• Introduction to Bioinformatics Training 2022

  Course Overview: The course aims to provide an introduction to the field of bioinformatics, with a focus on important bioinformatics tools, and resources. The course aims to use a combination of theoretical and practical sessions in order for participants to gain practical experience in using various tools and resources. Intended Audience: The...

• UCT CBIO Software Carpentry Workshop March 2022

  Course Overview/description: Software Carpentry aims to help researchers get their work done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic research computing skills. This hands-on workshop will cover an introduction to The Shell, Python and R. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their...

• Look Out for IBT 2021 Classroom Call

  H3ABioNet‘s IBT 2021 Classroom Call H3ABioNet‘s Introduction to Bioinformatics course (IBT) provides an introduction to the field of bioinformatics with a focus on important bioinformatics tools and resources. The 2021 iteration will be running soon. Kindly watch out for the call for classrooms by 26th April 2021.

• Introduction to Bioinformatics Training 2021

  Course Overview: The course aims to provide an introduction to the field of bioinformatics, with a focus on important bioinformatics tools, and resources. The course aims to use a combination of theoretical and practical sessions in order for participants to gain practical experience in using various tools and resources. Intended Audience: The...

• Next Generation Sequencing Bioinformatics Course 2021

  Course Overview/description:  Next generation sequencing (NGS) has become an essential tool in genetic and genomic analysis. It is increasingly important for experimental scientists to gain the bioinformatics skills required to analyse the large volumes of data produced by next generation sequencers. This course will equip participants with the...

• Introduction to Git and Github 30 Nov 2020

  Course Overview/description: The use of repositories and version control tools such as GitHub and Git for hosting, pulling, installing and collaborative development of code and software in bioinformatics is now commonplace. The “Introduction to Git and Github” course will provide an overview of version control, creating a GitHub account and how...

• Introduction to Nextflow Workshop 2020

  Course Overview/Description: The use of workflow technologies such as Nextflow is becoming increasingly pervasive in bioinformatics. Workflows automate the execution of various bioinformatics tools and pipelines and reduces the time one spends on running the different steps in a particular pipeline while testing various parameters as well as enabling...

• Introductory Python based Software Carpentry_2018

    Course Overview Participation: The workshop is open to anybody who is interested in learning the Introduction to Python programming using theprinciples of Software Carpentry. Intended Audience: Students and Staff who would like to learn more about the basics of Python programming. Keywords: Python, programming, GIT, Software Carpentry Language:...

• Introduction to Bioinformatics Training 2020

  Course Overview: The course aims to provide an introduction to the field of bioinformatics, with a focus on important bioinformatics tools, and resources. The course aims to use a combination of theoretical and practical sessions in order for participants to gain practical experience in using various tools and resources. Intended Audience: The...

• Introduction to Bioinformatics Training 2019

  Course Overview:The course aims to provide an introduction to the field of bioinformatics, with a focus on important bioinformatics tools, and resources. The course aims to use a combination of theoretical and practical sessions in order for participants to gain practical experience in using various tools and resources. Intended Audience: The...

• Ensembl Genome Browser Workshop, 20 May 2019, Cape Town, South Africa

  The Ensembl project at www.ensembl.org provides a comprehensive and integrated source of annotation of mainly vertebrate genome sequences. This 1-day workshop offers participants the possibility of gaining hands-on experience in the use of the Ensembl genome browser but also provides them with the necessary background information. Our sister...

• Ensembl Genome Browser Workshop, April 2021, Cape Town, South Africa

  The Ensembl project at www.ensembl.org provides a comprehensive and integrated source of annotation of mainly vertebrate genome sequences. This 1-day workshop offers participants the possibility of gaining hands-on experience in the use of the Ensembl genome browser but also provides them with the necessary background information. Our sister...

• Introduction to Bioinformatics Training 2018

  Course Overview: The course aims to provide an introduction to the field of bioinformatics, with a focus on important bioinformatics tools, and resources. The course aims to use a combination of theoretical and practical sessions in order for participants to gain practical experience in using various tools and resources. Intended Audience: The...

