{"id":927,"date":"2019-09-23T12:55:06","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T10:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ucrc-mali.org\/?p=927"},"modified":"2019-09-26T14:03:06","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T12:03:06","slug":"bioinformatics-genomics-medicine-in-africa-training-the-next-generation-of-scientists-in-africa-challenges-and-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ucrc-mali.com\/?p=927","title":{"rendered":"Bioinformatics, Genomics Medicine in Africa\/Training the next generation of scientists in Africa: Challenges and opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ucrc-mali.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_1448-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-928\" width=\"683\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ucrc-mali.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_1448-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ucrc-mali.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_1448-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ucrc-mali.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_1448-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ucrc-mali.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_1448-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ucrc-mali.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_1448-65x43.jpg 65w, https:\/\/ucrc-mali.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_1448-85x57.jpg 85w, https:\/\/ucrc-mali.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_1448-188x125.jpg 188w, https:\/\/ucrc-mali.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_1448-90x60.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>During the seventh session of the 12th conference of the African Society of Human Genetics and the 1st Congress of the Malian Society of Human Genetics, Professor Seydou Doumbia had the honor to present to a hundred participants. His presentation was on the topic: &#8220;<em>Bioinformatics, Genomics Medicine in Africa: Challenges and opportunities<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Backgrounds and objectives:<\/strong> Bioinformatics and\ngenomics research have great potentials for understanding the extensive genetic\nand microbiota diversity in African populations. The Mali African Center of\nExcellence in Bioinformatics (Mali-ACE-B) was created in 2015 with support from\nNIH to build a sustainable bioinformatics research training program. Methods:\nWe set-up an e-learning facilities at University of Bamako-USTTB, enhances local\nfaculty and researchers in Bioinformatics (ToT), develop a curriculum for\nMaster degree and short term training in bioinformatics. Initial courses were\nprovided through distance learning and face to face by local and international\nfaculty involving H3Abionet and other collaborators networks (contributing in\nalso in mentorship).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;Results<\/strong>: A cohort of 20 Master students\nwith wide background in biomedical field and more than hundred of junior\nscientists and faculties have been trained in Bioinformatics\/genomics. The\nstudents research involved genomics and bioinformatics covering a wide range of\ndiseases including malaria, Tuberculosis and HIV (epigenetics, Genomics of drug\nand vector resistances), Cancer, Diabetis and Autism. Key findings of the\nStudents\u2019 thesis research will be presented. The program was awarded with\nresearch-training grants (Fogarty International H3Africa training in\nBioinformatics programs and others) Providing opportunity for doctoral and\npost-doctoral training. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion<\/strong>: &nbsp;Challenges of reliance on high-speed bandwidth\navailability, career development, employability, remote mentoring and\npublication will be discussed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conclusion:<\/strong> our multi-tiered enhancement approach provides a platform for generating and data science technicians, teachers, researchers, and program managers in underserved countries. Such capacity is needed to ensure genomic translation into health system to address global health issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conflict of interest disclosure: <\/strong>The authors declare no\nconflict of interest, in terms of Scientific, financial and personal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>S. Doumbia, M. Wele, H. Darrell,\nJ. Li, M. Diakite, C. Whalen, A. Ezekiel and JG. Shaffer<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b0 Faculty of Medicine and Odontostomatology, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b0 African Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b0 Bioinformatics and Computational Biosciences Branch (BCBB), OCICB\/NIAID\/NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA: \u2018Department of Global Biostatistics and Data Science, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropic Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b0 Department of Computer and Information Sciences, College of Science and Technology, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the seventh session of the 12th conference of the African Society of Human Genetics and the 1st Congress of the Malian Society of Human Genetics, Professor Seydou Doumbia had the honor to present to a hundred participants. 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