Schedule at a Glance
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| Monday, November 11, 2019 | ||
| Go directly to: Tuesday, Nov 12 - Wednesday, Nov 13 - Thursday, Nov 14 - Friday, Nov 15 |
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| Registration 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Location: Entrance to Main Conference Hall |
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| 9:00 AM | 3:30 PM | Student Council Symposium Location: Main Conference Hall |
| 4:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Opening Ceremonies |
| 4:15 PM | 5:00 PM | Keynote 1 - Solomon Ofori-Acquah |
| 5:00 PM | 8:00 PM | Conference Dinner Location: Terrace |
| Tuesday, November 12, 2019 | ||
| Go directly to: Monday, Nov 11 - Wednesday, Nov 13 - Thursday, Nov 14 - Friday, Nov 15 | ||
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| Registration 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Location: Entrance to Main Conference Hall |
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| All talks to occur in Main Conference Hall | ||
| 9:00 AM | 9:45 AM | Keynote 2 - Cristobal Uauy |
| Session 1 - Agricultural Bioinformatics Location: Main Conference Hall |
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| 9:45 AM | 10:00 AM | Uljana Hesse - The Rooibos Genomics Program |
| 10:00 AM | 10:15 AM | Bernice Waweru - First African-led genome sequencing of an Africa orphan crop - African yam bean (Sphenostylis stenocarpa) |
| 10:15 AM | 10:30 AM | Anthony Bayega - De novo genome assembly combined with long-read RNA-seq reveal insights into early embryo development of an important agricultural insect |
| 10:30 AM | 10:45 AM | Cristobal Uauy - A Haplotype-based approach to understanding phenotypic variation |
| 10:45 AM | 11:30 AM | Break with Posters Location: Terrace |
| Session 2 - General Interest and Education Location: Main Conference Hall |
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| 11:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Jean-Baka Domelevo Entfellner - Building capacity towards a sustainable bioinformatics network for agricultural genomics in Africa: an innovative training initiative |
| 11:45 AM | 12:00 PM | Susmita Datta - Advances and Challenges in Single Cell RNA-Seq Analysis |
| 12:00 PM | 12:15 PM | Aoua Colibaly - Characterizing the genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum isolates from two Malian villages by leveraging the computing environment at the African Centers of Excellence in Bioinformatics |
| 12:15 PM | 12:30 PM | Martha Luka - Molecular epidemiology of human rhinovirus from one-year surveillance among school-going children in rural coastal Kenya |
| 12:30 PM | 12:45 PM | Oluwafemi Peter Abiodun - Development of an effective information security policy for biomedical researchers |
| 12:45 PM | 2:00 PM | Lunch Break with Posters |
| 2:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Parallel COSI meetings |
| 4:00 PM | 4:30 PM | Break with Posters Location: Terrace |
| 4:30 PM | 5:15 PM | Keynote 3 - Ciara Staunton |
| 5:15 PM | 6:00 PM | COSIs report back |
| Wednesday, November 13, 2019 | ||
| Go directly to: Monday, Nov 11 - Tuesday, Nov 12 - Thursday, Nov 14 - Friday, Nov 15 | ||
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| Registration 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Location: Entrance to Main Conference Hall |
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| All talks to occur in Main Conference Hall | ||
| 9:00 AM | 9:45 AM | Keynote 4 - Melissa A. Haendel |
| Session 3 - Informatics of Disease Location: Main Conference Hall |
