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MalariaGEN

The Malaria Genomic Epidemiology Network

MalariaGEN is a global network of global partners who share and integrate data relevant to inform malaria surveillance, our mission is to generate insights and tools that bridge the gaps for analysts in malaria endemic settings to use their data meaningfully to inform public health efforts. We build and optimise data resources and analytical tools to run directly in the cloud. Our flagship project is the Vector Observatory, which includes whole-genome sequence data for over 30,000 mosquitoes, integrating data from 70 partners across the globe from over 17 different mosquito species -- this is the largest resource on genetic variation data for any multicellular organism (other than humans!). Our goal is to enable analysts, scientists, students and public health practitioners to access these data without the need for any dedicated compute infrastructure, by optimising our resources to run within free compute environments (a big shout to Google Colab!) and by developing training resources that support partners to get confident with using cloud-native data and resources for their analysis.

  • python
  • GCS
  • machine learning
  • genomics
  • big data
  • cloud
  • analytics

Project ideas

4 ideas on its 2026 ideas page; of the 3 that state a difficulty: 2 medium, 1 hard. Sizes: 2 medium, 1 large. 4 mentors named.

  1. MalariaGEN @GSoC 2026 project proposals
  2. Developing open-source genomic surveillance tools for Anopheles farauti in the Pacific large hard
  3. Building a machine-learning taxon classifier for genomic classification in malaria mosquitoes medium medium
  4. Exploring natural-language interfaces to increase the understanding malaria vector genomic data medium medium

Read the ideas page. Ideas are for scope reference; never copy one into a proposal.

History

In GSoC since 2026, 1 year. Projects per year: '26: 2.

On GitHub

16 repositories pushed to in the last year. Main languages: Python (6), Jupyter Notebook (5), HTML (1), Shell (1).

Links and channels

go deeper in your terminal
git-into-gsoc org "MalariaGEN" --shortlist
git-into-gsoc repos "MalariaGEN"
git-into-gsoc issues --org "MalariaGEN"
or ask your assistant:
"Which MalariaGEN repositories merge
newcomers' pull requests, and which beginner
issues are still free?"

Those commands read live data: which repositories merge outside pull requests, and which beginner issues nobody has claimed. Install in two minutes.