Introduction to Bacterial Genomics Bioinformatics Workshop

23rd to 27th January 2023 | 08:30 - 17:30 GMT each day

Bioinformatics facility - ARL, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research - University of Ghana

Instructors:

Dr. Andries van Tonder (Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge)

Dr. Prince Asare (Bacteriology Department, NMIMR-UG)

Facilitators:

Dr. Bright Adu (Immunology Department, NMIMR-UG) 

Dr. Isaac Darko Otchere (Bacteriology Department, NMIMR-UG) 

Dr. Benedicta Ayiedu Mensah (Epidemiology Department, NMIMR-UG)

This is a  five-day intensive introduction to bacterial genomics bioinformatics workshop organized for the first time in its series resulting from a collaboration between the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research – University of Ghana, and the Department of Veterinary Medicine – University of Cambridge with support from the Africa Research Excellence Fund (AREF) and the Cambridge – Africa ALBORADA Research fund.

The goal of this workshop is to build capacity in bacterial genomics for the next generation of applied bioinformaticians

 Before the course

Watch these videos:

Introduce yourself and fill out the pre-workshop survey (for participants only):

Hover and click the link to the top right of the page to access the document

Introduce_Yourself_Bacterial_Genomics

 During the course

Get access to the course materials and the Q & A document:

Introduction to WGS and the UNIX shell
Common file formats, sequencing QC and short read mapping
Genome assembly and annotation, workflow managers and pipelines
The nf-core bactmap pipeline and phylogenetic analysis
Genotyping and antimicrobial resistance prediction and introduction to HPC

Q & A

Q_&_A_Bacterial_Genomics
Write your questions and receive timely solutions here. 

 After the course

Fill our Post-workshop Feedback Survey (for participants only):

We are really interested in hearing about your thoughts about the workshop, how you feel the experience has or will benefit you and how it could be improved. Click the link to the top right to take the survey

Invited Speakers for January 2023

Professor Julian Parkhill, FRS FMedSci  

Marco van Zwetselaar, Bioinftormatician, Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute, Tanzania

Successfully Completed Workshop Participants for January 2023

Abdul Basit Musah

Amanda Yaa Tetteh

Daniel Amoah

Eliza Mari Kwesi-Maliepaard

Frank Osei

Georgina Agyekum

Grace Ocloo Semevor

Israel Mensah-Attipoe

Jennifer Seyram Amedior

Mohammed Lawal

Molly Kukua Abban

Paul Kwao

Phillip Tetteh

Theophilus Afum

Bernard Tawiah Odai 

Workshop Instructors and Facilitators for January 2023

Dr. Andries van Tonder

Dr. Prince Asare

Dr. Bright Adu

Dr. Isaac Darko Otchere

Dr. Benedicta Ayiedu Mensah

Venue

Noguchi Bioinformtaics Unit

University of Ghana

The unit houses 16 state-of-the art Linux installed computers

Let us know if you want to attend or sponsor future workshops. 

You can also send in your queries here.

We are grateful for the support from the bioinformatics unit at University of Cambridge and our external sponsors (AREF and CAMBRIDGE-AFRICA ALBORADA research funds) who have made this maiden edition possible.