February 2026 - Bioinfo List - SeqShare Mailing Lists

Final SeqAfrica Bioinformatics CoP Meeting - Thursday 5 March (New Time!)
by Pernille Nilsson 26 Feb '26

26 Feb '26

Dear all, We are approaching the final session of the SeqAfrica Bioinformatics Community of Practice, and we hope you will join us for this concluding meeting. At this session, Niamh Lacy‑Roberts will provide an overview of the key tools, workflows, and resources that have been shared throughout the lifetime of the CoP, both from our internal contributors and our external guest speakers. This will be a great opportunity to reflect on what we have achieved together and highlight materials that can continue supporting your work going forward. 📅 Date: Thursday, 5 March ⏰ New time: 13:30–14:15 CET (note the one‑hour shift from our usual schedule) 🔗 Join Zoom Meeting https://dtudk.zoom.us/j/68532308758?pwd=AK8CRJQaskd7BvavJZ8RapDJ63baCg.1 Meeting ID: 685 3230 8758 Passcode: 210273 We look forward to seeing you there and to wrapping up the CoP together. Best wishes, Pernille [http://www.dtu.dk/-/media/DTU_Generelt/Andet/mail-signature-logo.png] Dr Pernille Nilsson Project Manager SeqAfrica Pronouns: she, her Mob. +45 22 13 75 50 pnil(a)food.dtu.dk<mailto:pnil@food.dtu.dk> National Food Institute Research Group for Global Capacity Building Henrik Dams Allé Building 204 2800 Kgs. Lyngby www.food.dtu.dk<http://www.food.dtu.dk/>

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Fwd: Announcement: African Bioinformatics Institute Data Governance Webinar Series - First Webinar Registration Now Open
by Marco van Zwetselaar 21 Feb '26

21 Feb '26

Dear all, FYI. Best wishes, Marco -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Announcement: African Bioinformatics Institute Data Governance Webinar Series - First Webinar Registration Now Open Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:44:18 +0200 From: info(a)bioinformaticsinstitute.africa Reply-To: info(a)bioinformaticsinstitute.africa To: Info [<info(a)bioinformaticsinstitute.africa>](mailto:info@bioinformaticsinstitute.africa) Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce the launch of the African Bioinformatics Institute (ABI) Data Governance Webinar Series, a new monthly webinar series focused on advancing responsible, ethical, and effective governance of biological data across Africa. This series will bring together experts, practitioners, and stakeholders to explore key topics including data stewardship, policy frameworks, infrastructure, standards, and equitable data sharing. The goal is to foster dialogue, build capacity, and support the development of robust and sustainable data governance practices that empower African research and innovation. We are delighted to invite you to the first webinar in this series: From Principles to Practice: Operationalising Data Governance for Africa Speaker: Professor Nicki Tiffin SANBI, University of the Western Cape Date: Thursday, 26 February 2026 Time: 3-4pm CAT Please register in advance using the following link - https://zoom.us/meeting/register/9uV3fVZUQfCQGt8_8X1Q2w#/registration Additional information about the speaker and webinar abstract is provided in the attached documents. We encourage you to share this announcement with colleagues and networks who may be interested. We look forward to your participation in what we hope will be an engaging and impactful series. Kind regards, African Bioinformatics Institute (ABI)

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FW: GA4GH-PHA4GE Infectious Disease Community
by Christa Twyford Gibson 09 Feb '26

