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DESCRIPTION:# Overview\n\n\n* **Duration**: 3 weeks\, 3 hours per week\n* F
 ree\n* Certificate of achievement available on satisfactory completion\n* 
 **CPD Approval**: Royal College of Pathologists (9 credits)\, Royal Colleg
 e of Nursing (9 credits)\n* **Start Date**: The course is run ‘live’ f
 or 3 weeks from the start date above. Once this period is over there will 
 be no live monitoring of the forums\, but you can still join and complete 
 the course during the remaining period.\n\n### Why join the course?\n\nThe
  increase in resistance of harmful bacteria to antibiotics is a major glob
 al threat to health. Here we explore bacterial genomes and the use of geno
 me sequencing to identify and track these drug resistant bacteria. Join us
  to discover how genome research is helping scientists and healthcare prof
 essionals track disease outbreaks and prevent the rise of antibiotic resis
 tant ‘superbugs’.\n\n### Who is the course for?\n\nThis course will be
  of interest to scientists\, healthcare professionals\, biomedical researc
 hers and bioinformaticians. The course offers all learners an opportunity 
 to learn about genomes\, disease\, and antimicrobial resistance. You requi
 re no previous knowledge of genome science to complete the course.\n\n### 
 What do people say about this course?\n\n"_I would definitely point studen
 ts to this resource. Text\, videos\, and figures were all very well done._
 " Pablo Tsukayama\, Assistant Professor of Microbiology "_A highlight of t
 he course was the introduction to whole genome sequencing – new informat
 ion for me._" Christine Laws\, Medical Doctor “_Exchanging genetic infor
 mation quickly throughout the world is clearly going to revolutionise the 
 ability to combat disease._” Prue van der Hoorn\, Artist\n\n# Programme 
 and start dates\n\n### Course start dates\n\nThis course is repeated twice
  a year.\n\nNext start dates:\n\n* 29 October 2018\n* April 2019 (exact da
 te TBC)\n\n###\n\n### What topics will you cover?\n\n\n* Diseases caused b
 y bacteria\n* What bacterial genomes look like\n* Genome sequencing techno
 logy\n* Mechanisms of transmission and resistance\n* Genomic epidemiology 
 – tracking the spread of bacterial pathogens\n* Antimicrobial resistance
 \n\n### What will you achieve?\n\nBy the end of the course\, you'll be abl
 e to...\n\n* Explain why some bacteria are pathogenic\n* Explore the struc
 ture of bacterial genomes\n* Describe the uses of different genome sequenc
 ing technologies\n* Investigate how genome data are used to track the spre
 ad of bacterial disease\n* Discuss the role of genome sequencing in stoppi
 ng the spread of antimicrobial resistance\n\n# Educators\n\n## **Lead Educ
 ators**\n\n**[Dr Adam Reid][1]** I am a senior staff scientist at the Well
 come Sanger Institute near Cambridge in the United Kingdom. I'm interested
  in using genomics and bioinformatics to better understand infectious dise
 ases. **[Dr Josie Bryant][2]** I am a Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellow i
 n the University of Cambridge\, Department of Medicine. I am working on ba
 cterial genomics and evolution with a focus on within-patient microbial di
 versity\n\n### Dr Francesca Short\n\nI am a scientist at the Wellcome Sang
 er Institute. I am interested in using functional genomics techniques to u
 nderstand infections caused by the bacterium _Klebsiella pneumoniae_.\n\n#
 # **Programme Lead Educator**\n\n**[Professor Nicholas Thomson][3]** I am 
 a Group Leader at the Wellcome Sanger Institute. I provide scientific over
 sight for this course. I am interested in bacterial evolution and the spre
 ad of infectious disease.\n\n### The course also features interviews with 
 distinguished scientists\, including:\n\n\n* **[Mathew Beale][4]** - Wellc
 ome Sanger Institute\n* **[Daryl Domman][5]** - Wellcome Sanger Institute\
 n* **[Gal Horesh][6]** - Wellcome Sanger Institute\n* **[Catherine Ludden]
 [7]** - London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine\n* **[Tapoka Mkanda
 wire][8]** - Wellcome Sanger Institute\n* **[Julian Parkhill][9]** - Wellc
 ome Sanger Institute\n* **Lindsay Pike** - Wellcome Sanger Institute\n* **
 [Michael Quail][10]** - Wellcome Sanger Institute\n* **[Susannah J. Salter
 ][11]** - Wellcome Sanger Institute\n* **[Estee Torok][12]** - Addenbrooke
 ’s Hospital and University of Cambridge\n\n  [1]: http://www.sanger.ac.u
 k/people/directory/reid-adam-james\n  [2]: https://www.infectiousdisease.c
 am.ac.uk/directory/josie-bryant\n  [3]: http://www.sanger.ac.uk/people/dir
 ectory/thomson-nicholas-robert\n  [4]: http://www.sanger.ac.uk/people/dire
 ctory/beale-mathew\n  [5]: http://www.sanger.ac.uk/people/directory/domman
 -daryl\n  [6]: http://www.sanger.ac.uk/people/directory/horesh-gal\n  [7]:
  https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/aboutus/people/ludden.catherine\n  [8]: http://ww
 w.sanger.ac.uk/people/directory/mkandawire-tapoka-t\n  [9]: http://www.san
 ger.ac.uk/people/directory/parkhill-julian\n  [10]: http://www.sanger.ac.u
 k/people/directory/quail-michael-andrew\n  [11]: http://www.sanger.ac.uk/p
 eople/directory/salter-susannah-j\n  [12]: https://www.infectiousdisease.c
 am.ac.uk/directory/et317@medschl.cam.ac.uk\n\n# What's Included\n\nWellcom
 e Genome Campus Advanced Courses and Scientific Conferences are offering e
 veryone who joins this course a free digital upgrade\, so that you can exp
 erience the full benefits of studying online for free. This means that you
  get:\n\n* Unlimited access to this course\n* Includes any articles\, vide
 os\, peer reviews and quizzes\n* Tests to validate your learning\n* A PDF 
 Certificate of Achievement to prove your success when you’re eligible\n\
 n# CDP Approval\n\n \n\n
SUMMARY:Bacterial Genomes: Disease Outbreaks and Antimicrobial Resistance
URL;VALUE=URI:https://coursesandconferences.wellcomegenomecampus.org/our-ev
 ents/bacterial-genomes-disease-outbreaks-amr-online-apr18/
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