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The Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) Biorepository (I-HAB) procured a liquid nitrogen generating plant M280X2 (Fig. 1) to support the research and storage of mononuclear cells. The plant was installed at the International Research Center of Excellence (IRCE).[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read More” style=”flat” shape=”square” color=”info” align=”center” button_block=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fh3africa.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2023%2F02%2FH3Africa_-_20th_Consortium_Newsletter_Feb_2023.pdf||target:%20_blank|”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
African Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Data Science, ACE Uganda, and the Infectious Disease Institute Epidemics and pandemics are causing high morbidity and mortality on a still-evolving scale exemplified by the COVID-19 pandemic.[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read More” style=”flat” shape=”square” color=”info” align=”center” button_block=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdrive.google.com%2Ffile%2Fd%2F1TRRIU0B9WpTxxA-YsZdh9yKztjRfMP9t%2Fview%3Fusp%3Dsharing||target:%20_blank|”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
The World Bank recently published an article on the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID)\u2019s ongoing work in the development of new tools and counter measures for addressing wide-ranging public[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read More” style=”flat” shape=”square” color=”info” align=”center” button_block=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdrive.google.com%2Ffile%2Fd%2F1OfYVZnfFGnP9DvfGimooQwspf9qLCrxu%2Fview%3Fusp%3Dsharing||target:%20_blank|”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
A paper on the study, titled \u201cHigh-depth African genomes inform human migration and health\u201d, which was published in the distinguished journal Nature on 28 October 2020, has received international recognition.[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read More” style=”flat” shape=”square” color=”info” align=”center” button_block=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdrive.google.com%2Ffile%2Fd%2F1hNN58b5kbxHqV_oS4GmmUMXKAZgLsTfq%2Fview%3Fusp%3Dsharing||target:%20_blank|”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
The MRC\/Wits Rural Public Health & Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt) is one of six sites for the Africa Wits-INDEPTH Partnership for the GENomic study of body composition and cardiometabolic disease risk (AWI-Gen).[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read More” style=”flat” shape=”square” color=”info” align=”center” button_block=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdrive.google.com%2Ffile%2Fd%2F1bk_kNPaolc5cSAHYAVBLizAQBWnWV4QB%2Fview%3Fusp%3Dsharing||target:%20_blank|”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
The Bioinformatics Hub of Kenya (BHK) was launched on February 7th, 2020 at the International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE). This effort was initiated by five students: Festus Nyasimi, Michael Landi,[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read More” style=”flat” shape=”square” color=”info” align=”center” button_block=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdrive.google.com%2Fa%2Fuct.ac.za%2Ffile%2Fd%2F1Pp2Zm_fj22OoTyYYyhoqk4_v6vG8zvse%2Fview%3Fusp%3Dsharing||target:%20_blank|”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
Genomics research on the African continent is hampered by lack of resources, delayed funding, poorly implemented study coordination, lack of training, ethics, sophisticated laboratory infrastructure, study participant recruitment[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read More” style=”flat” shape=”square” color=”info” align=”center” button_block=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdrive.google.com%2Fa%2Fuct.ac.za%2Ffile%2Fd%2F128FOz3RcTrA9WM_fK6gn2eKaD_e9nSpQ%2Fview%3Fusp%3Dsharing||target:%20_blank|”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
The AWI-Gen study explores how genes, the environment, and lifestyle affect health \u2013 in particular obesity and cardiovascular disease. In doing so we hope to better understand the determinants of health and the impact of different lifestyles and[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read More” style=”flat” shape=”square” color=”info” align=”center” button_block=”true” link=”url:%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F04%2FNewsletter_March2019_7thIssue_Final.pdf||target:%20_blank|”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n