We welcome you to the 20th H3Africa Consortium Meeting to be held in Cape Town, South Africa at the CTICC|Cape Town International Convention Centre. The Meeting is going back-to-back with the 14th International Congress of Human Genetics (ICHG) 2023 meeting will start on 22 – 26 February. In addition, International Rare Disease Day occurs on 28 February.
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20th H3Africa Consortium Meeting: Cape Town; South Africa 27-28 February 2023
| Pre Meeting Events- Sunday 26 February 2023 | ||
| 18:30 | H3Africa Steering Committee Working Dinner | IEC Working Dinner |
H3Africa Open Day Monday: CTICC Auditorium 2 27 February 2023: CTICC Auditorium
| Opening Session Chairs: Zane Lombard & Guida Landoure | |
| 08:15 | Welcome: Zane Lombard & Guida Landoure (5 min) |
| 08:20 | IEC: Barry Bloom & Charmaine Royal (10 min) |
| Session 1: Showcase H3Africa Projects & Cross Consortium Collaborations; Chairs: Barry Bloom and Charmaine Royal | |
| 08:30 - 11:00 | His Excellency Todd P. Haskell (US Embassy) (10 min) |
| PI Mogomotsi Matshaba & Gaone Retshabile; CAfGEN: celebrating a decade of excellence in collaborative genomic research in Africa (15 min & 3 min Q&A) | |
| PI Nicola Mulder; Facilitating African Genomics (15 min & 3 min Q&A) | |
| PI Ambroise Wonkam; Africa is the Next Frontier of Hearing Impairment Genes Discovery (15 min & 3 min Q&A) | |
| PI Mayowa Owolabi & Paul Okekunle; Translating novel insights into interventions against stroke and cardiovascular diseases in Africa (15 min & 3 min Q&A) | |
| Neil Hanchard & Ananyo Choudhury; H3Africa Consortium Genome Analysis: Bridging the Genomics Gap (15 min & 3 min Q&A) | |
| Bamidele Tayo; PRS for CARdiometabolic Disorders IN African-ancestry PopuLations (CARDINAL): A H3Africa CVD-WG Collaboration (15 min & 3 min Q&A) | |
| PI: Elizabeth Mayne & PI: Moses Joloba; The H3Africa Biorepositories in continental pathogen surveillance (15 min & 3 min Q&A) | |
| PI: Mary Kasule; An Overview of Ethics & Community Engagement - Implementation of H3Africa Resources (15 min & 3 min Q&A) | |
| 11:00 | Refreshment Break at the Strelitzia Restaurant |
| Session 2: Early Career Scientists & Emerging Leaders - Career, Scientific Advancement & Vision for Genomics (Presentations & Q&A) Chair: Eimear Kenny | |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Simone Richardson - Finding Function in Immunoglobulin Genetic Diversity (8 min & 2 min Q&A) |
| Gerald Mboowa - Building resilient bioinformatics ecosystems in Africa (8 min & 2 min Q&A) | |
| Tinashe Chikowore - Impacted by H3Africa to soar to greater academic heights (8 min & 2 min Q&A) | |
| Yosr Hamdi - New National and International Initiatives in Genomic Medicine: Towards Data Driven Healthcare (8 min & 2 min Q&A) | |
| Segun Fatumo - The Emergence of Large-Scale Genomic Research and Genomics Leaders in Africa: The Ripple Effects of H3Africa (8 min & 2 min Q&A) | |
| H3Africa Fellows Speed Presentations (Panel Q&A) Chair: Rolanda Julius | |
| 12:30 - 13:00 | Alfred Ssekagiri - Progressing as a Bioinformatics H3Africa Fellow Working on Minority HIV-1 Drug Resistance |
| Ester Acen - The Inspiration to Research on Vitamin D Genetic Polymorhisms as a Potential Biomarker for TB Diagnosis | |
