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The Update - Spring 2019 from the COMPARE Consortium is now available.
The 12th Global Microbial Identifier Meeting will be held 12-14 June 2019, Singapore. The registration platform is now open.
The analysis of sewage collected in 74 cities in 60 countries has yielded the first, comparable global data on antimicrobial resistance has now been published in Nature...
Reminder that abstracts are due 22 January 2019
An Update from the COMPARE project is now available. This Update covers from April 2018 through September 2018.
Registration for the COMPARE General Meeting 2019 is open.
Save the date for the COMPARE General Meeting 2019 27 February - 1 March 2019 Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
Partners in COMPARE have developed a new composition-based analysis tool for binning unclassified nucleotide sequence reads into their provenance classes DNA or RNA (LVQ...
The article 'Threats to timely sharing of pathogen sequence data' was published in Science, Policy Forum.
The 12th Global Microbial Identifier Meeting will be held 12-14 June 2018, Singapore
The sample processing workflow for next generation sequencing from COMPARE partner Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut has been published.
The COMPARE Work Package 10 (Risk Communication Tools) has organized the Vaccines, Anti-vax, and Health Communication Workshop for 26-27 October 2018, near Pordenone, Italy...
The COMPARE Work Package 2 (Harmonised standards for sample processing and sequencing) has begun to release protocols prepared by COMPARE partners.
In this June 2018 update, there is an update about the pilot run from 2016, and the opportunity to join the data collection for 2018.
Our Coursera MOOC on metagenomics applied to surveillance is now live!
Announcing the Keystone Symposia in Hong Kong: Framing the Response to Emerging Virus Infections, 14-18 October 2018
The deadline to submit a poster abstract has been extended to midnight, 10 April 2018 (UTC+08:00).
GMI11 will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, 16-18 May 2018. The registration platform is now open.
For those who are not familiar with this media, SCOOP.it is a content curation service, which allows aggregating a vast array of news (including blogs and social media...
COMPARE’s Risk Communication WP has developed a Pinterest page
Epidemiological characteristics of human-infective RNA viruses published
Register for the COMPARE Food Metagenomic Ring Trial by 9 March 2018.
A draft program is now available for the COMPARE General Meeting 2018
Please register and book your travel for the COMPARE General Meeting 2018!
An Update from the COMPARE project is now available. This Update covers from April 2017 thought September 2017.
Registration for the COMPARE General Meeting 2018 is open.
In a Comment/Opinion article in Nature Ecology and Evolution (DOI: 10.1038/s41559-017-0265-9), the argument for evolutionary infectious disease management is made.
COMPARE has compiled a list of virus classification workflows published between 2010 and 2017 with metadata describing their technical aspects, ease-of-use and validating...
This pilot project has the following objectives:Creation of a database of bacterial whole genome sequences (WGS) which includes extensive metadata about the phenotypic...
Set of core specimens prepared to be used as controls across the Consortium for assay comparison is available.
Save the date for the COMPARE General Meeting 2018 28 February - 2 March 2018 Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
As part of COMPARE's resources being made available to the stakeholders, various e-learning resources will be made available as they are developed.
An article and related editorial in Eurosurveillance (Volume 22, Issue 23, 8 June 2017) reflect some of the goals of COMPARE.
An Update from the COMPARE project is now available. This Update covers from October 2016 through May 2017.
The Global Microbial Identifier (GMI) Proficiency Test 2017 has been launched, and you can sign-up from now until 9 June 2017.
The General Assembly has approved Frank Alleweldt’s (CIVIC 25) membership to the Executive Board representing WP 14 as Co-leader.
COMPARE General Meeting 2017 was a huge success, thanks to the participants and the Erasmus team
Registration for the COMPARE General Meeting 2017 is still open.
The project for global surveillance of infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance from sewage has moved into the analytic phase, interpreting the sequencing and residue...
Young COMPARE will take place in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, on 28 February 2017 from 10:00 – 18:00.
