\nExploring Africa’s Microbiome: Where Data Science Sparks Discovery
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Date: 24th August 2025<\/h4>\n16:00 – 20:00 CAT \/ 14:00 – 18:00 GMT (see your time here<\/a><\/strong>)<\/h4>\nVenue: CEDI Conference Centre, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana & Virtual. Zoom (Call details will be shared with registered online participants)<\/h4>\n
Abstract submissions due: 18th July 2025<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register here” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fhtraindb.h3abionet.org%2Fform%2F4th-african-microbiome-day|||”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\nOrganizing Team<\/h3>\n\n- H3Africa Coordinating Centre<\/li>\n
- H3Africa Microbiome Task Force\/African Microbiome Special Interest Group\n
\n- Dr. Edward Wampande<\/li>\n
- Prof. Jo-Ann Passmore<\/li>\n
- Prof. Morenike Ukpong-Folayan<\/li>\n
- Dr. Soumaya Kouidhi<\/li>\n
- Dr. Brian Kullin<\/li>\n
- Dr. Ovokeraye Oduaran<\/li>\n
- Prof. Lamech Mwapagha<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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\n\n\n\t<\/td> 4th African Microbiome Day (Hybrid Event) Tentative Agenda<\/strong><\/center><\/th><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n\n\t<\/td> Exploring Africa\u2019s Microbiome: Where Data Science Sparks Discovery<\/strong><\/center><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\tGMT<\/center><\/td>August 24, 2025 (14:00 - 18:00 GMT\/16:00 - 20:00 CAT)<\/strong><\/center><\/td>Moderator<\/strong><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\t14:00 - 14:05<\/td> Welcome\/Introduction<\/em><\/strong><\/center><\/td>Dr. Ovokeraye Oduaran<\/strong><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\t<\/td> Session 1 - Microbiome Research Across Africa: Ecosystems, Health, and\u00a0Innovation<\/em><\/strong><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\t14:05 - 14:25<\/td> Invited Speaker talk: Dr. Luicer Olubayo<\/strong>
Talk title: Microbiome at the crossroads of data, discovery, and health: an AWI-Gen2 perspective<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\t14:25 - 15:05<\/td> Selected abstracts for flash talks presentation (in-person wih combined live Q&A session)<\/em><\/strong><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\tAlexander Kwarteng: <\/strong>Identification and Clinical Impact of Antimicrobial Resistance in Enterobacter Spp. Among Filarial Lymphedema Patients in the Ahanta West District, Ghana.<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\tYonas Mekonnen: <\/strong>Fecal Carriage of Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacterales and Associated Factors Among Admitted Patients in Saint Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\tJohn Paul Makumbi: <\/strong>Environmental compartmentalisation and physicochemical gradients shape AMR distribution across WWTP-river networks<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\tMary Wilson: <\/strong>Community-Associated Carbapenem-Resistant E. coli in Lymphatic Filariasis: A Genomic Perspective.<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\tArnold Abakah: <\/strong>Immunoinformatics approach for developing a multi-epitope vaccine against Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection.<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\tEmmanuel Kobla Atsu Amewu: <\/strong>The association between submicroscopic Plasmodium infections and gut microbiota among children in Ahanta West, Ghana.<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\tJane Mutua: <\/strong>Urbanization is linked to a shift in gut microbiota among the Maasai pastoralists in Kenya.<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\tCombined Q&A<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\t<\/td> Session 2: Virtual Presentations<\/center><\/td>Prof. Soumaya Koudhi<\/strong><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\t15:05 - 15:25<\/td> Invited Speaker talk: Prof. Thulani Makhalanyane<\/strong>
Talk title: Exploring ecology and evolution through the African Microbiome Project<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\t15:25 - 16:25 [Break: 15:50 - 16:00]<\/td> Selected abstracts for flash talks presentation (pre-recorded with combined real-time Q&A session)<\/em><\/strong><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\tAdijat Jimoh: <\/strong>Descriptive patterns of vaginal phage-bacterial host dynamics in pregnant women.<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\tWafa Bouglita: <\/strong>Characterization of the Vaginal Mycobiota: Prevalence and Antifungal Resistance Markers of Candida spp. in Asymptomatic Pregnant Tunisian Women.<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\tSophia Nyasore: <\/strong>Vaginal Microbiome Profiles Associated with Bacterial Vaginosis in the First Trimester of Pregnancy in Kenyan Women.<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\tKhoudia Cisse: <\/strong>Gut microbiota in normal pregnancy: A characterization of Senegalese women microbiota by 16S rRNA sequencing analysis.