Responding to emerging epidemics: how can pathogen genomics help?
The management of emerging infectious disease outbreaks is a defining problem of our ever more mobile and connected world. Pathogen genomes contain a remarkable amount of information about disease transmission, and genomic technologies are being used increasingly to investigate new outbreaks. Yet the contribution that genomics can make to infectious disease surveillance is only beginning to be appreciated by public health agencies.

Professor Oliver Pybus, Co-Director of the Oxford Martin Programme on Pandemic Genomics, will outline the opportunities and challenges ahead as we try to integrate genomic data into epidemic control efforts.
Date: 23 November 2017, 17:00
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Corner of Catte and Holywell Streets
Speaker: Professor Oliver Pybus ( Oxford Martin Programme on Pandemic Genomics)
Organising department: Oxford Martin School
Organiser: Clara Bowyer (University of Oxford, Oxford Martin School)
Organiser contact email address: events@oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk
Part of: Great Transitions: navigating 21st century challenges
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Booking required?: Required
Booking url: http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/event/2490
Booking email: events@oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk
Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editor: Clara Bowyer