Welcome to ISCB Africa ASBCB 2019!
The International Society for Computational Biology and the African Society for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology are pleased to once again join together to host the ISCB Africa ASBCB Conference on Bioinformatics in Kumasi, Ghana, November 11 - 15, 2019; conference workshops will be on November 14-15. This meeting constitutes the sixth joint meeting of ISCB and ASBCB, and the seventh conference of the ASBCB on Bioinformatics of Africa.
The ISCB-Africa ASBCB conference features a broad bioinformatics scope that include a special focus on advancing research through data power: innovation, access, and opportunities relevant to Africa. Please consider submitting your best research for presentation at the conference as a talk or poster. Samples of topics of interest include the following (although other computational biology topics are welcome as we ultimately seek the best, most interesting and novel presentations for this conference):
- Agricultural Bioinformatics
- AI in Genomics and Precision Medicine
- Bioinformatics Education
- Biomedical Ethics
- Challenging traditional research ecosystems in Africa
- Data Governance
- Data for OneHealth
- Drug design and discovery
- Informatics for Biobanks
- Metagenomics
- Open Science and Open Data
- Pathogens Genomics
- Population Genetics, Variation and Evolution
- General Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Mark your calendar now to be sure to attend this meeting in November 2019. The organizers look forward to welcoming you to Kumasi, Ghana!
Keynote Speakers
| Melissa A. Haendel, PhD Associate Professor of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology School of Medicine Oregon Health & Science University |
Solomon Ofori-Acquah, PhD Dean, School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences University of Ghana |
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EMBO Keynote: Christine Orengo, PhD Professor, Division of Biosciences University College London |
Ciara Staunton, PhD Senior Lecturer in Law Middlesex Univserity London |
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Cristobal Uauy, PhD Group Leader John Innes Center |
