About this project
Nicholas Loman, MB BS, PhD, Independent Research Fellow, Institute of Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham
Nick is a sequencing maven and bioinformatician and will be assisting our Brazilian project partners setting up mobile sequencing.
Luiz Alcantara, Senior Scientific Researcher at LHGB/IGM, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Luiz is an experienced virologist with a background in flavivirus research.
Miles Carroll, Public Health England, United Kingdom
Miles is Deputy Director, Head of Research at Public Health England.
Nuno Faria, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Nuno is a molecular evolution expert with a particular interest in arboviruses such as Zika, Dengue and Chikungungya.
Paul Klenerman, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Paul is an experienced virologist who has been exploring next-generation sequencing techniques for clinical diagnostics.
Matt Loose, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Matt is a developmental biologist who has recently pioneered new methods for nanopore sequencing.
Edward Holmes, University of Sydney, Australia
Eddie is a world-expert on flavivirus evolution.
Marcio Nunes, Instituto Evandro Chagas, Ministry of Health, Belém, Brazil
Marcio RT Nunes, Research Scientist in Public Health, PhD. Head of the Genomic Core - Center for Technological Innovation, Evandro Chagas Institute-Brazilian Ministry of Health. Coordinator of ZIBRA Project in Brazi
Oliver Pybus, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Oli is one of the world's leading experts on molecular evolution of viruses.
Andrew Rambaut, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Andrew is a molecular genetics expert who developed BEAST, one of the most important software packages for exploring molecular evolution.
Jared Simpson, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Canada
Jared is a bioinformatician who has developed several novel methods for nanopore sequencing analysis.
Ester Cerdeira Sabino, MB, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Infectious Disease, Director of the Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Sao Paulo.
Ester is a virologist with a vast experience of flaviviruses.
Josh Quick, BSc, Bioinformatician/PhD Student, Institute of Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham
Josh is a molecular biologist and bioinformatician who recently set up mobile sequencing in West Africa to monitor the Ebola epidemic.
Steve Pullan, Public Health England, Porton Down, United Kingdom
Steve is a bioinformatician and molecular biologist.
Simon Weller, Dstl Porton Down
Simon is an expert in all things PCR and diagnostics, and recently helped establish the PHE laboratories in West Africa.
Giovanini Evelim Coelho, Coordenação Geral do Programa Nacional de Controle da Dengue, Brazilian Ministry of Health
Claudio Maerovich, Diretor do Departamento de Doenças Transmissíveis, Brazilian Ministry of Health
Mariana Verotti, Coordenadora de Laboratórios, Brazilian Ministry of Health
Marta Giovanetti, LHGB/IGM/FIOCRUZ, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Jacqueline Goes de Jesus, LHGB/IGM/FIOCRUZ, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Antonio Charlys da Costa, University of Sao Paulo
Ingra Morales, University of Sao Paulo
João Vianez, Instituto Evandro Chagas, Ministry of Health, Belém, Brazil
Luciano Franco, Luciano Franco
Poliana da Silva Lemos, Instituto Evandro Chagas, Ministry of Health, Belém, Brazil
Sandro Patroca, Instituto Evandro Chagas, Ministry of Health, Belém, Brazil
Trevor Bedford, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, United States
Trevor is an expert in viral phylogenetics.
Charles Chiu, University of California San Francisco, United States
Charles is a pioneer in the application of metagenomics to diagnosis of infectious disease.
Maria Goretti Lins de Queiroz, Laboratório central do rio grande do Norte
Maria is the director of the LACEN in Rio Grande do Norte
Themis Rocha de Souza, Laboratório central do rio grande do Norte, Universidade Potiguar
Joao Felipe Bezerra, Universidade federal do Rio grande do Norte, Faculdade Natalense de Ensino e Cultura
Marta Rejane Lemos, Laboratório Central do Estado da Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brazil
Marta is the director of the LACEN of Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brazil
Gilberto Fernandes Pereira, Laboratório Central do Estado da Paraíba, Joao Pessoa, Brazil
Dalane Loudal, Laboratório Central do Estado da Paraíba, Joao Pessoa, Brazil
Lucia Cristina de Aguiar Correa Moura, Laboratório Central do Estado da Paraíba, Joao Pessoa, Brazil
Magliones Carneiro de Lima, Laboratório Central do Estado da Alagoas, Maceió, Brazil
Magliones is the director of the LACEN of Alagoas, Maceió, Brazil
Valeria Nascimento, Laboratório Central do Estado da Alagoas, Maceió, Brazil
Denise Lima Mascarenhas, Coordinator of the Secretaria de Saúde, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil
Maricelia Maia de Lima, Secretaria de Saúde, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil
Isadora Cristina de Siqueira, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Rafael Dhalia, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Rafael Freita de Oliveira França, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Constancia Ayres, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil