News from the GMI Steering Committee

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 2016 FAO Headquarters...

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...

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 Sunworld...

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...

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...

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...

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...