News from the GMI Steering Committee

GMI12, Draft Programme Available

The 12th Global Microbial Identifier Meeting will be held 12-14 June 2019, Singapore. The registration platform is now open.

12th GMI Meeting, Save-the-Date

The 12th Global Microbial Identifier meeting will be held 12-14 June 2019, Singapore

GMI11, Deadline for poster abstracts extended

The deadline to submit a poster abstract has been extended to midnight, 10 April 2018 (UTC+08:00).

GMI11, A reminder for the upcoming event

The registration platform is open and abstracts are being accepted for the poster session

Registration is open for GMI11

GMI11 will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, 16-18 May 2018. The registration platform is now open.

GMI11 Draft programme available

GMI11 will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, 16-18 May 2018

GMI11 Save-the-date

GMI11 will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, 16-18 May 2018.

GMI10 Final Report

The GMI10 Final Report is now available

The Global Microbial Identifier (GMI) Proficiency Test 2017 is open for sign-up

The Global Microbial Identifier (GMI) Proficiency Test 2017 has been launched, and you can sign-up from now until 9 June 2017.

Registration is open for the 10th Meeting of Global Microbial Identifier

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.

GMI9 Final Report

The GMI9 Final Report is now available

Online course on Whole Genome Sequencing tools and applications in surveillance...

Some material for an online course on Whole Genome Sequencing tools and applications can be viewed now on the ENGAGE website.

Save the date for GMI10

Save the date for GMI10: 15 - 17 May 2017 The Meeting will be held in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

Providing resources and guidance for next generation sequencing

The ENGAGE Project conducts benchmarking exercises to provide resources and guidance for next generation sequencing.

GMI WG2 Questionnaire

GMI WG2 Questionnaire

GMI8 Final Report

GMI8 final report

Registration now open for GMI9

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...

ASM Conference on Rapid Next-Generation Sequencing and Bioinformatic Pipelines...

This first ASM Conference in the Next Gen Sequencing area took place in Washington DC, USA September 24-27, 2015.

Announcing the 9th Meeting on Global Microbial Identifier (GMI) in Rome, Italy

  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...

GMI Proficiency Test 2015 - sign-up is now closed

This inter-laboratory performance test is provided to facilitate harmonization and standardization in whole genome sequencing and data analysis, with the aim to produce...

GMI Proficiency Test 2015 – sign-up is now open

This inter-laboratory performance test is provided to facilitate harmonization and standardization in whole genome sequencing and data analysis, with the aim to produce...

Approaching deadline to sign up for GMI 8

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...

Preliminary programme for the 8th Meeting on Global Microbial Identifier in Beijing...

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...

Invitation for the 8th Meeting on Global Microbial Identifier in Beijing, China

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...

GMI 8 Beijing, China, 11-13 May - Save the date

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...

GMI 7 Final Report ready

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.

20.8 million € in EU funding for the COMPARE project

A global platform for the sequence-based rapid identification of pathogens 20.8 million € in EU funding for the COMPARE project.

Research Projects can link up to GMI

A growing number of research projects are now in different ways linking up to the GMI idea – the latest is the EU-COMPARE project.

7th Meeting on GMI

198 people from 34 countries will be participating in the GMI7 Meeting at FERA...

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...

GMI7 satellite meeting - applications for plant pathogens

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...

Implementing Whole Genome Sequencing to support public health surveillance in...

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...

GMI at meetings

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...

GMI WG4 PT Survey Report 2014 ready

The GMI Pilot test Survey Report 2014 from working group 4 is now ready for download.

Updated programme for the GMI 7 11-12 September in York

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...

News from Work Group 4 - launch of pilot proficiency test

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...

Join 146 registered members from 31 countries to support the GMI initiative

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...

Invitation to the GMI7 meeting, 11-12 September 2014 – Registration is now open

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...

WGS in aid to identify source of recent Listeria outbreak

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...

GMI discussions on the juridical and political aspects defining conditions for...

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...

GMI on twitter

For bringing information about GMI directly to you, we have created a Twitter account.

GMI at meetings, seminars and in the media

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...

Overview of GMI media, publications & coverage

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...

Save the date - 7th Meeting on GMI in the UK

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...

Become an active member of the GMI initiative

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...

Horizon 2020 - a funding opportunity for GMI

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...

Presenting GMI at conferences and meetings

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...

News from working groups 3 and 4

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...

Provide pictures for the GMI website

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...

GMI newsletter no. 4

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...

GMI newsletter no. 3

International developments DTU is invited by the European Commission; DG SANCO – Health and Consumers, Unit G4 in the competence as European Union Reference Laboratory...

GMI newsletter no. 2

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...

GMI newsletter no. 1

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...

GMI talk by David J. Lipman (NCBI)

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...

2nd Meeting on Global Microbial Identifier