An Update from the COMPARE project is now available. This Update covers from April 2016 thought September 2016.
Registration for the COMPARE General Meeting 2017 is now open
The virus proficiency test (PT) within the COMPARE network aims to contribute to the harmonization and standardization of high-throughput sequencing (HTS), with the main...
Looking at the routes for bird migration can tell us something about how bird flu is spread
COMPARE joins EVAg (European Virus Archive goes global) to discuss Nagoya Protocol implications on Horizon 2020 projects
As a follow-up to the Metagenomic Workshop held in Rotterdam in June 2016, Sébastien Matamoros is leading an effort for a metagenomic ring trial.
The Global Microbial Identifier (GMI) Proficiency Test 2016 is now in progrees. Sign-up is closed.
The Global Microbial Identifier (GMI) Proficiency Test 2016 has been launched, and you can sign-up from now until 12 August.
The COMPARE General Meeting, 1-3 March 2017, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
The analysis has been run on the Copenhagen sewage data and it is available for comment
The results related to the dry lab component have now been collected in an overall report which is available for download from the GMI webpage
The course “Antimicrobial resistance-theory and methods” prepared by The Technical University of Denmark, National Food Institute (DTU-FOOD) is now available as a massive...
Read about the COMPARE project in the European Molecular Biology Laboratory’s magazine ‘Etc.’
The project for global surveillance of infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance from sewage is in full swing, 80 samples from 63 countries have been collected...
The COMPARE Metagenomic Subgroup invites you to a workshop in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1-2 June 2016.
We have received sewages samples from 63 countries where 80 samples has been collected. We will now start purifying and sequencing all the samples.
Thank you for a great COMPARE General Meeting 2016
Scientific publications supported by COMPARE are available
An updated program for the COMPARE General Meeting 2016 is now available
The project for global surveillance of infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance from sewage has begun, with more than 50% of the countries submitting samples...
You can preview the program for the COMPARE General Meeting, 8-10 March 2016, Copenhagen
WP02, task for sample handling, has posted laboratory operating procedures (LOPs) and they are open for review
Please respond to the WP12 questionnaire on barriers to open data sharing.
The General Assembly has approved of Constance Schultsz’s (AMC 13) membership to the Executive Board representing WP 3/6 as Co-leader.
Within WP1: Risk assessment and risk-based sampling, we have reached two of our Milestones; MS6 and MS7.
To what extent does the nullification of the Safe Harbor Framework affect the COMPARE consortium?
A recent article in Eurosurveillance highlights the detection of the colistin resistance gene, mcr-1, from a Danish patient.
Registration for the COMPARE General Meeting 2016 is now open
Statens Serum Institute (SSI) and the EURL AMR at the Technical University in Denmark (DTU Food), both in Denmark, have after the release of the discovery of the new colistin...
The COMPARE Project Management Manual has been released and is available via the COMPARE Share Site
Links to the COMPARE Reference Genomes Available
Welcome to the COMPARE Share Site, where you can share documents and data.
Save the date, 8-10 March 2016, Copenhagen, Denmark
Recent advances have the potential to improve the information available and the response to outbreaks
COMPARE participants are invited to attend the LinkTADs (Linking Epidemiology and Laboratory Research on Transboundary Animal Diseases and Zoonoses in EU and China) workshop...
Exploring the various open-source human genome sharing initiatives
COMPARE has a Twitter account: @CompareEurope
This inter-laboratory performance test is provided to facilitate harmonization and standardization in whole genome sequencing and data analysis, with the aim to produce...
When asked by the European Parliament what Europe is doing about viral and bacterial epidemics and pandemics, the answer was COMPARE.
Emilio Mordini (Responsible Technology) describes the connection between the COMPARE project and risk communication.
GMI 8 is being organised by the China CDC and the GMI Steering Committee. The meeting will be held at the Sunworld Dynasty Hotel in Beijing11-13 May 2015.
COMPARE holds Kickoff Meeting in Copenhagen
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