COG-UK News and Events

The latest news, blogs, events and videos across the COG-UK consortium

Hand wearing gloves holding a pipette, in a laboratory

Blog / COG Train

18 May 2022

Answering public health questions with testing and sequencing strategies. Learn more with our second COG-Train course ‘From Swab to Server’

How do sequencing experts decide upon their testing and analysis strategy? Our second COG-Train online course “From Swab to Server: Testing, Sequencing, and Sharing During a Pandemic” will take you...

Portrait of a woman, wearing glasses and colorful clothes.

Blog / COG Train / Events / Videos / Women in COG

21 Apr 2022

“The coverage of our work re-ignited people’s interest in science” – in conversation with Dr Senjuti Saha

For our April Women in COG event, the team hosted a discussion with Dr Senjuti Saha, a molecular microbiologist who is currently Director at the Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF)...

Drawing representing the process of virus replication

Blog / COG Train

19 Apr 2022

Reflecting on the launch of our first COG-Train online course

Genome sequencing enabled the world to rapidly identify SARS-CoV-2, classify variants and develop diagnostic tests and other tools to help manage the outbreak, yet how genome sequencing and analysis works...

Laboratory with scientists wearing a white lab coat

Blog / COG Train

8 Mar 2022

How global collaboration and genomics training will better prepare us to tackle COVID-19 variants and future pandemics

The global response to COVID-19 variants during the current pandemic has highlighted the need for open scientific collaboration. Providing training tools to help countries establish or expand their own SARS-CoV-2...

COG Train / News

17 Feb 2022

First-of-its-Kind Global COVID-19 Genomics Training Programme Launched

The first course in our new global training programme on SARS-CoV-2 genomics and biodata was launched on the 7th February, 2022.

COG Train / News

14 Jun 2021

News: COG-UK and WCS receive funding for a global training programme in SARS-CoV-2 genomics

The COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) consortium and Wellcome Connecting Science (WCS) are delighted to have been jointly awarded a ‘Wellcome-FCDO Joint Initiative on Research in Epidemic Preparedness and Response grant’...