NGS Academy for the Africa CDC Pathogen Genomics Initiative

Bioinformatics for Malaria Training Workshop

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Overview:
This course, which will take place at Institut Pasteur de Côte d'Ivoire, will cover bioinformatics topics related to malaria surveillance. ⁠

Intended audience:
Beginner - intermediate level bioinformaticians working with next-generation sequencing data for disease surveillance on the African continent

Purpose:
Genomic epidemiology of resistant P. falciparum training in Côte d’Ivoire with the aim to uncover the genomic signatures due to various selection pressures to be identified (host immune system? background genetics? epidemiological facies? or other). To understand the spread over the country of populations of parasites carrying any malaria drug resistant-conferring markers.

Pre-requisite:

  1. French language is essential
      2. Learning objective:

          2. The course will cover:

          • 1. Introduction to the malaria pathogen & sequencing Plasmodium genomes
          • 2. NGS for malaria surveillance
          • 3. Bioinformatics analysis of the Plasmodium falciparum genome
          • 4. Malaria ⁠drug resistance surveillance in west Africa
          • 5. Malaria biological databases
          • 6. Population genomics and adaptive evolution in Plasmodium falciparum
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          Logistics:

          1. Venue of course: Institut Pasteur de Côte d'Ivoire IPCI Health in Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire. Pullman Hotel Abidjan Plateau
          2. Start date: 2024-11-25
          3. End date: 2024-11-29

          Themes Course materials Training partner Interactive Sessions with Instructor/s
        1. 1.General Malaria
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          Themes Course materials Training partner Interactive Sessions with Instructor/s
        4. 2. Use cases of Malaria NGS
        5. 2.1 Drug resistance surveillance
        6. 2.2 Transmission analysis
        7. 2.3 Diagnostics resistance
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          Themes Course materials Training partner Interactive Sessions with Instructor/s
        8. 3.Targeted Sequencing, Metagenomics
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          Themes Course materials Training partner Interactive Sessions with Instructor/s
        11. 4.Phylogenetic Analysis
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          Themes Course materials Training partner Interactive Sessions with Instructor/s
        14. 5. R, Population Genetic Analysis
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