Genomics Africa

Nqobile Mthembu is a medical scientist pursuing a Master’s in Medical Science at the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN). Her project advances genomic surveillance of respiratory viruses by exploring targeted sequencing methods to identify an efficient single … Continue readingGENOMICS AFRICA FELLOW: Nqobile Mthembu

Gideon Nsubuga is a research fellow/biomedical scientist at Makerere University’s College of Health Sciences, specializing in genomics and immunology. With an MSc in Immunology and Clinical Microbiology and a BSc in Biomedical Sciences from Makerere University, he focuses on host-pathogen interactions and pathogenicity. He has … Continue readingGENOMICS AFRICA FELLOW: Gideon Nsubuga

Andrew Waititu is a  pharmacist and researcher currently serving  at the Ministry of Health, With a strong commitment to improving patient outcomes and medication safety, he has been actively involved in the field of pharmacogenomics, focusing on how genetic variations affect individual responses to medications. … Continue readingGENOMICS AFRICA FELLOW: Dr. Andrew Waititu

Alhagie Papa Sey is the LIS Manager at the National Health Laboratory Services of the Ministry of Health, The Gambia. With a major in Information Systems (Computer Science) and a focus on Bioinformatics, he is part of the MoH-ICT Core implementation team as a system … Continue readingGENOMICS AFRICA FELLOW: Alhagie Papa Sey

Omotayo Anick J. Bara is a PhD student at the Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné (CERMEL) in Gabon. Her research focuses on the transmission flow of Plasmodium falciparum genotypes from infected human hosts to mosquito vectors. As a biologist, she seeks to deepen her … Continue readingGENOMICS AFRICA FELLOW: Omotayo Anick J. Bara

Eric is an Expert in One Health of the School of Public Health of the University of Lubumbashi-DRC and Medical Biologist in the Department of Health Information, Research and Communication of the National Institute of Public Health DRC.LinkedIn

Mokgerwa Zacharia Monama is a Bioinformatics lecturer and researcher at the University of Limpopo (UL) in South Africa, under the New Generation of Academics Programme (nGAP). Based in the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Biotechnology, he received his Genomics and Structural Bioinformatics training from Rhodes … Continue readingGENOMICS AFRICA FELLOW: Mokgerwa Zacharia Monama

Bongani Brian Dlamini is the Training and Competency Manager for the Eswatini Health Laboratory Services (EHLS) in Eswatini. He fosters the implementation of genomics and bioinformatics for public surveillance, research, and routine diagnostics. His role involves establishing programs, developing protocols, setting up laboratories, implementing analytics … Continue readingGENOMICS AFRICA FELLOW: Bongani Brian Dlamini

Ali Maleki is a medical virologist and scientific researcher in the Department of Influenza and Respiratory Viruses. He heads the COVID-19 National Reference Laboratory (CNRL), focusing on genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 variants and the external quality assessment program (EQAP) for Iranian diagnostic labs. LinkedIn