H3ABioNet Courses & Events

H3ABioNet delivers high quality training covering various aspects of bioinformatics

Training

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Upcoming and Current Training

H3ABioNet organises a variety of high quality courses and training events covering various aspects of bioinformatics from general introductory topics to more specialised ones such Next Generation Sequencing and Genome Wide Association Studies analyses.

Training proposals on different topics that are pertinent to human health, have synergies with the H3Africa projects and are also in line with H3ABioNet's vision of developing bioinformatics capacity within Africa, may be submitted here.

Please also take note of the H3ABioNet training event policy available here.

Past Courses and Training Events

H3ABioNet has hosted and been involved in a number of training events and courses since it's conception in 2012. For a list of past H3ABioNet courses and training events and to access the applicable training material, please browse through the training categories below:

Bioinformatics: Introduction

Introduction to Bioinformatics Course (September - December, 2018, Distance based learning)

Introduction to Bioinformatics Course (April - August, 2017, Distance based learning)

Introduction to Bioinformatics Course (6^th July–9^th October 2016, Distance based learning)

H3ABioNet‘s Introduction to Bioinformatics course (IBT) provides an introduction to the field of bioinformatics, with a focus on important bioinformatic tools 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 tools and resources. During contact sessions, classrooms meet virtually to discuss the session’s content with each other and the trainer.

H3ABioNet Postgraduate Bioinformatics Workshop (21^st April-26^th May 2014, Covenant University Bioinformatics Research (CUBRe), Ota Nigeria)
The H3ABioNet 2014 Postgraduate workshop is aimed at providing post graduate students registered for an academic degree and are working on research projects with a significant component of bioinformatics with the necessary grounding in core bioinformatics topics. The H3ABioNet 2014 Postgraduate workshop aims to equip these individuals with the necessary skills to continue their ongoing bioinformatics education, further learn on topics that are of interest to them and apply the skills learnt to their academic research projects.

H3ABioNet Introduction to Bioinformatics using the eBioKit platform (29^th July-2^nd August 2013, International Center for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya)
The course is composed of a range of topics aimed at providing participants with the necessary hands-on practical skills to be able to analyze genetic, genomic and metagenomic data. The course will include some basic linux programming and then offer a comprehensive overview of commonly used bioinformatics tools and databases available on the eBiokit system, such as for example Ensembl and Galaxy, a Web-based platform for data-intensive biomedical research.

Bioinformatics Intermediary

Bioinformatics Advanced

Data Management

Education

Genomic Medicine

GWAS

Introduction to Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) for complex diseases (12^th - 16^th June 2017, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Ghana)
This workshop is aimed at introducing an interdisciplinary audience to important concepts in genetics and population genetics that are relevant to complex disease association studies and data analysis. Participants will also be introduced to the potential of GWAS and to key strategic considerations in designing and performing association studies for mapping disease genes. It will cover the fundamental assumptions, showcase recent successes and discuss limitations of current GWAS approaches in the field of complex diseases, and particularly in the case of African populations known for low linkage disequilibrium. It will also provide ‘hands-on’ experience of data analysis.

Genome Wide Association Studies, Quality Control and Family based analysis (22^nd-24^th February, 2016, Cape Town, South Africa)
Participants will learn about quality control and quality assurance steps of genome-wide data, basic GWAS analysis, construction of genetic risk scores, estimation of genome-wide SNP heritability, an introduction to family-based association approaches and an overview of meta-analytic techniques.

Medical population genetics and GWAS for complex diseases (19^th- 24^th April, 2015, Cape Town, South Africa)
This workshop aims to introduce an interdisciplinary audience to the potential of GWAS and to key strategic considerations in designing and performing Genome-wide Association studies, as well as to bring all participants up to speed on the basic principles of human genetic variation, genotyping and disease scoring statistics. In addition, this workshop aims to bridge the gap between statistics, bioinformatics and genetics. We envisage that researchers in machine learning and statistics who have an interest in genetic architecture of complex diseases, as well as statistical geneticists looking for using or improved tools for GWAS will benefit from participating in this workshop.

Covenant University GWAS workshop for complex diseases (29^th June - 1^st July, 2015, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun state, Nigeria)
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.

NGS

Research Skills

SysAdmin and Technical