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Loculus

Learn about Loculus

Loculus is open-source software that powers microbial genome databases
Read more View a demo instance

Key resources

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System overview An overview of the different sub-compontents that make up the Loculus system
Getting started Set up a new Loculus instance

Team

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Nest architects
the people who designed and led the development
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Chaoran Chen
ETH Zurich; SIB
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Theo Sanderson
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Cornelius Roemer
University of Basel; SIB
Wise owls
the people who guided, encouraged and funded the development
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Emma Hodcroft
Swiss TPH; SIB
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Artem Babaian
University of Toronto
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Richard Neher
University of Basel; SIB
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Tanja Stadler
ETH Zurich; SIB
Branch weavers
the people who contributed to the development
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Luke Pereira
University of Toronto
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Tobias Kampmann
TNG Technology
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Felix Hennig
Freelance software engineer
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Max Verbiest
Swiss TPH; SIB
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Anna Parker
ETH Zurich; SIB
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Fabian Engelniederhammer
TNG Technology
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Jonas Zarzalis
TNG Technology
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Alexander Taepper
ETH Zurich; SIB
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Alex Morales
University of Toronto
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Christian Jaeger
ETH Zurich; SIB

Funding

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This project has received funding from NIH1 through the Pathogen Data Network and swissuniversities through the Programme Open Science. Further support comes from the Wellcome Trust2 and Gates Foundation3 via ARTIC 2.0, and from the ESCAPE Consortium 4.

Contact

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If you found a bug or would like to suggest a feature, you are very welcome to open an issue on GitHub. For other inquiries, please reach out to one of the team members.






1 This resource is supported by the National Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number U24AI183840. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

2 This resource acknowledges the support of the Wellcome Trust (discretionary award 313694/Z/24/Z, ARTIC2)

3 This work was supported, in whole or in part, by the Gates Foundation (award INV-092067). The conclusions and opinions expressed in this work are those of the author(s) alone and shall not be attributed to the Foundation.

4 This project was supported by the ESCAPE project, funded by the European Union (101095619). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HADEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. This work has received funding from the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) (contract number 22.00482).