Dr. Inga Saknite from Vanderbilt Health training Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB) physicians and personnel to acquire photos of patients with monkeypox lesions in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The PALM007 clinical trial to test tecovirimat treatment will begin in September 2022.

PALM 007 Monkeypox Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT): On the third day of training, participants are grouped into several workshops to discuss challenges and solutions for the launch of the field study.

virological.org/t/august-2022-… The new case of Ebola Virus Disease in Beni is genetically linked to the 2018-2020 Nord Kivu/Ituri EVD outbreak and does not represent a new spillover event...

We had the opportunity to share knowledge with #PostDocs during the #KINSHASA #IBROClass2022 The participants was initiated to #NGS Pathogen Genomic Lab - INRB Placide Mbala desiretshala @gracemashala Emmanuel Lokilo

The global coordinator of the Polio Laboratory Network, Doctor Ousmane Diop was received at Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB) as part of the accreditation process of the Polio laboratory in virology. He also visited the Pathogen Genomic Lab - INRB and its DDNS unit where sequencing activities are carried out.

Today teams from @AfricaPGI & Pathogen Genomics Lab-INRB,DRC Pathogen Genomic Lab - INRB have started a 5-day capacity building training to sequence all Ebola virus samples from the ongoing EVD outbreak at the Uganda National Health Laboratory & Diagnostics Services (NHLDS/CPHL/UNHLS)NHLDS

What an exciting day with NHLDS and Africa CDC in 148.8 Kilometers from Kampala, at Mubende Regional Referral Hospital (MRRH) which is the Ebola Treatment Unit (ETU) in order to test the deployment of the mobile laboratory brought from Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB) Pathogen Genomic Lab - INRB (#DRCongo).

Rapid analysis of DDNS poliovirus data using Áine O'Toole 's Poliovirus Investigation Resource Automating Nanopore Haplotype Analysis (PIRANHA) software running in ARTIFICE- from RNA to sequences in 2.5 days. وزارة الصحة - سلطنة عُمان Nick Grassly @NIBSC_MHRA MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis Poliovirus Sequencing Consortium

In order to initiate, build capacity and make the Laboratoire national de Centrafrique of Central African Republic self-sufficient in SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance, the Pathogen Genomic Lab - INRB hosted two members from CAR for a 14-day training. This training is supported by the EPR-WHO/Dakar Hub and WCO CAR.

In order to initiate, build capacity and make the Baney Investigation Lab of Equatorial Guinea self-sufficient in SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance, the Pathogen Genomic Lab - INRB hosted two members from this lab for a 15-day training. This training is supported by the WHO African Region /EPR Dakar Hub.

The Pathogen Genomic Lab - INRB of Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB) welcomed teams from Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon and Burundi for 15 days of training on SARS-CoV-2 sequencing and introduction to bioinformatics. This training was supported by the WHO African Region /EPR Dakar Hub.

What an exciting day, The President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron visited on Saturday, March 4, the Pathogen Genomic Lab - INRB of the Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB) to get an idea of its sequencing capacity. He was welcomed by Muyembe Tamfum and the head of the Directorate of Epidemiology, Placide Mbala

Our workshop on Next-Generation Sequencing & Bioinformatics for the Detection of #Mpox has come to an end. Participants from 5 countries had 3 weeks of hands-on wet lab and dry lab training. Much gratitude to our partners: Illumina Africa CDC for the support. #CapacityBuilding

Accompanied by Muyembe Tamfum and, Placide Mbala the ambassador of U.S. Embassy Kinshasa, Ambassadeur Lucy Tamlyn visited on May 8, 2023 Pathogen Genomic Lab - INRB to get an idea of its sequencing capacity.

Support from the Pathogen Genomic Lab - INRB team to the Biosafety and Epidemics Laboratory (LaBiEp) in Ndjamena - Chad: LaBiEp now has a new laboratory and infrastructure, thanks to the OMS Tchad - Organisation mondiale de la Santé office, enabling it to continue carrying out sequencing activities. The Pathogen Genomic Lab - INRB team from

Metagenomics and Bioinformatics Workshop 2023: From July 17 to 19, 2023, Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB) through Pathogen Genomic Lab - INRB welcomed 3 facilitators from San Diego State University, #USA, and Flinders University, #Australia for a hands-on introduction to metagenomics sequence analysis and bioinformatics. The workshop was

Use of Mpox Multiplex Serology in the Identification of Cases and Outbreak Investigations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) mdpi.com/2378904 #mdpipathogens via Pathogens MDPI

The Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB) team Kinshasa and Laboratoire Rodolphe Mérieux Inrb Goma host a Meeting with the @CDC-atlanta team and @VysnovaPartners, in visit to Kinshasa for the Ebola serosurveillance training and launching of the multipathogen laborary at Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB). CDC Global Health

Congratulations Prof Christian T. Happi. It is time for @acegid to sequence human whole genome in Africa! The possibilities are numerous - It’s onward and upward. Illumina