About us

We are a consortium of researchers who want to bring faster poliovirus detection and sequencing to national public health laboratories worldwide. We are supported by the Gates Foundation and work closely with the Global Polio Laboratory Network, the World Health Organisation HQ and the Global Polio Eradication Initiative.

If you would like to get in touch, have a question or want to join the community please visit our workspace at protocols.io.

Consortium

• Imperial College London (UK): Alex Shaw, Catherine Troman, Isobel Blake, Joyce Akello, Shannon Fitz, Ben Bellekom, Nicholas Grassly
• National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (UK): Manasi Majumdar, Erika Bujaki, Kafayat Arowolo, Victory Poloamina, Javier Martin
• National Institute for Health (Pakistan): Adnan Khurshid, Yasir Arshad, Nayab Mahmood, Masroor Alam
• University of Edinburgh (UK): Áine O'Toole, Rachel Colquhoun, Corey Ansley, Zoe Vance, Andrew Rambaut
• Institut National de la Recherche Biomédicale (DRC): Tresor Kabeya, Yogolelo Riziki, Princesse Paku, Emmanuel Lokilo, Marceline Akonga, Adrienne Amuri Aziza, Yvonne Lay, Eddy Lusamaki, Bibiche Nsunda, Elizabeth Pukuta, Jean-Claude Makangara, Steve Ahuka-Mundeke, Jean-Jacques Muyembe, Placide Mbala Kingebeni
• Biosurv International Ltd (UK): Shean Mobed, Kirsten Williamson, Catherine Pratt