TBA

The programme will include lectures, discussions and hands-on exercises covering the following topics: Modes of inheritance African population reference datasets Experimental design for NGS studies in monogenic diseases Workflow QC Variant analysis pipeline Variant annotation Variant filtering Interpretation of genetic variants Ethical issues of incidental findings and variants of unknown significance

HINARI and Strategies for searching PubMed

The workshop is open to anybody who is interested in learning the Introduction to Python programming using the principles of Software Carpentry

Human genomic resources Human pathogens genomics Model organisms BLAST tools

The presentation will generally illustrate the application of integrative genomics approaches for genetic and phenotypic diversity studies in Africa with a focus on gut microbiome. It will highlight the importance and ELSI of gut microbiome research. The field methodology of fecal collection and storage shall form a key part of this presentation. The presentation will end with some data generated from previous collections from three African countries.

The African Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics (ACE-B) of University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB) is pleased to announce the Call for application for its first symposium on ?Bioinformatics for Global Health in Africa? Abstracts Submission Guidelines Abstracts should be submitted in English with max 300 words as follows: Title in bold format; Names and affiliation of authors, presenting author underlined with e-mail address. They should be structured as follows: Introduction, Methodology, Results, Discussion and Conclusion.

How to write a research paper and get it published? How to increase visibility of research?, popular articles and social media platforms best practises Applying for coveted positions or fellowships? A few tips for successful applications Applying for Career development grants Feedback session for all presentations Leadership in scientific research

Our Summer Genomics Bootcamp has two parts: a Foundational Training Workshop (May 20-June 14, 2019) and an Advanced Training Workshop (May 6-31, 2019) which will both be held at Redeemer's University in Ede, Nigeria and run through our H3Africa Project - Genomic Characterization and Surveillance of Microbial Threats in West Africa and our World Bank funded African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases.