Researchers from the Pandemic Sciences Institute and the Nuffield Department of Medicine’s Centre for Human Genetics have secured funding for a project which will help assess whether vaccines already or previously licensed against Zaire ebolavirus could offer protection against Bundibugyo ebolavirus. The study is a collaboration with the Centre de Recherche et d’Analyse Biomédicale Guinea (CRAM), WACCREP member research institution…
Oxford, England – The second day of the 2026 annual meeting of the African Pandemic Sciences Collaborative shed light on the endeavors of the EPSILON community. This event served to assess the progress and key achievements of research projects conducted by its seven consortia: SC-GRA, SPIL-OVA, SHARPER, PREPARE, CLEAR-Africa, MosEPIC, and ACCEPT-Africa. Despite complex initial challenges, significant progress was recorded…
The fourth day of the African Pandemic Sciences Collaborative (APSC) annual meeting featured a plenary session dedicated to the APSC Consortium Leads. This was an opportunity for each of them to share experiences in pandemic preparedness and present scientific capabilities. VIDEO Professor Seydou Doumbia, Head of SC-GRA-WACCREP : “During the Ebola epidemic, there was immense widespread anxiety regarding the…
The West African Consortium for Clinical Research on Epidemic Pathogens (WAC-CREP) invites early and mid-career researchers to apply for the EPSILON Exchange Award through a competitive process. The award enables visits to consortium institutions (in Mali, Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone) for up to 6 weeks to enhance skills in research and management pertaining to the activities described in…
Prof. Bassirou Diarra, Medical Biologist, Head of the BSL-3 Laboratory at the UCRC in Mali: « We are members of the West African outbreak rapid response team, so we are ready to be deployed, the laboratories are ready to conduct the tests, and as I also mentioned, we are working on evaluating other vaccines, just as we did for the Ebola…