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| 9:45 AM | 10:00 AM | Tracey Calvert-Joshua - Regulatory Networks in Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| 10:00 AM | 10:15 AM | Sara Abdelrahman Abuelmaali - Genetic variations of the yellow fever mosquito "Aedes aegypti" populations from Sudan |
| 10:15 AM | 10:30 AM | Kholoud Sanak - Association of MARCO gene variations with cardiovascular diseases development: In silico study |
| 10:30 AM | 10:45 AM | David Twesigomwe - Characterisation of CYP2D6 Pharmacogenomic Variation in African Populations: An Integrative Bioinformatics Approach |
| 10:45 AM | 10:00 AM | Gbenga Adegbite - Sensitivity, Bifurcation and Optimal Control Analyses of a Stochastic Spatially Explicit Model for Studying the Anopheles Metapopulation Dynamics |
| 11:00 AM | 11:30 AM | Break with Posters Location: Terrace |
| Session 4 - Designing & Mining Large-Scale Omics & Epidemiology Resources Location: Main Conference Hall |
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| 11:30 AM | 11:45 AM | David Roos - Introduction |
| 11:45 AM | 12:00 PM | Brianna Lindsay - Bioinformatic approaches to incorporate epidemiological data |
| 12:00 PM | 12:15 PM | Sharon Bright Amanya - VARIATIONS IN TRIM5α AND CYCLOPHILIN A GENES AMONG HIV-1 ELITE CONTROLLERS AND NON-CONTROLLERS IN UGANDA |
| 12:15 PM | 12:30 PM | Stanley Kimbung Mbandi - RISK6, a universal 6-gene transcriptomic signature of TB disease risk, diagnosis and treatment response |
| 12:30 PM | 12:45 PM | James Otieno - Local and Global RSV Transmission Dynamics |
| 12:45 PM | 1:00 PM | Paul Okoro - Machine learning performance for gene expression prediction across global populations |
| 1:00 PM | 1:15 PM | Kevin Kum Esoh - Fine-scale human genetic structure in three Cameroon malaria-endemic regions and signatures of selection in the HBB gene cluster |
| 1:15 PM | 2:15 PM | Lunch Break with Posters and ASBCB AGM |
| Session 5 - Drug Design, Discovery, and Therapeutic Strategies Location: Main Conference Hall |
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| 2:15 PM | 2:30 PM | Emmanuel Broni - Molecular modelling and docking studies of Wolbachia surface protein predict potential filaricides against Onchocerca volvulus. |
| 2:30 PM | 2:45 PM | Kwofie Samuel - Pharmacophore modeling-based virtual screening and molecular docking studies of Mycobacterium ulcerans Cystathionine γ-synthase MetB |
| 2:45 PM | 3:00 PM | Mahmoud ElHefnami - Co-regulatory Network of Oncosuppressor miRNAs and Transcription Factors for Pathology of Human Hepatic Cancer Stem Cells (HCSC) |
| 3:00 PM | 3:15 PM | Musalula Sinkala - Metabolic Gene Alterations Across 32 Human Cancer Types and Their Clinical Significance |
| 3:15 PM | 3:45 PM | Break with Posters Location: Terrace |
| Session 6 - Bioinformatics Tools and General Bioinformatics Location: Main Conference Hall |
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| 3:45 PM | 4:00 PM | Gilbert Kibet Rono - A phylogenetic and phylogeographic meta-analysis of cytochrome c oxidase I barcode sequences of East African Arthropods submitted into the Barcode of Life Database |
| 4:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Somnath Datta - Integrating gene regulatory pathways into differential network analysis of gene expression data |
| 4:15 PM | 4:30 PM | Poorani Subramanian - Nephele: a cloud-based computational platform for improved efficiency and reproducibility of microbiome data analysis |
| 4:30 PM | 4:45 PM | Joel Indi - Reference-free identification of open reading frames and encoded proteins from nanopore transcriptomic long reads |
| 4:45 PM | 5:30 PM | Keynote 5 - Christine Orengo |
| 5:30 PM | 5:45 PM | Closing Ceremonies |
| Thursday, November 14, 2019 | ||
| Go directly to: Monday, Nov 11 - Tuesday, Nov 12 - Wednesday, Nov 13 - Friday, Nov 15 | ||
| START TIME |
