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Facilitates research and develops resources, training and guidelines to support a sustainable African research enterprise. | @NIH, @WellcomeTrust, @AASciences.

SBIMB @SBIMB1·

January 17

African genomic data sharing and the struggle for equitable benefit. Very insightful commentary by Prof. Michele Ramsay: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666389921002865

@H3Africa @WitsHealthFac @WitsUniversity @SAHumanGenetics @ICHG2022

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Segun Fatumo @SFatumo·

January 17

Our paper Polygenic Prediction of T2DM in Continental Africa (CA) is published in Diabetes Care

We show that AA–derived PRS was more transferable and predictive in CA.

Great collaborative work and co-led with my colleagues @tchikowore1

@H3Africa
https://tinyurl.com/ye5n2c7r

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H3ABioNet @H3ABioNet·

January 19

Invitation to attend @H3ABioNet's January 2022 Webinar with Dr
@dtabb73, a visiting scientist at Institut Pasteur. He will present on "Challenges for Top-Down Identification of Proteoforms” at 3 PM CAT on 19 January 2022, TODAY! please join us - https://mailchi.mp/41adb9d777cc/4xp1yen82k-20127140

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H3ABioNet @H3ABioNet·

January 17

Wellcome Trust Early Career Awards
Application Deadline: 15 February 2022

Please visit the funding announcement page for details: https://wellcome.org/grant-funding/schemes/early-career-awards

Please complete FHS form by 31 January 2022 if you intend applying for this call: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=NUNFkk5Wz0ywsCREW4wD9w5l8ODCORVGnCwCUscMt89UQzFKN0g3NjhLR0tYV0lZTlAzNkszS0tRQiQlQCN0PWcu

#WomenInSTEM

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Nicky Mulder @Nicky_Mulder·

January 17

We are looking for a software engineer to join the @eLwaziProject Open Data Science Platform at UCT and to work closely with the @GA4GH, applications close Jan 31st. https://twitter.com/H3ABioNet/status/1482047917993213953

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