Registration for the 2024 US National Marine eDNA Workshop is now open! Note that we anticipate substantial interest, so register early! More information at secwww.jhuapl.edu/EventLink/Even…

A very alarming but not unexpected development. The potential consequences on a local and global scale are concerning.

Nextstrain Avian flu now has sequences from Antarctica for the 1st time! These sequences cluster with other viruses sampled from the ongoing epizootic in the Americas, and descend from diversity in South America. nextstrain.org/flu/avian/h5nx…

Basecalling speed continues to increase with the upcoming Dorado release (V5)​.

This improvement is now beyond the capability of Mk1C. Therefore, we are bidding the Mk1C a fond farewell.

A discontinuation plan is in place and will be communicated next year. #nanoporeconf

Update: One of the H5N1 bird flu cases in Cambodia, a 21-year-old woman, has died

Sequences from the first case of #H5N1 #avianflu from Kampot are available on GISAID Initiative (EPI_ISL_18540514). As always, this has been an incredible effort by a number of people:

Amazing, the first three HPAI genomes from the Antarctic Region are now on GISAID. Huge kudos to the team at BAS and APHA for rapid sequence release!

SCAR AWHN #HPAI Avian Influenza #H5N1 Database

The SCAR Antarctic Wildlife Health Network (AWHN) have established a central repository to record and monitor all suspected and confirmed HPAI outbreaks in the Antarctic & sub-Antarctic regions.

➡️ scar.org/resources/hpai…

🚨🦭 Pacific & Atlantic sea lion mortality caused by Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A( #H5N1 ) in South America.
📌Our new preprint is out in SSRN! Over 24,000 sea lion deaths in Peru, Chile, Argentina & Uruguay in the first nine months of 2023.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
#HPAI

New: Highly pathogenic avian #influenza #H5N1 confirmed in mass mortality of elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) in #Argentina . Over 1300 elephant seal pups found dead, representing 56-74% mortality, normally less than 1%. #vogelgriep #zeeolifant

The Request for Information for the US Aquatic #eDNA National Strategy is out - and it *really* matters how many responses are received! Please take the time (even if international) to write a brief response - particularly on needs and opportunities! Link: tinyurl.com/mr4987sc

First confirmed cases of HPAI in the Antarctic region bas.ac.uk/media-post/fir…

Happy to announce that our full genome sequences of both recent Cambodian #H5N1 #avianflu cases are now available on GISAID Initiative. Again, this has been an incredible effort by a number of people: (1/)

Cambodian MoH/CDC just announced a fatal case of #Avian #influenza #H5N1 in a human. For 2023 this is the third case, in addition to two cases in February and the second mortality.

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Highly pathogenic #avianinfluenza viruses continue to pose global risks to #OneHealth , including public and animal health. Rapid and accurate genomic surveillance is critical for #EarlyWarning . #oxfordnanopore #ONT Oxford Nanopore Oxford Nanopore

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Time to start fashioning little tinfoil hats for our ONT flowcells.