Oct 9, 2025
The Pathogen Data Network (PDN) enters its second year of enabling a worldwide ecosystem of linked data and tools that support infectious disease research and public health responses. This next phase focuses on leveraging expertise and resources from the SIB Swiss...
Jun 27, 2025
PDN recognizes the importance of rapidly and widely sharing data during disease outbreaks. The rapid, open, and wide sharing of data on emerging pathogens helps keep people and the planet healthy. PDN believes in the power of open data to a) facilitate public health...
Jun 23, 2025
PDN’s central node, the Pathogens Portal, has launched a new wastewater data page to improve visibility and access to sequencing data from wastewater metagenomic samples. This new feature supports public health agencies, researchers, and environmental monitoring teams...
Jun 20, 2025
The Pathogen Data Network (PDN) has conducted a global survey to better understand the challenges researchers face when working with pathogen data and to identify priority areas for training and support. The results pinpoint limited funding, data aggregation...
Jun 13, 2025
PDN has released a technical ‘starter kit’ to support the rapid development of national, regional and community-led portals, also referred to as Pathogen Portal Nodes (PPN). This simple and flexible implementation software includes all essential features for a basic,...