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| Registration 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM Location: Entrance to Main Conference Hall |
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| 9:00 AM | 11:00 AM | Galaxy Africa 2019 Location: Library ICT Computer Lab Machine Learning and Omics Data: Opportunities for Advancing Biomedical Data Analysis Location: Main Conference Hall New Features of the UCSC Genome Browser Location: Syndicate Room Resources for Mining & Interrogating Large-Scale (Genomics and) Epidemiological Datasets Location: Teleconference Room |
| 11:00 AM | 11:30 AM | Break Location: Terrace |
| 11:30 AM | 1:00 PM | Galaxy Africa 2019 Location: Library ICT Computer Lab Machine Learning and Omics Data: Opportunities for Advancing Biomedical Data Analysis Location: Main Conference Hall New Features of the UCSC Genome Browser Location: Syndicate Room Resources for Mining & Interrogating Large-Scale (Genomics and) Epidemiological Datasets Location: Teleconference Room |
| 1:00 PM | 2:15 PM | Lunch Location: Terrace |
| 2:15 PM | 3:15 PM | Galaxy Africa 2019 Location: Library ICT Computer Lab Machine Learning and Omics Data: Opportunities for Advancing Biomedical Data Analysis Location: Main Conference Hall New Features of the UCSC Genome Browser Location: Syndicate Room Resources for Mining & Interrogating Large-Scale (Genomics and) Epidemiological Datasets Location: Teleconference Room |
| 3:15 PM | 3:45 PM | Break Location: Terrace |
| 3:45 PM | 5:00 PM | Galaxy Africa 2019 Location: Library ICT Computer Lab Machine Learning and Omics Data: Opportunities for Advancing Biomedical Data Analysis Location: Main Conference Hall New Features of the UCSC Genome Browser Location: Syndicate Room Resources for Mining & Interrogating Large-Scale (Genomics and) Epidemiological Datasets Location: Teleconference Room |
| Friday, November 15, 2019 | ||
| Go directly to: Monday, Nov 11 - Tuesday, Nov 12 - Wednesday, Nov 13 - Thursday, Nov 14 | ||
| START TIME |
END TIME |
SESSION TYPE |
| Registration 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM Location: Entrance to Main Conference Hall |
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| 9:00 AM | 11:00 AM | Galaxy Africa 2019 Location: Library ICT Computer Lab Machine Learning and Omics Data: Opportunities for Advancing Biomedical Data Analysis Location: Main Conference Hall Resources and Tools for Computer-Aided Drug Discovery Location; Syndicate Room H3ABioNet - Data Management Plans for Grant Proposals & Research Location: Teleconference Room |
| 11:00 AM | 11:30 AM | Break Location: Terrace |
| 11:30 AM | 1:00 PM | Galaxy Africa 2019 Location: Library ICT Computer Lab Machine Learning and Omics Data: Opportunities for Advancing Biomedical Data Analysis Location: Main Conference Hall Resources and Tools for Computer-Aided Drug Discovery Location; Syndicate Room H3ABioNet - Data Management Plans for Grant Proposals & Research Location: Teleconference Room |
| 1:00 PM | 2:15 PM | Lunch Location: Terrace |
| 2:15 PM | 3:15 PM | Galaxy Africa 2019 Location: Library ICT Computer Lab Machine Learning and Omics Data: Opportunities for Advancing Biomedical Data Analysis Location: Main Conference Hall Resources and Tools for Computer-Aided Drug Discovery Location; Syndicate Room H3ABioNet - Data Management Plans for Grant Proposals & Research Location: Teleconference Room |
| 3:15 PM | 3:45 PM | Break Location: Terrace |
| 3:45 PM | 5:00 PM | Galaxy Africa 2019 Location: Library ICT Computer Lab Machine Learning and Omics Data: Opportunities for Advancing Biomedical Data Analysis Location: Main Conference Hall Resources and Tools for Computer-Aided Drug Discovery Location; Syndicate Room H3ABioNet - Data Management Plans for Grant Proposals & Research Location: Teleconference Room |
