Research › Laboratory

Biomedical science, from bench to model.

Our wet-lab work grounds every simulation in real biology — from vector ecology to sample processing — carried out with partner laboratories across Burundi and abroad.

Capabilities

What happens at the bench

The biomedical and field work that feeds data into our mathematical and computational models.

Genomic surveillance

Molecular surveillance & sequence data

Sequence and molecular surveillance data processed with BEAST, RAxML, MEGA and Nextstrain, feeding the phylodynamic and agent-based models developed by the team.

Field epidemiology

Surveillance & outbreak data

Field epidemiology and event-based surveillance built on frontline experience with WHO's Ebola, COVID-19 and EIOS outbreak-response operations.

Malaria & mpox

Vector-borne & outbreak data pipelines

Analytics platforms integrating surveillance and geospatial data for Burundi's National Malaria Control Programme, and mpox data pipelines for the MODE-MPOX DRC and UKRI/MRC-funded projects.

Capacity building

Training & supervision

International training programmes and workshops in modelling, scientific computing and public health analytics, delivered with WHO, Imperial College London and INRB, alongside hands-on supervision of PhD, MSc and undergraduate students.

Network

Partner laboratories & institutions

Access to advanced laboratory resources through long-standing collaborations.

National Institute of Public Health, Burundi Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) University of Notre Dame AIMS Research and Innovation Centre Imperial College London National University of Singapore Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (Wiko) Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB), DRC World Health Organization Africa CDC South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACEMA)

Want to collaborate on lab work?

We're open to partnerships on sample collection, diagnostics and field data that strengthen our models.

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