2nd NDWG Workshop - Data sharing to improve management of drug resistant TB

28 October 2014, Barcelona, Spain
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Presentations

Session 1 - Building the bridge from sequencing to the patient
Plans to build a TB sequencing database, Jim Gallarda
The role of FIND and the NDWG, Claudia Denkinger
Plan for data evaluation and validation, David Dolinger

Session 2 - The scientists perspective
Sample size, Tim Peto/Derrick Crook
NGS data complexity: prospects and problems, Stefan Niemann
Combined effort for sequencing in Russia, Igor Mokrousov
Applying data science to MTB, Maha Farhat

Session 3 - Strategy for advocacy for data sharing
Relevance of the project for Countries and Clinicians, Dalene von Delft
The role of the WHO in the initiative, Matteo Zignol
Motivation for countries to contribute with data: The experience of Belarus, Alena Skrahina