<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\tCaroline Jackline Musiime: <\/strong>Investigating gut microbiome diversity among children infected with schistosomiasis in the endemic region of Albert Nile, Pakwach district.<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\tZelalem Mekuria: <\/strong>Host Clustering of Campylobacter Species and Enteric Pathogens in a Longitudinal Cohort of Infants, Family Members and Livestock in Rural Eastern Ethiopia.<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\tEvariste Tshibangu-Kabamba: <\/strong>Developing a culture-free point-of-care testing system to embrace antibiotic stewardship in Helicobacter pylori therapies in African settings.<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\tOumaima Zidi: <\/strong>Investigation of Gut Microbiota and Metabolic Signatures as Predictive Biomarkers of Breast Cancer Development and Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Response.<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\tNisrine Souai: <\/strong>Integrating Gut Microbiome and Metabolome Insights to Improve
\n Outcomes in Kidney Disease and Transplantation.<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\tKhadija Ait Si Mhand: <\/strong>Characterizing the Microbiome of Citrullus colocynthis using Metabarcoding and Whole-Genome Sequencing.<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\tSheylle Green: <\/strong>Comparative Analysis of Gut Microbiota Composition and Diversity in Wild Mammals from the Kruger National Park, South Africa.<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\tCombined Q&A<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\t16:25 - 17:10<\/td> Session 3 - Keynote Speaker: Prof. Curtis Huttenhower<\/strong>
Talk title: Microbiome alphabet soup: The HVP, OHMR, and HCMPH<\/em><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t<\/td> <\/td> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t17:10 - 17:58<\/td> Session 4 - Panel Discussion<\/strong><\/td>Dr. Ovokeraye Oduaran<\/strong><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\t<\/td> Panelists<\/em><\/strong><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\t<\/td> Prof. Alexander Kwarteng<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\t<\/td> Prof. Nicola Mulder<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\t<\/td> Prof. Soumaya Kouidhi<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\t<\/td> Prof. David Kateete<\/center><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t<\/td> Prof. Scott Hazelhurst<\/center><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t17:58 - 18:00<\/td> Closing\/Thanks<\/em><\/strong><\/center><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\nModerators<\/h3>\n
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Honorary researcher at the Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, and a research fellow at the SickKids Research Institute, Toronto, Canada. She is the current chair of the H3Africa\u2019s Microbiome Task Force. <\/div><\/div><\/div>Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience at the University of the Witwatersrand<\/blockquote><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n![\"Rakiya](\"https:\/\/h3africa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Rakiya-Saidu.jpg\")
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Venue: CEDI Conference Centre, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana & Virtual. Zoom (Call details will be shared with registered online participants)<\/h4>\n
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Talk title: Microbiome at the crossroads of data, discovery, and health: an AWI-Gen2 perspective<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\t 14:25 - 15:05<\/td> \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t <\/td> \n\t 15:05 - 15:25<\/td> Invited Speaker talk: Prof. Thulani Makhalanyane<\/strong>
Talk title: Exploring ecology and evolution through the African Microbiome Project<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\t 15:25 - 16:25 [Break: 15:50 - 16:00]<\/td> \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t
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Talk title: Microbiome alphabet soup: The HVP, OHMR, and HCMPH<\/em><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t <\/td> <\/td> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t 17:10 - 17:58<\/td> Session 4 - Panel Discussion<\/strong><\/td> \n\t <\/td> \n\t <\/td> \n\t <\/td> \n\t <\/td> \n\t <\/td> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t <\/td> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t 17:58 - 18:00<\/td> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Moderators<\/h3>\n
<\/div><\/div><\/div>Dr. Ovokeraye Oduaran<\/h4>
Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience at the University of the Witwatersrand<\/blockquote><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
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