| Fousseyni Kané - Genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 variants by nanopore sequencing technology in Mali | |
| Nora Nghochuzie Nganyewo - Recent increase in low complexity polygenomic infections and sialic acid-independent invasion pathways in Plasmodium falciparum from Western Gambia | |
| Vincent Ntui-Njock - Low Parasite Infection Density and High Allelic Frequencies of Merozoite Surface Proteins-2 (Msp2) in Plasmodium Falciparum Isolates from Pregnant Women Across Malaria Ecozones in Cameroon | |
| 13:00 | Lunch at the Strelitzia Restaurant |
| Session 3: Vision & Strategy for Genomic Medicine/Health Research in Africa - Big Picture Funding Perspective Chair: Philip Awadalla | |
| Guest Speakers | |
| 13:50 - 15:00 | Glaudina Loots - Departments of Science & Innovation, South Africa (15 min) |
| Thomas Kariuki - Science for Africa Foundation (25 min) | |
| Francis Collins - National Institutes of Health(NIH) (10 min) | |
| Guest Speakers: Private Sector (Pharma/Biotech/Industry) - mobilizing the private sector funding/efforts (5-10 min talks) | |
| 15:00 - 16:30 | Craig Kinnear – MRC Genomics Platform (10 min) |
| Bridget Mogale - Illumina’s solutions for population scale genomics projects (10 min) | |
| Junaid Gamieldien - Roche/Genentech - Partnering for accelerating research in genomics (10 min) | |
| Kerry-Anne Pillay - An introduction to the Simply Spectacular team of Separations (10 min) | |
| Lyndon Mitnaul - Regeneron (10 min) | |
| Hélder Barbosa - MGI: Introduction to MGI and Patented state-of-the-art DNBSeq technology (10 min) | |
| Acclaim Moila -Inqaba Biotechnical Industries - Local genomics services matter (5 min) | |
| Guest Speakers: International Organizations | |
| Alice Matimba - Wellcome Connecting Science: Collaborative Partnerships to scale up genomics training - (5 min) | |
| Kobus Herbst - African Population Cohort Consortium: The Africa Population Cohorts Consortium – what are we busy with and what can we learn from H3Africa? (10 min) | |
| Presenter Cora Vacher - Oxford Nanopore: The complete picture of the Human Genome (2-3 mim) | |
| Eric van der Walt - Watchmaker Genomics (2-3 min) | |
| Refreshments available at the Strelitzia Restaurant | |
| Session 4 Panel Discussion - Chairs: Emerging Leaders & IEC members | |
| 16:30 - 18:30 | Panelists: Craig Kinnear; Bridget Mogale; Junaid Gamieldien; Lyndon Mitnaul, Alice Matimba; Kobus Herbst; Kerry-Anne Pillay; Acclaim Moila; Hélder Barbosa |
| Topic | Facilitators |
| Increasing Diversity in Genomics Research | Philip Awadalla (IEC), Tinashe Chikowore (Emerging Leader), Segun Fatumo (Emerging Leader) (40 min) |
| Capacity Building | Barry Bloom (IEC), Eimear Kenny (IEC), Simone Richardson (Emerging Leader) |
| Sustainability | Charmaine Royal (IEC), Yosr Hamdi (Emerging Leader), Gerald Mboowa (Emerging Leader) (40 min) |
| Interest Groups - Breakout spaces available for further discussion (Refreshments Available) | |
| 18:30 | Meeting Room 2.61-2.63 Facilitators: Simone Richardson & Tinashe Chikowore |
| Basic discovery/genomic Research | |
| 18:30 | Meeting Room 2.64-2.66 Facilitators: Yosr Hamdi & Gerald Mboowa |
| Genomic Medicine | |
| 18:30 | Meeting Room 2.41-2.42 Facilitators: Segun Fatumo |
| Genomic Surveillance | |
| 19:30 | Cocktail/Networking/Exhibitors Event - Rooftop Terrace |
