Pathoplexus
@pathoplexus.org
An open-source pathogen sequence database dedicated to equitable sharing, transparent governance, & empowering global public health.
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1/ 🚀 Big thanks to our community - since August we’ve added thousands of new sequences, rolled out major new features, and welcomed fresh faces into the #Pathoplexus world. Let’s dive into what’s new.👇🏻
Read the full update: pathoplexus.org/news/2025-11...
Read the full update: pathoplexus.org/news/2025-11...
November 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
1/ 🚀 Big thanks to our community - since August we’ve added thousands of new sequences, rolled out major new features, and welcomed fresh faces into the #Pathoplexus world. Let’s dive into what’s new.👇🏻
Read the full update: pathoplexus.org/news/2025-11...
Read the full update: pathoplexus.org/news/2025-11...
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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Read more: virological.org/t/the-16th-e...
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The 16th Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in Bulape Health Zone, Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo: A new spillover event from an unknown reservoir host
Background The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is currently facing concurrent outbreaks including mpox, cholera and malaria (1-4). The Ministry of Public Health, DRC has declared the 16th Ebola...
virological.org
September 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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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Read more: virological.org/t/the-16th-e...
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Reposted by Pathoplexus
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 👇
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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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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August 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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 👇
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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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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August 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
🗓 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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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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📰 You can see our full News Item here: pathoplexus.org/news/2025-07-14-july-update
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July 15, 2025 at 10:13 AM
🗓️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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📰 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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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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May 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
📢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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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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Reposted by Pathoplexus
two thousand code-commits to loculus, the code that powers @pathoplexus.org. teamwork/dreamwork
May 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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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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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Pathoplexus | Pathoplexus Spring Update
Pathoplexus is a new, open-source database dedicated to the efficient sharing of human viral pathogen genomic data, fostering global collaboration and public health response.
pathoplexus.org
April 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
🗓️ 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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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-...
February 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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...
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...
Pathoplexus Online Introduction and Q&A
Thank you for your interest in Pathoplexus!
Are you interested in using Pathoplexus to upload your own sequences, either as Open or Restricted-Use? Do you have questions about how submission works, ...
forms.gle
January 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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...
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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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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December 9, 2024 at 7:15 PM
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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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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"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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November 28, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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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"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
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
Pathoplexus | Pathoplexus Autumn Update
Pathoplexus is a new, open-source database dedicated to the efficient sharing of human viral pathogen genomic data, fostering global collaboration and public health response.
pathoplexus.org
November 5, 2024 at 6:09 PM
🎉 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
1/9
#openScience #openData #dataSharing
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...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Pathoplexus: towards fair and transparent sequence sharing
On Aug 27, Pathoplexus, a new genomic database for viruses of public health importance,
was launched. Its creation—supported by members from ten countries in five continents
and developed in consultat...
www.thelancet.com
October 30, 2024 at 5:02 PM
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...
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
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
Pathoplexus | Two Weeks of Pathoplexus
Pathoplexus is a new, open-source database dedicated to the efficient sharing of human viral pathogen genomic data, fostering global collaboration and public health response.
pathoplexus.org
September 14, 2024 at 11:02 AM
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
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
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#openscience #Pathoplexus
New virus-genome website seeks to make sharing sequences easy and fair
The Pathoplexus database has sequences from Ebola, West Nile virus and another dangerous pathogen. The Pathoplexus database has sequences from Ebola, West Nile virus and another dangerous pathogen.
www.nature.com
September 11, 2024 at 11:47 AM
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
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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Listen from 8:26 at
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#Pathoplexus #OpenScience
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Science In Action - Concerning viruses found in fur farmed animals - BBC Sounds
A survey of diseased animals from fur farms has revealed potentially threatening viruses
www.bbc.co.uk
September 9, 2024 at 1:36 PM
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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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
science.org/content/arti...
#Pathoplexus #OpenScience
New, scientist-run virus database vows to be transparently run and simple to use
Pathoplexus is starting with sequences for Ebola strains and two other risky viruses
science.org
August 30, 2024 at 8:47 AM
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
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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Launching with 4 viruses, Pathoplexus.org combines modern open-source software with transparent governance to improve global pathogen sequence sharing.
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Pathoplexus| Home
Pathoplexus is a new, open-source database dedicated to the efficient sharing of human viral pathogen genomic data, fostering global collaboration and public health response.
Pathoplexus.org
August 27, 2024 at 3:45 PM
📢 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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Launching with 4 viruses, Pathoplexus.org combines modern open-source software with transparent governance to improve global pathogen sequence sharing.
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