GENOMICS AFRICA & CLIMADE FELLOW: Suwilanji Silwamba

Suwilanji Silwamba is a researcher at the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ).

Suwilanji Silwamba came to the CLIMADE fellowship CERI at the University of Stellenbosch to receive training on pathogen sequencing to enhance their work in whole genome sequencing of climate amplified diseases and other epidemics in Zambia.

Duration of the fellowship: 12 November 2023 to 25 November 2023.

Training received: Advanced Bioinformatics analysis and Hands-on sequencing on Illumina sequencing..

Fellowship sponsors: CLIMADE program funded by the Rockefeller Foundation and World Bank.