H3Africa Internal Day Tuesday 28th February 2023; Rooftop Terrace
| 07:30 | Steering Committee/IEC/Funder Breakfast Meeting |
| Session 5: H3Africa Fellows - Speed Presentations & Panel Q&A Chair: Baneye Maiga | |
| 08:30 - 09:40 | Adekunle Fakunle - Indirect tobacco smoke exposure and first-ever Stroke among indigenous Africans in Ghana and Nigeria |
| Bethlehem Adnew - Building genomic and bioinformatics competence in Ethiopia: success stories and challenges | |
| Edwin Moses Appiah - Comprehensive Microbial Network Analysis of Gastric Microbiome Revealed Insights into Microbial Interactions Affecting Gastric Carcinogenesis | |
| Gerrye Mubungu Lumbono - Benchmarking the diagnostic yield of NGS testing for developmental disorders in Africa: the report of WGS in patients from the Democratic Republic of Congo | |
| Henrietta Ifechukwude Monye - The burden, manifestations and parental willingness to test for paediatric genetic eye diseases in Ibadan, Nigeria - Evidence for planning | |
| Ichrak Benamri - A young Moroccan PhD student’s acquired skills from H3Africa\H3ABioNet projects: Tracing a road in Bioinformatics | |
| Nana Yaa Achiaa Karikari Agyemang - Genetic association of G6PD variants and Pre-eclampsia (PET) in Ghana | |
| Salia Bamba - A Novel Candidate Gene Associated with Generalized Epilepsy in a Malian Family | |
| Session 6: H3Africa Working Groups (60min) | |
| 10:00 | Room: 2.6.1: Facilitator: Elizabeth Mayne; Rapporteur: Able Abbas |
| Biorepository Working Group | |
| 10:00 | Room: 2.6.2-3: Facilitator: Neil Hanchard & Ananyo Choudhury; Rapporteur: Ichrak Benamri |
| Genome Analysis Working Group | |
| 10:00 | Room: 2.6.4: Facilitator: Imane Allali; Rapporteur: Vincent Ntui-Njock |
| Microbiome Task Force | |
| 10:00 | Room: 2.6.5-6: Facilitator: Erisa Mwaka; Rapporteur: Nana Yaa |
| Ethics & Community Engagement Working Group; | |
| 10:00 | Room: 2.41: Facilitator: Aime Lumaka; Rapporteur: Gerrye Lumbono |
| Rare Disease Working Group | |
| 10:00 | Room: 2.42: Facilitator: Sophia Osawe; Rapporteur: Baneye Maiga |
| Study Coordinators Working Group | |
| 10:00 | Room: 2.43: Facilitator: Fouzia Radouni; Rapporteurs: Esther Acen |
| Education, Communication & Training Working Group | |
| 11:00 | Refreshments at the Strelitzia Restaurant |
| Session 7 Chair: Philip Awadalla (10 min & 2 min Q&A/presentation); Rooftop Terrace | |
| Theme (Common Disease) - Highlights & Future Plans | |
| 11:30 - 12:10 | PI Mark Nicol - The role of the respiratory microbiome in acute and chronic lung disease in children (Virtual) |
| Dwomoa Adu & Akinlonu Ojo - H3Africa Kidney Disease Research Network resentation: "Apolipoprotein gene variants and the Pathogenesis of Kidney Disease in Africans and people of African descent" | |
| Michele Ramsay - The value of African population cohorts with genomics data - the AWI-Gen experience | |
| Adeyinka Ashaye - Clinical and Genetic Study of Glaucoma - A neurodegenerative disease | |
| Theme (Implementation Science & Genomic Medicine) - Highlights & Future Plans Continued | |
| 12:10 - 13:00 | Zane Lombard - Deciphering Developmental Disorders in Africa – expanding phenotypes using exome sequencing in an African setting |
| Leon Mutesa - Transgenerational Epigenomics of Trauma and PTSD in Rwanda | |
