News
14 Dec 2020
Update on new SARS-CoV-2 variant and how COG-UK tracks emerging mutations
Since its creation COG-UK has been supporting genomic surveillance efforts to identify variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the genome sequencing data from the UK.
Blog
9 Dec 2020
Genomic analysis of epidemic waves of COVID-19 in Scotland and Wales
Two reports submitted to SAGE describe the genomic history of SARS-CoV-2 in Scotland and Wales throughout the first epidemic wave, and into the second.
Blog
4 Dec 2020
How do we collect and sequence SARS-CoV-2 samples?
As we learn more about COVID-19 and how the virus changes over time, the way we collect and sequence positive SARS-CoV-2 samples will continue to evolve.
News
27 Nov 2020
COG-UK researchers make highly cited list
Eight COG-UK Consortium members and associates have been recognised by Clarivate as some of the most highly cited researchers of 2020.
Blog
24 Nov 2020
COVID-19 in care homes — what have we learned from genome sequencing?
Read COG-UK partner Quadram Institute’s explainer blog on the latest findings of how the SARS-CoV-2 virus spreads within care homes.
Blog
24 Nov 2020
The value of coordinated sequencing to understand a pandemic in real-time
Erik Volz and colleagues investigated the D614G mutation by using more than 25,000 viral genomes to understand the pandemic in real-time.
Blog
20 Nov 2020
Priority research questions for COG-UK
Professor Sharon Peacock and Professor Ravi Gupta discuss COG-UK's research priorities and how advancements in our scientific understanding of COVID-19 have refreshed the consortium's thinking.
News
19 Nov 2020
CLIMB project receives honours for supporting COG-UK alongside other computing teams
HPCwire has presented the Cloud Infrastructure for Microbial Bioinformatics (CLIMB) project, alongside other computing teams across COG-UK, with the Readers’ Best High Performance Computing Collaboration award, after providing COG-UK with...
Blog
18 Nov 2020
What next for COG-UK following new funding of £12.2 million?
Professor Sharon Peacock discusses the new £12.2 million funding from the Department of Health and Social Care Testing Innovation Fund — how the funds will be used and what it...
Blog
17 Nov 2020
The COG-UK Project Hospital-Onset COVID-19 Infections (HOCI) Study
The COG-UK HOCI study aims to evaluate the benefits of rapid COVID-19 genomic sequencing on infection control in preventing the spread of the virus in UK NHS hospitals. 2,000 patients...
News
16 Nov 2020
£12.2 million boost for SARS-CoV-2 real-time genomic surveillance
The COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) Consortium has been backed by the Department for Health and Social Care Testing Innovation Fund to expand whole genome sequencing of positive SARS-CoV-2 virus samples...
Blog
10 Nov 2020
COG-UK passes 100K genomes
As the 100K mark whizzes by, it is worth reflecting on why this unprecedented viral genomic surveillance effort has been needed, how the genome data generated has been used to...
