Performance and accuracy evaluation of reference panels for genotype imputation in sub-Saharan African populations hubs.li/Q027mGQH0 Cell Genomics highlight SBIMB

Thrilled to have our work on gnomAD out in print at Nature today. With 76K genomes, we can look beyond the coding genome and into the non-coding genome to find regions important for human disease nature.com/articles/s4158…

Congrats to Surina Singh , Jean-Tristan Brandenburg and the rest of the SBIMB and #AWIGen team for this important paper on hypertension in sub-Saharan African populations, that's just appeared in Nature Communications doi.org/10.1038/s41467…

Such an amazing contribution to the country and to science Thirty years of rural health research: South Africa’s Agincourt studies offer unique insights theconversation.com/thirty-years-o… via The Conversation Africa

Have you applied yet for our Polygenic Risk Score Analysis Workshop? Always very competitive, so send a very strong application. Don't forget to include all relevant supporting documents. Deadline: 5th March 2024. Application website ➡️ bit.ly/3TY2C4d

Exciting opportunity to apply for a new seed pilot project (18 months; 70,000 USD budget) within the MADIVA Research Hub research hub! Applications close on 13 March 2024. Please share with your networks APHRC H3ABioNet IBM Research DS-I Africa Wits_News SAPRIN Vanderbilt Health

Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity. A great opportunity to work with Prof Michele Ramsay who has a strong track record in excellent postdoctoral training and producing new generation leaders/leading scientists in genetic epidemiology & Bioinformatics Deadline: 29th Feb, 2024

Pleased to welcome Dr Luicer Olubayo to our research group, a postdoc fellow at Wits University. She will be joining us for a duration of 2 months to investigate the T-cell response cross-reactivity in SARS-CoV-2 and explore the epigenetic effect of paediatric praziquantel!

Abstract submission for the SASHG 2024 Conference is now open!! Join us this year as we get "Future ready: growing genomics in Africa". Click the link in the bio or below to submit your abstract: scatterlings.eventsair.com/sashg2024/abst… #sashg2024 #sashgcongress2024 #genetics #genomics

📢Don't miss out! Applications for the H3ABioNet "Introduction to Bioinformatics Course" 2024 course are now open. Closing date 📅: 28 March 2024 Apply now to be a participant: redcap.h3abionet.org/redcap/surveys…

The preprint our our paper "Expanding the human gut microbiome atlas of Africa" is out, we think the largest gut microbiome project in Africa to date: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Congratulations to the 2024 PGRN PacBio® Twist Long Read Sequencing Grant recipients Drs. Twesigomwe David Twesigomwe , Masimirembwa and Jaufeerally-Fakim for their project "Genetic Variation in Key Pharmacogenes in South Africans and Mauritians"!

Fostering effective collaborations is key to accelerating Microbiome research on the African continent. Here, we propose an implementation framework for equitable and impactful partnerships in microbiome research efforts across Africa: rdcu.be/dIMlk SBIMB Human Heredity and Health in Africa

African Pharmacogenomics Network Seminar on 15th June, co-hosted by HumGen members, Dr Vicky Nembaware, Prof Collet Dandara and Dr Elvis Aboagye. Register: zoom.us/meeting/regist… Human Heredity and Health in Africa H3ABioNet GeneMAP Research Center SBIMB

Please register to join our next PUBGEM-Africa virtual science and society Café. It is part 1 of 2 on the theme "A vision for Genetics and Data Science in Medicine in Africa." Date: 18th July. Register at zoom.us/webinar/regist… Alice Matimba SBIMB UCT Health Sciences Victoria Nembaware

What is the human #genome and why is #genomics research important? Check out the well-crafted public messages from World Health Organization (WHO) shorturl.at/EtIqI shorturl.at/q5pUW shorturl.at/Gjjjl Please share and help the world understand what the human genome actually is!

Our latest edition of the #PrecisionMedicine and #Biomedical #Informatics in Africa short course, sponsored by Afretec, will run from 15-17 October 2024 SBIMB. Please register to book your spot: forms.office.com/pages/response… Human Heredity and Health in Africa H3ABioNet Wits Faculty of Health Sciences @carnegiemellon

🚨New Paper Alert 🚨 In Genome Medicine we show that ancestry-aligned PGS combined with conventional risk factors significantly enhance prediction of cardiometabolic outcomes in African populations. #PGS #African genomemedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… Oliver Pain Dr Cathryn Lewis @sbimb1 1/7

Abstract Submission is Open!!!!!! The 15th African Society of Human Genetics Conference and the 1st Ugandan Society of Human Genetics and Bioinformatics. Theme: Harnessing Data Science and Artificial Intelligence for African Genomics Website: afshg2025.org

#Opportunity to join SBIMB as a research computer engineer to support e-Research (#HPC #big_data). Maintain the Wits Core Research Cluster! Assist students and researchers with accessing the server! Follow link for more details: bit.ly/4grMFMv