• Introduction to Biostatistics for Genome Wide Association Testing

    Course Overview:  The “Introduction to Biostatistics for Genome Wide Association testing” workshop provides an introduction to the basic concepts in biostatistics required for genome wide association studies, e.g. data types, experimental design, statistical tests, probabilities, R, etc.  During the second week, basic statistical concepts relevant to...

• Practical Course on Gene/Protein Functional Networks and Interactomes

  Course Overview: This will be a short practical course on Bioinformatics for biologists, molecular biologists or young researchers working in the field of biomedical or biological sciences who are interested in learning, in a practical way, how to build and explore gene and protein networks and how to place in a relational context (i.e. in a...

• Bioinformatics in the tropics Uganda 2015: Introduction to bioinformatics analysis techniques for next generation sequencing data

  Course Overview: The workshop involves theoretical lectures and practical sessions on analysis techniques for dealing with Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) data, including an introduction to programming for the study of large data sets of HIV and other genomic data. It will introduce working in Linux and R statistical programming. Various topics on NGS...

• H3ABioNet Postgraduate Bioinformatics Workshop 21st April-26th May 2014 Covenant University Bioinformatics Research (CUBRe), Ota Nigeria

  Course overview: The H3Africa initiative is aimed at studying the genomic and environmental determinants of disease in Africa. The goals of H3Africa are to enhance the necessary genomic expertise among African scientists and to encourage collaborations between African investigators by supporting infrastructure development and research projects....

• Introduction to Bioinformatics Training 2017

  Course Overview: The course aims to provide an introduction to the field of bioinformatics, with a focus on important bioinformatics tools, and resources. The course aims to use a combination of theoretical and practical sessions in order for participants to gain practical experience in using various tools and resources. Intended Audience: The...

• Ensembl Browser Workshop- University of Cape Town, 6th June 2016

  Course Overview: The Ensembl project at www.ensembl.org provides a comprehensive and integrated source of annotation of mainly vertebrate genome sequences. This 1-day workshop offers participants the possibility of gaining hands-on experience in the use of the Ensembl genome browser but also provides them with the necessary background...

• H3ABioNet Introduction to Bioinformatics online course (IBT_2016)

   Course Overview: The IBT_2016 course is an introduction to the field of Bioinformatics, with a focus on important Bioinformatic tools, algorithms and resources. Over a period of 3 months of intensive biweekly contact sessions, the course combines theoretical and practical sessions to allow participants to gain practical experience in using various...

Workshop Overview: The development of next generation sequence technology has led to rapid advances in microbiome study. The Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience with support from the Pan-African Bioinformatics Network for H3Africa will be offering a short-course on the bioinformatics of analysing the microbiome. The course will give...

Course overview:EMBO Practical Course on Computational analysis of protein-protein interactions: From sequences to networks. Keywords:Systems biology, Protein structure, Protein-protein interactions, Networks Skill level of training:Intermediate Language:English Credential awarded: No credential awarded Type of training: face-to-face / in...

Course Overview: Metagenomics uses advanced DNA sequencing technologies to generate data on the collection of genomes and genes from the assemblage of microorganisms present in a defined environment. The microbiome is the entire habitat, including the microorganisms, their genomes and the surrounding environmental conditions. Advances in...

Workshop Overview: The H3Africa Consortium aims to study the genomic and environmental determinants of diseases in Africa. It also strives to build genomic expertise among scientific investigators in Africa as well as encourage collaborations between them through infrastructure development and research support. The H3ABioNet, a Pan African...

Workshop overviewThe Computational Metagenomics Workshop at the University of Mauritius will provide a week-long series of training seminars, practical demonstrations, hands-on tutorials and research talks on the use of software tools to analyze and interpret metagenomics data. The scope is quite broad and offers an overview of cutting-edge...

 Course Overview: The H3ABioNet 16S rRNA Microbiome Intermediate Bioinformatics course will provide training to enable participants to gain the knowledge and skills to perform 16S rRNA microbiome data analyses using a variety of bioinformatics methods and tools. The H3ABioNet 16S rRNA Microbiome Intermediate Bioinformatics course will use a...

