UFS-NGS UNIT
Funding
The diverse spectrum of research activities conducted at the UFS-NGS Unit is made possible through different funding partners listed below
Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Foundation
Enteric virus typing project of Global Paediatric Diarrheal Surveillance (GPDS) stool specimens
Atlanta, United States of America
Rostropovich-Vishnevskaya Foundation (RVF)
Rotavirus genomic characterization studies, Caritas Hospital
Palestine
DIPLOMICS - SA/DSI
UFS - NGS Initiatives (UFS - NGS research assistants, Big data analysis wet and dry lab bioinformatics workshops, Intern positions)
South Africa
Directorate Research Development
Research chair - Genomic Surveillance of Respiratory and Enteric Pathogens from Children in South Africa (Sustainability Fund)
Bloemfontein, South Africa
National Research Foundation
B-rated Funds
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Gates Foundation
AEVGI - Enteric virus genomic surveillance in children under 5 years from South Africa, Ghana, and Malawi
Seattle, United States of America
Gates Foundation
SACEV - Enteric virus genomic surveillance in children under 5 years from South Africa, Ghana, Malawi, and Kenya
Seattle, United States of America
World Health Organization
Rotavirus genomic characterization and vaccine surveillance studies in sub-Saharan Africa
Geneva, Switzerland
Poliomyelitis Research Foundation
Major Impact Funding, Metagenomic Discovery and Characterization of Known, Emerging, and Unrecognized Respiratory RNA Viruses at the Human-Animal Interface in the Free State Province
Johannesburg, South Africa
South Africa Medical Research Council
Genomic characterization of entric viruses in children under 5 years of age in South Africa
Cape Town, South Africa
UFS-NGS UNIT
Partners
Collaborating with leading institutions across Africa and around the globe
Africa Partners
KEMRI-Wellcome Trust
Pathogen genomics
Kenya
Chuka University
Pathogen genomics
Kenya
Central University of Technology (CUT)
Genomics and bioinformatics
South Africa
Network for Genomic Surveillance in South Africa (NGS-SA)
SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance
South Africa
Kigali University Teaching Hospital, College of Medicine and Health Sciences
Rotavirus genomic surveillance
Rwanda
University of Zambia
Rotavirus genomic surveillance
Zambia
Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ)
Gut microbiome
Zambia
Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça (CISM)
Rotavirus genomic surveillance
Mozambique
University of Yaoundé I
Gut virome studies
Cameroon
University of Buea
Rotavirus genomic surveillance
Cameroon
University of Venda
Microbiome studies and antimicrobial resistance
South Africa
KRISP
Method validations on viral surveillance
South Africa
Ethiopian Public Health Institute
Rotavirus genomic surveillance and vaccine efficacy
Ethiopia
Kamuzu University of Health Sciences
Enteric virus genomic characterizaion
Malawi
Institut Pasteur de Bangui
Rotavirus genomic surveillance and vaccine efficacy
Central African Republic
Durban University of Technology
Microbiome analysis in malnutrition and gastroenteritis
South Africa
National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS)
Genomic analysis of respiratory pathogens
South Africa
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Enteric virus genomic characterizaion
Kenya
University of Embu
Enteric virus genomic characterizaion
Kenya
Instituto Nacional de Saude
Rotavirus genomic surveillance and vaccine efficacy
Mozambique
University of Malawi
Enteric virus genomic characterizaion
Ghana
Noguchi Memorial institute for Medical Research
Enteric virus genomic characterizaion
Ghana
National Institute for Communicable Diseases
Enteric virus genomic characterizaion
South Africa
Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University
Enteric virus genomic characterizaion
South Africa
Global Partners
Caritas Baby Hospital (CBH)
Rotavirus genomic surveillance
Palestine
Harvard University
Environmetal microbial surveillance
USA
National Institutes of Health
Viral metagenomics studies
USA
University of Liverpool
Enteric virus genomic characterizaion
UK
Murdoch Children's Research Institute and University of Melbourne
Enteric virus genomic characterizaion
Australia