• 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

  Venue of workshop: University of Cape Town – venue (TBA) Dates for the workshop: 30th October – 31st October 2018: Face to face practical workshop (bring your own laptop) Workshop organisers: Ziyaad Parker, Suresh Maslamoney, Sumir Panji, Nicola Mulder Application opens: 26th September 2018 Application for the workshop closes: 11th October 2018...

• 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...

• Practical Course on Gene/Protein Functional Networks and Interactomes

  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 network-based...

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

  Workshop Training materials are available at: http://training.h3abionet.org/postgraduate_workshop_2014/ H3ABioNet Postgraduate workshop 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...

• 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

  Workshop dates: Monday 6th June 2016 Venue: Health Teaching Labs 1-2, Basement of Anatomy Building, UCT Medical School, Anzio Rd, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa Workshop organisers and sponsors: Ben Moore, Nicola Mulder, CBIO@UCT Workshop trainers and support: Ben Moore, CBIO@UCT Course Overview: The Ensembl project at www.ensembl.org provides a...

• H3ABioNet Introduction to Bioinformatics online course (IBT_2016)

  Course website: http://training.h3abionet.org/IBT_2016/ Venue of course: 19 classrooms across 11 African countries. Classrooms connect to the trainer via Mconf (‘virtual classroom’). Dates for the course: 6th July – 9th October 2016, every Wednesday and Thursday, 10:00-14:00 CAT each day Course organisers: H3ABioNet Education and Training...

• H3ABioNet Introduction to Bioinformatics using the eBioKit platform 29th of July to 2nd of August 2013 International Center for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya

  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...

Venue of workshop:        University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Dates for the workshop: 29th March to 31st March 2017 Workshop organisers:     Professor Scott Hazelhurst, Professor Nicola Mulder, Ami Bhatt, Gerrit Botha, Africa Wits-INDEPTH Partnership for Genomic Research, Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience, H3ABioNet...

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 microbiome research...

The 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...

Dates for the Course:August to October 2019 (exact dates and times to be confirmed) Venue of the Course:Successful hosting classrooms (we have 26 registered classrooms) Course Organizers: Verena Ras, Gerrit Botha, Shaun Aron, Sumir Panji, Nicola Mulder Course Overview: The H3ABioNet 16S rRNA Microbiome Intermediate Bioinformatics course will...

Dates for the Course: September to November 2020 (exact dates and times to be confirmed) Venue of the Course: Successful hosting classrooms Course Organizers: Verena Ras, Gerrit Botha, Shaun Aron, Sumir Panji, Nicola Mulder Course Overview:  The H3ABioNet 16S rRNA Microbiome Intermediate Bioinformatics course will provide training to enable...

Dates for the Course:28 September to 23 November 2021 (participants will join on 05 October 2021) Venue of the Course: Successful hosting classrooms Course Organizers: Verena Ras, Gerrit Botha, Shaun Aron, Sumir Panji, Nicola Mulder Course Overview:  The H3ABioNet 16S rRNA Microbiome Intermediate Bioinformatics course will provide training to...

  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)...

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 data,...

Workshop dates: 12th May 2016 Venue: Ocean Room, Radisson Blu Hotel, Dakar, Senegal Workshop organisers and sponsors: H3ABioNet, NIH Common Fund Workshop trainers and support: Nicola Mulder, Sumir Panji, Ayton Meintjes, Scott Hazelhurst, Fourie Joubert, Alia Benkahla and Faisal Fadlemola. Course Overview: This interactive workshop will provide an...

Venue of workshop:Health Teaching Labs 3 – 5, Basement of Anatomy Building, UCT Health Sciences Faculty. Dates for the workshop:13th May 2019  Workshop organisers:Niall Beard, Paballo Chauke, Sumir Panji, Nicola Mulder Participation:By invitation only  Registration opens:2nd May 2019  Registration closes:6th of May 2019 (6:00pm)  Notification...

 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 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...

Workshop Title:EMBO Workshop 2014 Venue of workshop: UCT, Cape Town, South Africa Dates for the workshop:28th September – 3rd October 2014 Workshop organisers:H3ABioNet, University of Cape Town Trainers and support staff: Click here Syllabus and Tools: Click here Prerequisites: List of software installed on the Window’s laptops used by...

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 will also...

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 discuss bioinformatics...

Venue of workshop:The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS),Cape Town, South Africa. Dates for the workshop: 20th-22nd April, 2015, followed by a symposium from the 23rd-24th April, 2015 Workshop organisers: H3ABioNet, the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) and the CPGR node of H3ABioNet Registration opens: 14th January, 2015...

Venue of workshop: ICT Building, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun state, Nigeria Dates for the workshop: 29th June to 1st July, 2015 Workshop organisers:Covenant University Bioinformatics Research Unit Registration opens: 15th June, 2015 Registration closes: 23rd June, 2015 Notification date: 27th June, 2015 Link to workshop:...

Please note that this workshop has taken place. The course materials are available on this page. General Workshop Information Venue of workshop: Medical Campus, University of Cape Town Dates for the workshop: 22nd February to 24th February, 2016 Workshop organisers: CBIO, Nicola Mulder, Matthew McQueen Participation: Open application with...

  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...

  Workshop Title:Introduction to Biostatistics for Genome Wide Association Testing Venue of workshop:Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia Dates for the workshop:16th March to 26th March 2015 Workshop organisers:H3ABioNet and the Institut Pasteur de Tunis H3ABioNet Node  Trainers and support staff: Dr. Jean-Baka Domelevo Entfellner,  Prof....

Venue  of  workshop:  Online  workshop  for  4  weeks  (2-­‐3  hours  per  week),  and  face  to  face workshop at the University of Cape Town for 5 days. Dates for the workshop: 20th August – 12th September 2018: Online lectures on Monday and Wednesday afternoon. 8th October – 12th October 2018: Face to face practical workshop (bring your own data) Workshop...

Workshop Venue: Mbour, Senegal Workshop Dates: October 3rd - 14th, 2016 Application deadline: Extended to the 22nd of August 2016 Link to application form: https://together.pasteur.fr/inda/event/inda-hands-ngs-statistics-course-senegal-2016 Workshop description: This theoretical and practical course is aimed at researchers that would like to get...

Venue of workshop: Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe Uganda Dates for the workshop: 6th to 10th July 2015. Workshop organisers:  MUII, THRiVE, Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies Wellcome Trust Programs, H3ABioNet , MRC/UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, and the Uganda Virus Research Institute Registration opens:  8th May,...

This workshop is closed. The training material is available at: http://training.h3abionet.org/h3a2016ngs/?page_id=2 Dates for the workshop: 4th April to 6th April 2016 Venue of workshop: Health Teaching Labs 1, Basement of Anatomy Building, UCT Medical School, Cape Town, South Africa Workshop organisers and sponsors: H3ABioNet, African...

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 training materials are available at: http://training.h3abionet.org/technical_workshop_2015/ Venue of workshop: Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Unit, University of Pretoria Dates for the workshop: 2nd February to 11th February, 2015 Workshop organisers: H3ABioNet and the Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Units,...

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,...