 Course Overview:  The H3ABioNet 16S rRNA Microbiome Intermediate Bioinformatics course will provide training to enable participants to gain the knowledge and skills to perform 16S rRNA microbiome data analyses using a variety of bioinformatics methods and tools. The H3ABioNet 16S rRNA Microbiome Intermediate Bioinformatics course will use a...

Course Overview:  The H3ABioNet 16S rRNA Microbiome Intermediate Bioinformatics course will provide training to enable participants to gain the knowledge and skills to perform 16S rRNA microbiome data analyses using a variety of bioinformatics methods and tools. The H3ABioNet 16S rRNA Microbiome Intermediate Bioinformatics course will use a...

  Course Overview/Description: There will be two courses offered by the BioConductor community:   Introduction to Bioconductor Annotation Resources (Thursday, 29th April 2021 @ 8am EDT/12noon GMT/1pm WAT/ 2pm CAT/3pm EAT to 11am EDT/3pm GMT/ 4pm WAT/5pm CAT/6pm EAT)...

Course overview: The goal of the H3ABioNet Data Management workshop is to prepare H3Africa researchers for management of their data, including knowing what data to collect, what file formats, etc. to use. The course will present options for setting up and storing patient data, discuss the EGA requirements to ensure the researchers collect all the necessary...

Course Overview: This interactive workshop will provide an overview of data management, analysis and submission for H3Africa projects. It also provides an opportunity for Data Support Working Group members, who represent the H3Africa projects to engage with H3ABioNet and discuss their needs. Intended Audience: This workshop is aimed at Data Support...

Course Overview:Various data intensive initiatives are taking place in South Africa that will involve in the storing and describing of genomics data in various platforms. The utility of data for research and reuse is how well structured and described the data and meta-data records are as this contributes towards making data FAIR. Bioschemas (...

 Course Overview The Research Data Management (RDM) short course will introduce the principles and practices of RDM and provide practical advice for implementing these practices in an African research context. Topics covered will include data discovery and re-use, data documentation and organization, data standards and Ontology, data storage and...

Course Overview: The Research Data Management (RDM) short course introduces the principles and practices of RDM and practical advice for implementing these practices in African research context. Topics covered include data discovery and re-use, data documentation and organization, data standards and Ontology, data storage and security,...

Course overview The H3Africa initiative is aimed at studying the genomic and environmental determinants of disease in Africa. The goals of H3Africa are to enhance the necessary genomic expertise among African scientists and to encourage collaborations between African investigators by supporting infrastructure development and research projects....

The H3Africa initiative is aimed at studying the genomic and environmental determinants of disease in Africa. The goals of H3Africa are to enhance the necessary genomic expertise among African scientists and to encourage collaborations between African investigators by supporting infrastructure development and research projects. H3ABioNet aims to...

Course Overview: The goal of the H3ABioNet and University of Botswana curriculum development workshop is to present success stories of Masters programmes that have been developed elsewhere and then discuss the challenges in starting such a programme at African universities who don’t yet offer them, and how to overcome these challenges. The...

Workshop overview: The Global Organisation for Bioinformatics Learning, Education and Training (GOBLET), together with H3ABioNet will be running a Best practices in Bioinformatics Training workshop in Cape Town from the 16th - 17th of November 2015. The first day will cover aspects of teaching and the second day will be more of a workshop to...

Course Overview: The societal challenge of the 2019 Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic increases the global needed for technology-facilitated learning. Additionally, there is a growing need for experts who can design and deliver technology-facilitated courses that enable course participants to successfully apply course knowledge content and...

Train-the-Trainer: Course Design and Delivery for Bioinformatics Trainers Course Overview/description: H3ABioNet, Wellcome Connecting Science and the European Bioinformatics Institute are hosting a Train-the-Trainer workshop. The aim of the workshop is to empower trainers and educators focused on bioinformatics and data science to design, develop,...

Workshop Overview: The workshop will be split into two tracks: An introductory track that will cover fundamental assumptions, showcase recent successes and discuss limitations of current GWAS approaches in the field of complex diseases, particularly in the case of African populations with known low linkage disequilibrium (LD). It will also...

Course Overview: This workshop provides an overview on medical population genetics, PLINK and basic statistics and practicals in order to build a foundational knowledgebase for genome wide association testing. The workshop will consist of a series of theory lectures and a “hands on” practical lab session at the end. Intended Audience: This workshop...

