15th May 2020

Online Webinar: Projections for the future: Do they help or hinder?

On Monday 18th May at 2pm BST / 10am BRT there will be a webinar about the recent publication Report 21 – Estimating COVID-19 cases and reproduction number in Brazil. Dr Samir Bhatt and Dr Thomas Mellan from the Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health, Imperial College London will be discussing modelling COVID-19 transmission …

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7th March 2020

Turma da Mónica honors CADDE researchers

CADDE principal investigator Ester Sabino and postdoc Jaqueline Goes de Jesus have been honored by Mauricio de Sousa creator of Monica’s Gang or Monica and Friends (in Portuguese Turma da Mônica) for their work on leading coronavirus genome sequencing in Brazil. The project, entitled “Donas da Rua”, celebrates important women in the areas of science, arts, and politics, among …

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5th March 2020

First COVID-19 genomes from South America

CADDE generates first COVID-19 genomes from South America We provide a brief report and phylogenetic analysis of the first confirmed COVID-2 cases in Brazil. The first genome and report were generated in less than 48 hours upon confirmatory diagnostic at Instituto Adolfo Lutz. From the COVID-19 suspected cases, two have so far tested positive for …

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19th February 2020

Second CADDE Workshop – Spatial Analysis for Decision Making on Arbovirus Control

Note: We have decided to postpone the CADDE Workshop on Spatial Analysis for Decision Making on Arbovirus Control due to the increasing impact of COVID-19 worldwide. Those who have already submitted their application will receive further instructions by email. CADDE Workshop on Spatial Analysis for Decision Making on Arbovirus Control From: New dates will be …

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27th November 2019

First CADDE Genomic Epidemiology Workshop

The CADDE Genomic Epidemiology Workshop (2 to 6 December 2019) is a training hands-on course based on integrating Oxford Nanopore MinION sequencing with genetic data analysis for outbreak investigation.

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22nd November 2019

CADDE Seminars

The CADDE Seminars aim to stimulate cross-talks between researchers in Brazil and the UK. First speakers include Jaqueline Goes (30 Oct 2019), Ingra Claro (13 Nov 2019), and Andre Acosta (16 Oct 2019).