanded through the establishment of the Australian Institutes for Infectious Diseases and Global Health. Members include Burnet Institute CSL Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute)

Published as a preprint in MJA, Doherty Institute researchers Patiyan Andersson Norelle Sherry & Benjamin Howden explain how genomic surveillance enhances detection and response to emerging #SARSCoV2 #variants mja.com.au/journal/2021/s… UniMelb MDHS The Royal Melbourne Hospital CDGN #VoCs

ABC News 👏 to all labs involved ICPMR @NSWHPathology, FSS Amy Jennison Queensland Health , SA Pathology Lex Leong, ACT Pathology, @ESRNewZealand @Joepdl RDH Ella Meumann, PathWest, RHH, MDU PHL UniMelb MDHS Patiyan Andersson Torsten Seemann @drandersgs cdgn.org.au/cdgn-members

AusTrakka is a massive team effort - I could not do it without the support of Tuyet Hoang Clare Sloggett @drandersgs Patiyan Andersson Benjamin Howden et al + my PHL colleagues from around AU and NZ + funders + the original inspiration from #GenomeTrakr 💚🔬🦠🧬💻🔍

Very excited to announce that our recent paper has been published in Nature Comms! - a 🧵bit.ly/3VLKzLN An ISO-certified genomics workflow for identification and surveillance of antimicrobial resistance Benjamin Howden Torsten Seemann @KristyHoran14 Doherty Institute

Packed house for the inaugural @WHOCC_AMR symposium "Partnerships to Combat #AMR Across the Asia-Pacific" 💊❤️‍🩹 Thank you all who travelled from far and wide to join us today Doherty Institute UniMelb MDHS The Royal Melbourne Hospital World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific World Health Organization South-East Asia

I am so proud to be sharing that our Australian Pathogen Genomics Program foundational paper describing the steps we took to implement Australia's largest scale #MRFF national translation research program for public health pathogen #genomics is published! 🎉🧬CONGRATS TEAM! 🧬🎉sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

We’re excited to have our paper out in The Lancet Microbe today, outlining we implemented the use of pathogen genomics nationally and sharing this translational research with the rest of the world🧬🦠auspathogen.org.au/blog/harnessin… Benjamin Howden Torsten Seemann Amy Jennison UniMelb MDHS

Out today, the recipe for pathogen genomics implementation in Australia. 📜 1 tbsp of strong existing collaborations, 2 tbsp governance agreements, 1 tbsp computational infrastructure, and 10 tbsp of belief in the cause. See below for instructions! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Very excited about this piece of work in The Lancet Microbe co-lead with Jessica Webb, on the development of Australian Pathogen Genomics Program, a national pathogen genomics translational research program. Fantastic work team! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

New personal view article Implementing a national programme of pathogen genomics for public health: the Australian Pathogen Genomics Program (AusPathoGen) thelancet.com/journals/lanmi… #OpenAccess #OA