09 Feb '26

Forwarding the below reminder in case of interest. 😊 [cid:image001.png@01DC99C1.20149570] Christa Twyford Gibson Project Manager for SeqAfrica and EQAsia Projects chrgi(a)dtu.dk<mailto:chrgi@dtu.dk> +45 53 81 91 15 National Food Institute Research Group for Global Capacity Building Building 204 Henrik Dams Allé 2800 Kgs. Lyngby www.food.dtu.dk<http://www.food.dtu.dk/> From: Kaitlyn Brethour <kaitlyn.brethour(a)ga4gh.org> Sent: 6. februar 2026 17:32 To: Community - Infectious Disease <infectious-disease-community(a)ga4gh.org> Subject: Re: GA4GH-PHA4GE Infectious Disease Community Hi everyone, This is a reminder of the upcoming Infectious Disease Community of Interest call next Wednesday, February 11th at 16:00 UTC (check your local time here<https://everytimezone.com/s/f2cecc5c>). A focus of the meeting will be open community discussion of priorities to focus the CoI's efforts on over the next few months. We will use live polling to facilitate the discussion - if you would prefer to provide your feedback in advance, please feel free to fill out the poll here.<https://app.sli.do/event/1XqVjBQYTMUDRNZNwWc8VQ> Thank you! Kaitlyn On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 8:25 AM Kaitlyn Brethour <kaitlyn.brethour(a)ga4gh.org<mailto:kaitlyn.brethour@ga4gh.org>> wrote: Dear all, This is an update that the Infectious Disease Community call has been scheduled for Wednesday, February 11th at 16:00 UTC. You should receive the meeting invite shortly. This call will be an opportunity to review plans for the GA4GH-PHA4GE Infectious Disease Community and to discuss community priorities for the year ahead. To make this discussion as productive as possible, we would greatly welcome your input in advance. Please feel free to reply to this email with any thoughts on what you would like to gain from the group going forward, including topics you would like to prioritise or challenges you think the community should focus on. Thank you, and we look forward to seeing you on the call! Kind regards, Kaitlyn On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 9:54 AM Kaitlyn Brethour <kaitlyn.brethour(a)ga4gh.org<mailto:kaitlyn.brethour@ga4gh.org>> wrote: Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to share an update on the GA4GH & PHA4GE Infectious Disease Community of Interest (ID CoI). Thanks to the support and enthusiasm of your new co-leads, Charlie, Nishan, and Samantha, we are planning to kick-off our first community call in February 2026 (exact date to follow). The CoI will serve as a collaborative space for advancing priorities of the infectious disease genomics community and exploring how GA4GH and PHA4GE standards can support real-world needs across pathogen and human genomics. Attached is a short slide deck<https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ZWxyjlY04nl9mXM_xXBp6oqQYMrrpY2nw0p…> summarizing the updated mission and goals for the community. As many of you were part of the previous ID CoI, you are already on the mailing list and will receive the meeting updates. One of our goals as a community is to build a space that is globally diverse and inclusive across domains of infectious disease genomics, and we would greatly appreciate your support in this mission. 👉 Please feel free to share this email and the sign-up link<https://www.ga4gh.org/get-involved/join-our-community/join/> with colleagues, regional partners, and others in your networks who may be interested in joining the community. Thank you for your continued interest and for helping us build a strong, connected infectious disease genomics community. We will follow up soon with the confirmed date and agenda for the first call. Best regards, Kaitlyn, on behalf of your GA4GH & PHA4GE Infectious Disease CoI co-leads: Charlie Barclay, Nishan Katuwal, Samantha Chill -- Kaitlyn Brethour Partner Engagement Manager, GA4GH [Image removed by sender.] kaitlyn.brethour(a)ga4gh.org<mailto:kaitlyn.brethour@ga4gh.org> T: (+1) 613-612-0407 www.ga4gh.org<http://www.ga4gh.org/> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to infectious-disease-community+unsubscribe(a)ga4gh.org<mailto:infectious-disease-community+unsubscribe@ga4gh.org>.

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FW: Settling into GA4GH? Tell us how it’s going!
by Christa Twyford Gibson 06 Feb '26

06 Feb '26

Hi all, I thought you might find the below email from the Global Alliance for Genomics for Global Health interesting. Another great resource for collaboration! Kind regards, Christa Dear Christa Twyford, Thank you again for your interest in joining GA4GH — we are so glad to have you in our growing global community! I wanted to check-in on how your experience with GA4GH has been so far, and whether you have any questions so far, or had a chance to dip into the Community meetings? If you have any questions, thoughts, or ideas, feel free to let me know. If you would like to meet virtually to discuss further, I am happy to find a time for us to connect. Lastly, if you haven’t already, I invite you to join our Slack workspace and subscribe to our weekly newsletter to hear more about GA4GH news and activities: * Slack<https://ga4gh.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bb2dba1a76b1f2c9f4e55b33b&…>: collaborate with other GA4GH community members in our Slack space. * Weekly newsletter and event updates<https://ga4gh.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bb2dba1a76b1f2c9f4e55b33b&…>: subscribe to our weekly newsletter to learn about updates across GA4GH, news in the genomics and health field, and information about upcoming events. Warm regards, Kaitlyn Brethour Partner Engagement Manager kaitlyn.brethour(a)ga4gh.org www.ga4gh.org This email was sent to chrgi(a)dtu.dk<mailto:chrgi@dtu.dk> why did I get this?<https://ga4gh.us17.list-manage.com/about?u=bb2dba1a76b1f2c9f4e55b33b&id=e97…> unsubscribe from this list<https://ga4gh.us17.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=bb2dba1a76b1f2c9f4e55b33b&…> update subscription preferences<https://global-alliance-for-genomics-and-health.mailchimpsites.com/manage/p…> Global Alliance for Genomics and Health · Global Alliance for Genomics and Health · 661 University Avenue, Suite 510 · Toronto, Ontario M5G 0A3 · Canada

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