| Guida Landoure - Clinical and Genetic Studies of Hereditary Neurological Disorders in Mali | |
| 13:00 | Lunch at the Strelitzia Restaurant |
| Session 8 Chairs: Eimear Kenny (10 min & 2 min Q&A/presentation); Rooftop Terrace | |
| Theme (ELSI) - Project Highlights & Future Plans | |
| 14:00 - 14:50 | Joseph Ochieng - The Guideline Development Process: a Case Study of Uganda |
| Paul Sikwe - CEBioGen | |
| Faith Musvipwa - Perspectives of researchers, science policy makers and research ethics committee members on the feedback of individual genetic research findings in African genomics research | |
| Theme (Infectious Disease) Project Highlights & Future Plans | |
| 14:50 - 15:50 | Annette McLeod - Genetic determinants of susceptibility to African sleeping sickness |
| Caleb Kibet - Building Bioinformatics Capacity in Eastern Africa: The EANBIT Story | |
| Ezekiel Adebiyi - West African Sustainable Leadership and Innovation Training in Bioinformatics Research (WASLITBRe) | |
| Christian Happi - A genome-wide association study identifies host genetic variants associated with susceptibility to Lassa Fever (virtual) | |
| 15:50 | Refreshments available at the Strelitzia Restaurant |
| 16:00 | H3Africa Sustainability Session Chairs: Dwomoa Adu & Alash'le Abimiku; Rooftop Terrace |
| 17:00 | Closing by Guida Landoure and Barry Bloom - Brief Report Back (Roof top terrace balcony) |
| Consortium Networking Dinner at the Strelitzia Restaurant | |
Alyaa Elbadawi
Faisal Fadlelmola
Sindiswa Lukhele
Walt Adamson
Lyndon Zass
Tshinakaho Malesa
Faith Mary Musvipwa
Reem Salaheldin Khalid Hamad
Chimdi Chuka-Okosa
Faisal Fadlelmola
Bamidele Tayo
Bidour Hussein
Ayman Hussein
Pamela Selormey
Lebohang Khanye
Thabo Diphoko
Lily Paemka
Sununguko Mpoloka
Adebowale Adeyemo
Eman Ahmed
Acclaim Moila
Inqaba Biotechnical Industries - Local genomics services matter
Adeyinka Ashaye
SPEAKER - Clinical and Genetic Study of Glaucoma-A neurodegenerative disease
Akinlolu Ojo
SPEAKER: H3Africa Kidney Disease Research Network resentation title: Apolipoprotein gene variants and the Pathogenesis of Kidney Disease in Africans and people of African descent"
Alice Matimba
Wellcome Connecting Science: Collaborative Partnerships to scale up genomics training
Ambroise Wonkam
SPEAKER - HIGENES
Ananyo Choudhury
SPEAKER: H3Africa Consortium Genome Analysis: Bridging the Genomics Gap
Annette MacLeod
SPEAKER: Genetic determinants of susceptibility to African sleeping sickness
Bamidele Tayo
SPEAKER - PRS for CARdiometabolic Disorders IN African-ancestry PopuLations (CARDINAL): A H3Africa CVD-WG Collaboration
Barry Bloom - Speaker
SPEAKER - IEC
Bhupinder Hundle
Oxford Nanopore: The complete picture of the Human Genome
Bridget Mogale
Illumina’s solutions for population scale genomics projects
Caleb Kibet
SPEAKER - Building Bioinformatics Capacity in Eastern Africa: The EANBIT Story
Charmaine Royal
SPEAKER - IEC
Christian Happi
SPEAKER - A genome-wide association study identifies host genetic variants associated with susceptibility to Lassa Fever
Clement Adebamowo
SPEAKER - ACCEME, AFBRECANE, INDIGENE
Craig Kinnear
MRC Genomics Platform
Dwomoa Adu
SPEAKER - Apolipoprotein gene variants and the Pathogenesis of Kidney Disease in Africans and people of African descent"
Elizabeth Mayne
SPEKAER - The H3Africa Biorepositories in continental pathogen surveillance
