Committees

Conference Chairs:

Dominique Anderson, South African National Bioinformatics Institute (SANBI)
Faisal Mohamed Fadlelmola, Centre for Bioinformatics & Systems Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Khartoum

Conference Steering Committee:

Dominique Anderson, South African National Bioinformatics Institute (SANBI)
Yakubu Bright Biigb, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Tech
Alan Christoffels, University of the Western Cape
Jean Baka Domelevo Entfellner, BecA-ILRI Hub
Faisal Mohamed Fadlelmola, Centre for Bioinformatics & Systems Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Khartoum
Amel Ghouila, Exaptive, Inc., Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Bel Hanson, International Society for Computational Biology
Janet Kelso, MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology, ISCB Conference Advisory Conference Chair
Diane Kovats, International Society for Computational Biology

Scientific Program Committee:

Dominique Anderson, South African National Bioinformatics Institute (SANBI), Chair & Metaomics CoSI (Afrimetaomics)
Faisal Mohamed Fadlelmola, Centre for Bioinformatics & Systems Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Khartoum, Chair
David Twesigomwe, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Population Genomics CoSI (Afripopgen)
Peter van Heusden, South African National Bioinformatics Institute, Pathogen CoSI (Afripathogen)
Jean-Baka Domelevo Entfellner, International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya, Agricultural Bioinformatics CoSI (Afriagrobioinfo)
Olivier Sheik Amamuddy,Research Unit in Bioinformatics (RUBi), Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, Structual Biology CoSI (Afristructuralbio)

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Welcome to ISCB-Africa ASBCB 2021!

The International Society for Computational Biology and the African Society for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology are excited to bring you virtually ISCB-Africa ASBCB Conference on Bioinformatics, June 7-10 2021.

The ISCB-Africa ASBCB virtual conference's multidisciplinary broad bioinformatics scope features the ASBCB Communities of Special Interest (learn more here) as the foundation of this scientific conference. The conference will foster fresh dialogues, collaboration, and learning opportunities.

Here is what to expect:

Live and on demand sessions to benefit attendees from all time zones
Live broadcast with question and answer sessions over the conference days
Workshops and Tutorials
Exclusive access to the on-demand repository of talks and poster presentations for viewing at your leisure after conference
Live networking time to engage with the speakers and other participants
Live chat feature to engage with other participants within the session room
A networking café for video meet ups with colleagues, friends, or future collaborators
Opportunity to explore the research exchange forum (poster hall) and engage with each author!