# Acknowledgements

## Resources

Pathogenwatch is built on top of tools provided by the community. For details about them, and how to cite them individually in any research made public, please see their respective pages in the [Technical Descriptions section](/pathogenwatch/technical-descriptions-of-analysis-tools.md).

## Development

Pathogenwatch has been developed and run by the [Centre for Genomic Pathogen Surveillance](https://www.pathogensurveillance.net/) as a community resource since 2018. We would like to acknowledge the input of many colleagues and collaborators in developing, selecting and testing the species-specific schemes and data visualisation, including:

* [KlebNET-GSP](https://klebnet.org/)
* [NIHR Global Health Research Unit](https://ghru.pathogensurveillance.net/)
* The [Global Pneumococcal Sequencing Project](https://www.pneumogen.net/gps/)
* Everyone listed in the [Pathogenwatch species publications](/pathogenwatch/how-to-cite.md)

## Funding

Pathogenwatch has been funded and supported by multiple organisations over it's lifetime. The initial funding was provided by the Wellcome Trust. The CGPS was initially co-hosted by [Imperial College](https://www.imperial.ac.uk/school-public-health/infectious-disease-epidemiology/) and the [Wellcome Sanger Institute](https://www.sanger.ac.uk/), before moving to the [Big Data Institute](https://www.bdi.ox.ac.uk/), Oxford University. Currently, Pathogenwatch is hosted at the [Pandemic Sciences Institute](https://www.psi.ox.ac.uk/), Oxford University.

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