Course Overview:The post-genomic era has been characterized by the rapid advance of genotyping technology resulting in a wealth of new, high-quality data that may hold promise for the further elucidation of genetic factors underlying complex disease. Without the proper tools and methods, the ultimate utility of such rich data may be limited in...

  Course Overview:  The “Introduction to Biostatistics for Genome Wide Association testing” workshop provides an introduction to the basic concepts in biostatistics required for genome wide association studies, e.g. data types, experimental design, statistical tests, probabilities, R, etc.  During the second week, basic statistical concepts relevant to...

  The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) Ghana and the H3ABioNet Node of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) University of Ghana, are organizing a five-day intensive workshop on GWAS for complex diseases. Venue of workshop: Conference Room - Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, GhanaDates for the...

Course Overview:The H3Africa chip is being used by the H3Africa projects to generate data that will need to be analysed.  The course will consist of two components; a series of online lectures provided by experts in that specific domain. These are to introduce the main concepts and theory behind population genetics and GWAS. The second part of...

Workshop overview: This theoretical and practical course is aimed at researchers that would like to get the most out of their Next Generation Sequencing datasets. We will tackle several topics, encompassing theoretical NGS approaches and statistical analysis of NGS data. The first week of this course (Oct 3rd – 7th) will be devoted to theory and...

Course Overview: The workshop involves theoretical lectures and practical sessions on analysis techniques for dealing with Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) data, including an introduction to programming for the study of large data sets of HIV and other genomic data. It will introduce working in Linux and R statistical programming. Various topics on NGS...

Course Overview: This workshop provides an introduction to the computational analyses of NGS data from pre-processing to the identification and annotation of genomic variants and the functional effects of those variants, as well as the use of pharmocogenomic databases. Intended Audience: This workshop is aimed at attendees of the 3rd...

Course Overview/description:  Next generation sequencing (NGS) has become an essential tool in genetic and genomic analysis. It is increasingly important for experimental scientists to gain the bioinformatics skills required to analyse the large volumes of data produced by next generation sequencers. This course will equip participants with the...

The H3Africa initiative is aimed at studying the genomic and environmental determinants of disease in Africa. The goals of H3Africa are to enhance the necessary genomic expertise among African scientists and to encourage collaborations between African investigators by supporting infrastructure development and research projects. The H3ABioNet aims to...

The H3ABioNet recently co-organised a Scientific Communication Workshop from the 26th to the 27th of April 2021.   The links below are the video recordings and resources that were used for the two days.   Day 1 of Workshop: https://youtu.be/U2el7Zcyb-Y Day 2 of Workshop: https://youtu.be/XT8Lx8lR6-0   Resources:   1. Writing an effective abstract:...

Workshop training materials are available at: http://training.h3abionet.org/technical_workshop_2013/ The H3Africa initiative is aimed at studying the genomic and environmental determinants of disease in Africa. The goals of H3Africa are to enhance the necessary genomic expertise among African scientists and to encourage collaborations between African...

Workshop Overview: In keeping with the H3ABioNet Consortium's mandate to build and develop bioinformatics capacity in Africa, the Infrastructure Working Group (ISWG) is organizing an H3ABioNet-Funded Technical-Training workshop for System Administrators of the various Nodes and H3Africa projects. This is a follow up to the initial systems...

Dates and location:  22nd August to 26th August 2016, University of Pretoria, South Africa Workshop organisers: Scott Hazelhurst, Fourie Joubert, Sumir Panji and Nicola Mulder Workshop sponsors: H3ABioNet Workshop overview: One of H3ABioNet’s deliverables is to investigate the use of Cloud computing for H3Africa data analysis. It was recently...

H3ABioNet Microbiome & Precision Medicine Portals Design Hackathon   Venue of hackathon: Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia Dates for the hackathon: 12th April to 18th April, 2019  Hackathon organisers: Kais Ghedira, Faisal Fadlelmola, Souiai Oussama, Samar Kassim, Scott Hazelhurst, Sumir Panji, Nicola Mulder Application opens: 18th February,...