Eric van der Walt
Watchmaker Genomics
Ezekiel Adebiyi
SPEAKER - West African Sustainable Leadership and Innovation Training in Bioinformatics Research
Faith Mary Musvipwa
SPEAKER: Perspectives of researchers, science policy makers and research ethics committee members on the feedback of individual genetic research findings in African genomics research
Francis Collins
National Institutes of Health
Glaudina Loots
Departments of Science & Innovation, South Africa
Guida Landoure
Steering Committee Co-Chair/SPEAKER - Clinical and Genetic Studies of Hereditary Neurological Disorders in Mali
Hanchard Neil
SPEAKER - AH3Africa Consortium Genome Analysis: Bridging the Genomics Gap
Hélder Barbosa
MGI: Introduction to MGI and Patented state-of-the-art DNBSeq technology
His Excellency Todd P. Haskell
US Embassy & Consulates in South Africa
Joseph Ochieng
SPEAKER - Genetics and genomic researching Uganda: Towards context specific ethics guidelines
Junaid Gamieldien
Roche/Genentech - Partnering for accelerating research in genomics
Kerry-Anne Pillay
An introduction to the Simply Spectacular team of Separations
Kobus Herbst
African Population Cohort Consortium: The Africa Population Cohorts Consortium – what are we busy with and what can we learn from H3Africa?
Leon Mutesa
SPEAKER - Transgenerational Epigenomics of Trauma and PTSD in Rwanda
Lyndon Mitnaul
Regeneron
Mark Nicol
The role of the respiratory microbiome in acute and chronic lung disease in children (Virtual)
Mark Nicol
The role of the respiratory microbiome in acute and chronic lung disease in children (Virtual)
Mayowa Owolabi
SPEAKER - SIREN
Michele Ramsay
SPEAKER - The value of African population cohorts with genomics data - the AWI-Gen experience
Mogomotsi Matshaba
SPEAKER - CAfGEN: celebrating a decade of excellence in collaborative genomic research in Africa
Moses Joloba
SPEAKER - The role of H3ABioNet & H3Africa Biorepositories in continental pathogen surveillance
Nicola Mulder
SPEAKER - Facilitating African Genomics
Paul Okekunle
Translating novel insights into interventions against stroke and cardiovascular diseases in Africa
Paulina Tindana
SPEAKER - Implementation of H3Africa Resources
Roshila Ramdin
Oxford Nanopore: The complete picture of the Human Genome
Thomas Kariuki
Science for Africa Foundation
Zane Lombard
Steering Committee Chair/SPEAKER - DDD Africa
Alfred Ssekagiri
H3Africa PI: David Kateete
Edwin Moses Appiah
H3Africa PI: Ezekiel Adebiyi
Gerald Mboowa (Emerging Leader)
H3Africa PI: Moses Joloba
Ester Acen
H3Africa PI: David Kateete
Henrietta Ifechukwude Monye
H3Africa PI: Adeyinka Ashaye
Ichrak BENAMRI
H3Africa PI: Nicola Mulder
Nana Yaa Achiaa Kariaki Agyemang
H3Africa PI: Dwomoa Adu
Nora Nghochuzie Nganyewo
H3Africa PI: Alfred Amambua Ngwa
Simone Sterne (Emerging Leader)
H3Africa PI: Lynn Morris
Fousseyni Kané
H3Africa PI: Seydou Doumbia
Ntui Ntui-Njock
H3Africa PI: Alfred Amambua Ngwa
Salia BAMBA
H3Africa PI: Guida Landoure
Tinashe Chikowore (Emerging Leader)
H3Africa PI: Michèle Ramsay
Bethlehem Adnew
H3Africa PI: Kidist Bobosha
Segun Fatumo (Emerging Leader)
H3Africa PI: Leon Mutesa
Adekunle Fakunle
H3Africa PI: Mayowa Owolabi
Gerrye Mubungu Lumbono
H3Africa PI: Zane Lombard
Yosr Hamdi (Emerging Leader)
H3Africa PI: Nicola Mulder
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