Amid the concerning news of a new Ebola Zaire outbreak in DRC, teams on the ground have already managed to sample, sequence, and share data. This rapid turnaround is a testament to their commitment and capacity to respond.

Read more: virological.org/t/the-16th-e...

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It's our birthday! Super proud of what this little database has become in the past year.

Today we launched support for measles and a bunch of new features 👇

🗓 Pathoplexus turns ONE! 🎂🎉

In the past year we’ve grown from 4 pathogens to a truly global, community-driven platform for transparent, equitable & impactful pathogen sequence sharing.
📰 Read the full update: pathoplexus.org/news/2025-08...

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🗓️As we close in on 11 months of Pathoplexus, we’re pleased to announce many new direct sequence uploads and some exciting new features that expand Pathoplexus’ utility!

📰 You can see our full News Item here: pathoplexus.org/news/2025-07-14-july-update

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📢Today Pathoplexus announces the inclusion of 2 new viral pathogens: RSV (A & B) and HMPV.

These respiratory viruses cause a serious health burden, particularly in infants & the vulnerable, & Pathoplexus aims to support sequence sharing to improve understanding & response.

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two thousand code-commits to loculus, the code that powers @pathoplexus.org. teamwork/dreamwork

🗓️ Pathoplexus has now been around for 7 months!

And both we and our users have been busy - so we wanted to share some updates & highlights!

📰 You can see our full News Item here: pathoplexus.org/news/2025-04-16-spring-update

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Thanks to huge efforts by Uganda’s Central Public Health Laboratory, Uganda Ministry of Health, UVRI, Africa CDC, & SANBI, UWC the sequence from the Ebola Sudan case in Kampala is now available on Pathoplexus pathoplexus.org/seq/PP_0011C... w full analysis here: virological.org/t/near-real-...

Interested in finding out more about @pathoplexus.org? We're running two Information/Q&A sessions!
22 Jan 15-17.00 CET
4 Feb 16-18.00 CET

Come join us & bring your questions, to find out more about using & sharing data with Pathoplexus! 😁

Sign up here: forms.gle/YRRZA1rRtgYy...

Today Pathoplexus announces the inclusion of a new viral pathogen: mpox (previously known as monkeypox).

Within the context of the current mpox outbreaks and ongoing health concerns, Pathoplexus aims to support sequence sharing to improve both understanding and response.

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We're incredibly honoured to be winners of the Swiss Academies of Arts & Sciences National Prize for Open Research Data 2024! 🎉🎊

"Pathoplexus ensures open access and provides a cutting-edge infrastructure for interactive and programmable data exploration"

akademien-schweiz.ch/en/medien/pr...

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🎉 Happy 2 months of Pathoplexus!

We've been busy, and wanted to share a few updates and highlights since we launched. 📨

📰 You can see our full News Item here: pathoplexus.org/news/2024-11-01-autumn-update

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#openScience #openData #dataSharing

Elena Dalla Vecchia covers @pathoplexus.org in Lancet Microbe, highlighting that "Pathoplexus offers an advancement in terms of both openness and appropriate accreditation" which hopes to "become a model for similar platforms for other pathogens"

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Happy to celebrate two weeks of @pathoplexus.org ! 🎉
Read a quick overview of what's happened since launch (and upcoming talks!) in the News section of our website:

pathoplexus.org/news/2024-09-13-two-weeks

#OpenScience #Pathoplexus

From Smriti Mallapaty in Nature "@senjutisaha.bsky.social thinks that Pathoplexus’s transparency will breed trust among the scientific community ... 'It’s a good, clever solution.'"

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

#openscience #Pathoplexus

From @peaseroland.bsky.social on BBC World Service “Pathoplexus helps to protect the people uploading data so that they can share it for surveillance & public health, without feeling like they give up publishing."

Listen from 8:26 at
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

#Pathoplexus #OpenScience

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From Science Magazine: “We believe that building trust through transparency is essential for encouraging broader participation in data sharing,” says Pathoplexus co-founder Anderson Fernandes de Brito @andersonfbrito.bsky.social

science.org/content/arti...

#Pathoplexus #OpenScience

📢 We're excited to introduce Pathoplexus, a specialized sequence database for human viral pathogens! 🌍 🧬
Launching with 4 viruses, Pathoplexus.org combines modern open-source software with transparent governance to improve global pathogen sequence sharing.

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