In this Frontiers Forum Deep Dive session on 5 June, Prof Marc Struelens, Prof Guido Werner, Prof Vitali Sintchenko, and Prof Margaret Ip explored the power of pathogen genomic data for informing public health responses and treatments to protect the world against the next pandemic. They were joined by Dr Josefina Campos and Dr Stephen Morse for a panel discussion and audience Q&A.

The session brought together the authors of the Frontiers in Science lead article ‘Realtime genomic surveillance for enhanced control of infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance’ to advocate for integration of pathogen genomic data and epidemiological data into globally interconnected One Health surveillance systems.

Links:

• View the Frontiers in Science lead article at: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/...

• View the Frontiers in Science article hub at: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/...

Speakers:

• Prof Marc Struelens | Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

• Prof Guido Werner | Robert Koch Institute, Germany

• Prof Vitali Sintchenko | The University of Sydney, Australia

• Prof Margaret Ip | The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

• Dr Josefina Campos | WHO, Germany

• Dr Stephen Morse | IHRC Inc., USA



INTRODUCTION

00:00:08 Welcome & introduction | Lee Baker | Editorial Adviser, Frontiers in Science

PRESENTATIONS

00:04:44 Pathogen genomic surveillance: the way forward | Prof Marc Struelens | Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

00:17:10 Whole genome sequencing: technical advances for public health applications | Prof Guido Werner | Robert Koch Institute, Germany

00:27:46 Integrative solutions for genomic surveillance data sharing/analysis | The University of Sydney, Australia

00:46:00 One Health collaborations for epidemic preparedness | The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

PANEL DISCUSSION & AUDIENCE Q&A

01:00:18 Introduction of panel session | Lee Baker | Editorial Adviser, Frontiers in Science

01:01:30 Panel discussion | Facilitated by Lee Baker | Editorial Adviser, Frontiers in Science

CONCLUSION

01:22:54 Closing remarks from Prof Marc Struelens | Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

Frontiers Forum Deep Dive sessions bring researchers, policy experts, and innovators together from around the world, to discuss a specific area of transformational science published in Frontiers' flagship multidisciplinary journal, Frontiers in Science, and explore next steps for the field. Watch previous sessions at https://forum.frontiersin.org