Celebrating 10 Years of Advancing Bioinformatics Research and Capacity Building in Africa
Through its various activities across its 28 nodes, H3ABioNet has developed human capacity through training and support for data analysis, and facilitated access to informatics infrastructure by providing access to pipelines and tools for human, microbiome, and pathogen genomic data analysis. H3ABioNet has played a pivotal role in capacity development for Bioinformatics in Africa over the last 10 years and would like to celebrate its various achievements in the form of a symposium (in the form of videos, posters, testimonials, etc.). The symposium will take place at the Cape Town International Convention Center in Cape Town, South Africa on 22 February 2023 and we invite all who are interested in attending the symposium (in person), to register for the event. A hybrid option may be available but the event is currently planned to take place in person only.
Organizers: H3ABioNet | Sponsors: H3ABioNet, CBIO - University of Cape Town
BE A PART OF OUR SYMPOSIUM!
More information on how to register, submit abstracts, testimonials and exhibition requests below.
Registration will open on 03 November and remain open until 03 February 2023. There is no cost involved in registering for the event. Please note, no late registrations will be accepted. To register for the event, please complete the following registration form:https://redcap.link/H3ABioNet_symposium_registration. Should you register for the event, we will assume you plan to attend in person.
Registration information:
Registration will open on 03 November and remain open until 03 February 2023. There is no cost involved in registering for the event. Please note, no late registrations will be accepted. To register for the event, please complete the following registration form: https://redcap.link/H3ABioNet_symposium_registration . Should you register for the event, we will assume you plan to attend in person.
Abstract submission information:
As part of the symposium, we aim to have both scientific posters and talk sessions. If you or your team have worked on some interesting research, tools or training, directly funded by (or in collaboration with) H3ABioNet, we would like to hear from you! Please consider submitting an abstract to showcase your research, tools or training programmes at the symposium. Posters and talks should highlight the impact of H3ABioNet where possible. Talks may cover a range of topics (tools, infrastructure development, data analysis, workflows, etc.) and we are also interested in talks related to training programmes and their impact.
If you would like to submit an abstract, please complete the following form: https://redcap.link/H3ABioNet_symposium_abstracts and be sure to adhere to the guidelines below. Abstract submissions will close on 12 December 2022 at 11:59 pm CAT (no late abstracts will unfortunately be accepted).
Abstract submission guidelines:
All abstract whether submitted for a poster or talk must adhere to the following set of requirements:
- The abstract should be between 250-300 words.
- Keywords should be provided as a must (no more than 06 words).
- Keywords should be written in lowercase letters and should be separated with commas.
- Please do not include subheadings, bullets, lists and header/footer in the abstract.
- Abstract titles should be short, but descriptive. Informative titles, indicating key points are encouraged. Abbreviations should not be used in the title.
- Presenting author’s name, affiliation, address, telephone and email address should be included.
- Abstract should be written in English.
- Please do not include any paragraph or line formatting. Leave as single spacing.
- All abstracts should be written in MS Word format (DOC or DOCX), and please save your abstract ensuring your name is clearly indicated in the title e.g. “abstract-VerenaRas.doc”
- NB - the abstract must focus on the direct or indirect impact of H3ABioNet on your own or your team’s/institution’s development. Abstracts not adhering to this will be automatically rejected.
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- Title: Times New Roman, 12 points, Upper case, Centered text in bold
- Body: Times New Roman, 11 points; Line spacing: 1, one column of text
AFFILIATIONS
- Affiliations should be indicated with superscript Arabic numbers appearing at the end of surname/family name.
- A superscript asterisk shout be used for the corresponding author
- Names of affiliations should be given including the country.
- If there is more than one name and address, they should be related by superscript numbers.
Eg:
Surname INITIALS 1 , Surname INITIALS 1* and Surname INITIALS 2
1 Department, Faculty, University, Country
2 Department, Institute, Country
* (* Email address of the corresponding author)
Don’t want to submit a poster or talk but would like to share the impact H3ABioNet has had on you? Consider submitting a testimonial!
We would like to invite everyone who has benefited from H3ABioNet and their activities over the last 10 years (in any way), to share their experiences with us in the form of a written/video testimonial. We will feature these in the form of presentations, video shorts and cutouts during our symposium
Some themes you may base your testimonials around are listed below:
- Impact of H3ABioNet training
- Impact of Degree Programmes
- Professional Development
- Research Capacity Development
- Mentorship/Internship/Supervision
- Any other theme as long as you celebrate H3ABioNet!
If you are interested/willing to share your experiences, please kindly read the testimonial guidelines below and complete the following form to submit your testimonial (these guidelines are repeated there): https://redcap.link/H3ABioNet_symposium_testimonials by no later than 03 February 2023! Testimonial GuidelinesNB: You may choose between a written or video testimonial. However, we encourage you to submit a video testimonial as this is more personal and can be screened at the event! OPTION1 (recommended) - Video testimonial submission guidelines:
- Your video should be less than 3 mins.
- Ensure when recording, you only capture your head down to your shoulders
- Make sure your background is white/plain colour and untextured
- Record your video during the day so that you can use daylight, if possible, sit in front of a net-curtained window. It is advised that if recording in low light, additional sources of light are used to obtain the best image possible.
- Record in a small room that has carpets/cushions/curtains/bedding as this will absorb any background noise and increase your video sound quality. You may also make use of a noise canceling microphone if one is accessible to you.
- You are welcome to record using a digital camera If you have one but a smartphone camera is sufficient.
- Ensure recordings are in landscape and not portrait.
- Start your video by stating your full names, institution/affiliation, profession and country
- Feel free to be creative and have a bit of fun!
OPTION 2 Written testimonial submission guidelines:
- Testimonials must be no more than 500 words in total and should ideally subscribe to one of the aforementioned themes (this will allow us to easily categorize testimonials).
- You will be required to upload a clear passport-sized photo to accompany your testimony.
If you have any issues/questions regarding the testimonials, email Pertunia Mutheiwana -
DEADLINE: SUBMIT YOUR TESTIMONIAL BY NO LATER THAN 03 February 2023
Exhibitions:
Call for Exhibition of H3ABioNet Bioinformatics and Genomics Resources
H3ABioNet would like to host an exhibition to showcase bioinformatics and genomics resources (tools, workflows, databases and data portals) developed by the network. H3ABioNet therefore, invites Project Leads, members and students to exhibit tools and workflows that they have developed in the last 10 years. This can include resources that are still in development. H3ABioNet will provide the infrastructure for the demonstrations e.g., booth, table or display boards. The applicants will be responsible for bringing their own branding materials and displays. As this is an in-person and interactive event, live demonstrations of the resources are encouraged. Applicants are advised to use any medium that will best represent the use of their resource at the exhibition. This can be in the form of a live demonstration, poster or any other medium. Exhibitions will be subject to approval by a selection committee.
Any parties interested in exhibiting at the H3ABioNet 10 Year Symposium can contact Tshinakaho Malesa ().
(External parties are welcome to indicate their interest to exhibit their bioinformatics genomics resources at the symposium via the email above.)
Applications will close 03 February 2023 – no late submissions will be considered.
