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SUMMARY:Vector Genomics and the Malaria Cell Atlas - Dr Mara Lawnikzak fro
 m Wellcome Sanger Institute\, Cambridge  
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CONTACT:Caroline Newnham
DESCRIPTION:Malaria is a major global health problem that disproportionate
 ly affects Africa\, where it kills more than half a million children annua
 lly. The parasites that cause the disease are transmitted only by Anophele
 s mosquitoes. In Africa\, there are four different Anopheles mosquito spec
 ies that are responsible for most human malaria transmission. We have gene
 rated whole genome sequencing data for thousands of wild-caught individual
  mosquitoes across Africa and this data resource now comprises one of the 
 largest population genomic datasets for any multicellular organism. I will
  present an overview of vector population genomics across Africa\, as well
  as work we are doing on targeted sequencing to ID Anopheles species and t
 he Plasmodium they transmit\, improving reference genomes for malaria cont
 rol\, and the Mali edition of the Malaria Cell Atlas.
LOCATION:Biffen Lecture theatre and Zoom
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