News from the GMI Steering Committee
30 OCT
The 12th Global Microbial Identifier meeting will be held 12-14 June 2019, Singapore
03 APR
The deadline to submit a poster abstract has been extended to midnight, 10 April 2018 (UTC+08:00).
14 MAR
The registration platform is open and abstracts are being accepted for the poster session
12 FEB
GMI11 will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, 16-18 May 2018. The registration platform is now open.
24 JAN
GMI11 will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, 16-18 May 2018
24 NOV
GMI11 will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, 16-18 May 2018.
27 OCT
The GMI10 Final Report is now available
18 MAY
The Global Microbial Identifier (GMI) Proficiency Test 2017 has been launched, and you can sign-up from now until 9 June 2017.
03 FEB
GMI 10 is being organized by Inoqoutech and the GMI Steering Committee. The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Hotel, Cabo San Lucas, B.C.S.; Mexico, 15-17 May 2017.
14 DEC
The GMI9 Final Report is now available
09 DEC
Some material for an online course on Whole Genome Sequencing tools and applications can be viewed now on the ENGAGE website.
06 DEC
Save the date for GMI10: 15 - 17 May 2017
The Meeting will be held in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
30 SEP
The ENGAGE Project conducts benchmarking exercises to provide resources and guidance for next generation sequencing.
15 FEB
GMI WG2 Questionnaire
15 FEB
Technical Meeting on the impact of Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) on food safety management - within a One Health Framework
23-25 May 2016FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy...
06 OCT
This first ASM Conference in the Next Gen Sequencing area took place in Washington DC, USA September 24-27, 2015.
24 SEP
Technical Meeting on the impact of Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) on food safety management -within a One Health Framework
and the
9th Meeting on Global Microbial Identifier...
07 AUG
This inter-laboratory performance test is provided to facilitate harmonization and standardization in whole genome sequencing and data analysis, with the aim to produce...
01 JUN
This inter-laboratory performance test is provided to facilitate harmonization and standardization in whole genome sequencing and data analysis, with the aim to produce...
14 APR
Invitation update for the GMI 8 in Beijing, China: Deadline for registration approaches. The deadline for registration as well as deadline for room reservation at the...
06 MAR
Invitation update for the GMI 8 in Beijing, China: The preliminary programme for the 8th meeting in the Global Microbial Identifier initiative is now ready. The registration...
11 FEB
GMI 8 is being organised by the China CDC and the GMI Steering Committee. The meeting will be held at the Sunworld Dynasty Hotel in Beijing11-13 May 2015. This meeting...
19 DEC
The 8th Meeting in the Global Microbial Identifier initiative will be held in Beijing, China, on the 11th to 13th of May 2015. Pending final confirmation from the Chinese...
19 DEC
The final report from the GMI 7 Meeting in York, UK, is ready. Please find the final report ad the presentations from the GMI 7 Meeting here.
19 DEC
A global platform for the sequence-based rapid identification of pathogens 20.8 million € in EU funding for the COMPARE project.
19 DEC
A growing number of research projects are now in different ways linking up to the GMI idea – the latest is the EU-COMPARE project.
02 SEP
We have had a very good response with around 198 people so far registered – so very close to capacity. The website will be updated with further logistic details e.g...
02 SEP
A satellite meeting sponsored by Defra will be held on the 10th September 2014 ahead of the GMI7 meeting held at the Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera) on the...
02 SEP
Whole genome sequencing (WGS) is expected to replace conventional techniques in the coming years, given the rapidly declining costs and the wealth of data extractable from...
02 SEP
GMI was presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP), 2014, at a mini-symposium on whole genome sequencing ‘Rise of the...
19 JUL
The GMI Pilot test Survey Report 2014 from working group 4 is now ready for download.
30 JUN
On behalf of the Food Standards Agency and the GMI steering committee, we are pleased to present the preliminary programme for the GMI7 meeting being held at Sand Hutton...
30 JUN
Lately there have been quite a lot of activity going on in WG4, Ring trials and quality assurance. Primarily, we have prepared for the launch of the pilot PT including...
30 JUN
The Global Microbial Identifier initiative consists of people participating in the annual meetings and/or in the five working groups and the steering committee, and the...
22 APR
The seventh in a series of plenary meetings of the Global Microbial Identifier initiative is being organised by the Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera), UK, on...
22 APR
Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) is listed as a contributing factor to making a link between food and clinical Listeria monocytogenes isolates during a recent multistate outbreak...
22 APR
Workgroup 1 has drafted a discussion paper to support the discussion about legal aspects to be considered around the GMI initiative and the setting up of a global database...
22 APR
For bringing information about GMI directly to you, we have created a Twitter account.
22 APR
GMI involvement has been discussed at many different events and other settings. We have generated an overview of GMI in the media and put this on the GMI website for...
22 APR
We have created a list of publications and coverage on GMI. The list contains internet and social media, websites and printed publications and is by no means complete...
29 JAN
Final dates for the next meeting in the GMI initiative GMI7 is 11-12 September 2014. Invitation, agenda, venue information etc. to follow. Report from the 6th Meeting...
29 JAN
The Global Microbial Identifier initiative consists of people participating in the annual meetings and/or in the five working groups and steering committee, and the initiative...
29 JAN
The European Union (EU) has launched their new research and innovation program, called Horizon 2020. Though the program is EU based, it is open for other countries as...
29 JAN
One of the outcomes of the discussions we had at the GMI5 meeting in Copenhagen and at GMI6 at UCDavis was to find meetings and conferences at which we could present...
29 JAN
Working group 3: Ruth E. Timme was part of the NCBI data-in/data-out sub group. Working group 4: Work progress is according to the road map. Read more obout both working...
29 JAN
The GMI web editorial board will be pleased to get pictures to put on the website. The content of the illustrations can be anything relevant for GMI, such as meds and...
08 OCT
GMI charter
The charter was discussed at GMI6 and a revised version will be sent by e-mail to the GMI community. The e-mail will include an invitation to sign up as a...
29 AUG
International developments
DTU is invited by the European Commission; DG SANCO – Health and Consumers, Unit G4 in the competence as European Union Reference Laboratory...
12 AUG
6th meeting on Global Microbial Identifier – agenda
The next meeting will take place at the US Davis Campus in California, September 10-11, 2013. Link: http://www.g-m...
18 JUN
6th meeting on Global Microbial Identifier - Book the date!
The next meeting will take place at the UC Davis Campus in California, USA, on September 10-11, 2013. You are...
30 JAN
Video on the Global Microbial Identifier (GMI) by David J. Lipman, National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), USA, presented at an information meeting at the...
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