A sequel, only better outbreaker2 is a total re-implementation of a model implemented in outbreaker, for the reconstruction of transmission trees from densely sampled outbreaks (i.e., most cases observed). While the original version was computationally efficient, it basically consisted of a C engine which was optimized for speed, but poorly... [Read More]

Interested in working on disease outbreaks, modelling the spread of disease and R package development? Have a look at the new position which has just opened at Imperial College London. Deadline for applications is 24th February 2017. Questions can be sent by email to Pierre Nouvellet or Anne Cori Find... [Read More]

Only four months ago, the R Epidemics Consortium was posting its birth certificate online. Since then, our project has received considerable enthusiasm from the community, and we have been lucky to be joined by some truly amazing people. And the list is growing, still. Many projects have emerged in our... [Read More]

RECON will be the object of a seminar at the Biometry and Evolutionary Biology Laboratory (Lyon, France) on the 5th of January. More information on the talk can be found at the LBBE website. The slides of the talk will be available for download on github. [Read More]

Interested in working on disease outbreaks, networks, genomics, clustering algorithms, simulations and R package development? Have a look at the new position which has just opened with RECON, based at Imperial College London. Deadline for applications is 12th January 2016. Questions can be sent by email to Thibaut Jombart. Find... [Read More]