Dr. Peace Musiimenta, from Makerere University School of Gender and Women studies delivered a training covering the intersection of Gender and ICT technologies (Gender aspects in ICT tool development and deployment).

Proud to have been featured as the lead article in the 13th issue of the H3Africa newsletter as a #VR centre in medical training

We're excited to deliver this year's #AR/#VR Hackathon!🎉 with ARVR Africa & Meta #Opportunity for the Ugandan #XR ecosystem to team up towards developing innovative solutions for healthcare, business, education...Prizes up to USD 10,000! Registration: forms.gle/URCT3R4mK1YXMk…

Are you a surgeon, physician, or other health practitioner? Collaborate with developers to bring your idea to life in virtual or augmented reality and stand a chance to win up to $10,000 by participating in the AR/VR Africa Hackathon 2022. Register: bit.ly/3ikCC1U

Happening now is the "National Stakeholders' Engagement on the Role of #Genomics in Public Health Systems" workshop by Africa CDC. Thanks Daudi Jjingo & Gerald Mboowa for representing!

Bio-IT World Conference & Expo 16th-18th May in Boston. Dr. Daudi Jjingo will be presenting about the enabling value of High Performance Computing for contemporary research Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University @NIAIDBioIT

Harnessing the potential of XR Technologies in emergency care training through an immersive and extensive array of scenarios that would otherwise be unattainable.Makerere University Research and Innovations Fund Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University @NIAIDBioIT Ìmísí 3D. #BreakingNewGrounds #VRTraining #EmergencyCare

Exciting News! Dr. Daudi Jjingo and our MSc Bioinformatics students co-authored a Nature article on Tandem Repeat(TR) variation. It's a significant resource for future TR research. check it out:tinyurl.com/TRgenetics @NIAIDBioIT Human Heredity and Health in Africa Makerere University Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University Melissa Gymrek

Expand your knowledge in #DataScience. Don't miss the Data Science Seminar today taking place at Central Teaching facility 2 (CTF 2) at Makerere Univerisity starting at 9am.Makerere University Makerere University College of Health Sciences Makerere University CoCIS The Makerere AI and Data Science Research Lab Data Science Uganda

Excited to engage with the Uganda Ministry of Health Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to explore potential opportunities for integrating LLM solutions into the country's disease surveillance efforts Ministry of Health- Uganda @NIAIDBioIT DS-I Africa Gates Foundation UCSF Global Health

Are you a female and interested in Data Science? The application deadline for our 6-month internship in the SHE-DATA SCIENCE program is coming soon! If you haven’t applied, please apply through this link: idi.mak.ac.ug/opportunities/…

Attention Aspiring Female Data Scientists in Uganda! Be part of the SHE-DATA SCIENCE Training program. Apply now for: PhD: idi.mak.ac.ug/opportunities/… MSc (2-year funding): idi.mak.ac.ug/opportunities/… MSc (research year funding): idi.mak.ac.ug/opportunities/…

Understanding Advanced AI and disruptive GPTs in healthcare: Key Challenges, Opportunities and Policy Shifts. Daudi Jjingo sharing insights from ACE Bioinformatics & Data Sciences's experience at the #HIC2024

Presenting our paper: Shotgun Metagenomics of Stool in HIV-Infected Children with Fever. bit.ly/4jmNE1Q It showcases metagenomics' impact on diagnosing hidden infections and advancing precision healthcare. Thanks to Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University EDCTP Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network #PHICAMS-TMA2020CDF-3159

✨Day 1 of the #AlphaFoldWorkshopUG2025 ! ACE Bioinformatics & Data Sciences is excited to host #EastAfrican researchers for a week long training in the use of #AlphaFold at Makerere University. Great thanks to Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University and Google DeepMind for the support. #AlphaFoldWorkshopUG2025

✨Day 2 of the #AlphaFoldWorkshopUG2025 at Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Makerere University! Today's sessions covered: 🔹 Introduction to #AlphaFold 🔹 Assessing the quality of predicted #proteinstructures 🔹 Accessing & engaging with #AlphaFold This workshop is supported by Google DeepMind. #AlphaFold

📢Exciting Opportunity! Researchers & students across East Africa interested in #AlphaFold are invited for the #AlphaFold contest Uganda 2025. Apply, Compete & Win Apply now: forms.gle/1kXep4B3vUBpim… Application deadline: September 12, 2025 Contest dates: October 14-17, 2025

Today, we celebrate a historic partnership btwn ACE Bioinformatics & Data Sciences & Google DeepMind—empowering young African scientists with cutting-edge AI tools to combat antimicrobial resistance & other critical diseases. Together, we’re accelerating health innovation for Africa, by Africa. #OneIDI

It’s official! ACE Bioinformatics & Data Sciences is now a proud partner of Google DeepMind. Excited for the opportunities this collaboration will bring for advancing AI and discovery science.

🎉ACE Bioinformatics & Data Sciences is privileged to host the 5-day AlphaFold Contest Ug 2025 at Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University with support from Google DeepMind; Empowering East African scientists in protein structure prediction. Scientists will compete in solving biological questions using AI tools. #AFContestUg2025