Canada Partnering Award: A one health approach to understanding and using bacteriophages in the control of enteric pathogens
Lead Research Organisation:
Quadram Institute
Department Name: Gut Microbes and Health
Abstract
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Publications
Anany H
(2022)
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Chaseviridae 2022.
in The Journal of general virology
| Title | De novo sequencing of phages T4 and T7 |
| Description | Raw data and assemblies of the de novo sequencing of the "model" phages T4 and T7, performed with Illumina NextSeq 2x150 and Oxford Nanopore, generated for the "Phage Annotation Workshop" held online on November 2021: https://github.com/quadram-institute-bioscience/phage-annotation-workshop/ |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Datasets used as teaching materials and available for any scientist to use. |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/record/5704419 |
| Description | Research visit and partnership with Agriculture and AgriFood Canada |
| Organisation | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada |
| Country | Canada |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Research visit to Agriculture and Agrifood Canada (AAFC), including review of the Bacteriophage lab activities (AAFC). Set of collaborative experiments started, sequencing and data analysis performed at QIB. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Set of collaborative experiments started where lab work is performed as in-kind contribution by AAFC. |
| Impact | Outcomes: 2022 research visit, 2021 phage annotation workshop (see other outputs). |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Title | Repository for the Phage Genome Annotation Workshop |
| Description | Technical repository with the files and instructions for the Phage Genome Annotation workshop |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | Used by the participants to the workshop, but also widely downloaded afterwards thanks to the sharing on social media. The repository received six stars, |
| URL | https://github.com/quadram-institute-bioscience/phage-annotation-workshop/ |
| Description | Oral presentation at the African Phage Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The Africa Phage Forum organised a virtual symposium "African Phage Symposium 2021" for all stakeholders (students, academics and NGOs) on the continent, with invited talks from international stakeholders and academics. I presented a seminar titled "Basics of phage genome annotation & classification - How to get started" which addresses one of the key knowledge gaps for African scientists, sequencing and genomics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://apf.phage.directory/ |
| Description | Phage Annotation Workshop 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | We organised a 3 half-day workshop on the principles of phage genome annotation. The event was conducted live virtually and attended by researchers from the Quadram Institute, Agriculture and AgriFood Canada and the University of Guelph, Canada. Teaching materials were made available to the general public through GitHub and YouTube. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://github.com/quadram-institute-bioscience/phage-annotation-workshop/wiki |
| Description | Stand at Norwich Science Festival: Bacteriophages, can viruses be good? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Stand at the Norwich Science Festival where school aged children could do a craft activity to learn about bacteriophages, which are good viruses. Excellent engagement and feedback with children and parents from across East Anglia, estimated 200 children attended the stand. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Youtube playlist: talks and screencasts from the Phage Annotation Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Video recordings of talks and practicals from the Phage Annotation Workshop. Persistent media enables the re-use of the produced materials and datasets. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTOYPYSmztrdhjh0aVCmPjTKHKV3A5TCa |