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,...
May 16, 2025
A major step toward harmonizing global pathogen surveillance: the PDN Priority Pathogens repository – a curated, open-access and updatable list of high-priority pathogens – is now available to the global research and public health community. Tackling fragmentation in...
May 8, 2025
On 29 April, PDN hosted its first public webinar for a wide audience of pathogen data practitioners. It offered a global perspective on the project’s aims and latest advances, including a demo of the central Pathogen Portal, and the perspective from one of the...
Apr 10, 2025
In a significant step toward strengthening global infectious disease surveillance and response, the Pathogen Data Network (PDN) is proud to announce the awardees of the first call for Pathogens Portal Nodes (PPNs). The PPNs are envisioned as distributed, community-led...
