The NGS-BRICS project formed a five-country consortium to integrate national genome research and develop innovative solutions to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Core objectives included sharing SARS-CoV-2 genomic knowledge across BRICS countries, tracking virus spread, identifying precise pandemic emergence patterns, developing diagnostic and therapeutic approaches based on genome sequencing, and strengthening national capacities for COVID-19 genomic data production and analysis.
Throughout the project, scientists collaborated online and exchanged real-time data, significantly improving surveillance approaches during the pandemic and enhancing human resource capacity across BRICS member states.
| Call Number | BRICS STI Framework Programme Call in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 | |
| Project Code and Acronym | BRICS2020-049 “NGS-BRICS” | |
| Country | Research Institutions | Principal Investigators |
|---|---|---|
🇧🇷 Brazil |
National Laboratory for Scientific Computation (LNCC/MCTI) | Ana Tereza Ribeiro de Vasconcelos |
🇷🇺 Russia |
Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology | Georgii Bazykin |
🇮🇳 India |
National Institute of Biomedical Genomics | Arindam Maitra |
🇨🇳 China |
Beijing Institute of Genomics, CAS | Mingkun Li |
🇿🇦 South Africa |
University of KwaZulu-Natal | Tulio de Oliveira |
| Funding Agencies | National Council for Scientific and Technological Development of Brazil (CNPq), Russian Center for Scientific Information (RCSI), Department of Biotechnology of India (DBT), Department of Science and Technology of India (DST), National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) | |
