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Action for Building Capacity (ABC) Fogarty Workshops:
Introduction to HIV Sequencing and Phylogenetic Analysis.

9 to 13 of February 2004, Durban, South Africa.

Workshop Director: Professor Sharon Cassol
Workshop Organizers: Karen Bishop and Donnie McGrath
   
Sponsors:Fogarty ABC Training program, Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies ABC program, Tufts-New England
Medical Center, The Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, and the Wellcome Trust.

Workshop Evaluation:

The workshop was sucessfull with students and presenters learning about HIV sequencing and phylogenetic analysis. Click here to see the evaluation form results.


Participants

  • Khalid Eltahir Khalid, (Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition, University of Gezara, Sudan.)

  • Shyamala Padayachee, (Virology Department at the Nelson Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)

  • Mogambal Naidoo, (Virology department at the Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, South Africa)

  • Bipraj Singh, (Virology department at the Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, South Africa)

  • Erica Dwyer ,(Fulbright Scholar, USA)

  • Jeremy Norton ,(Molecular Diagnostic Services, Durban, South Africa

  • Graeme Jacobs ,(Department of Medical Virology at Unversity of Stellenbosh, South Africa

  • Paul Chelule, (Molecular Virology and Bioinformatics Unit at Africa Centre, Nelson Mandela School of Medicine, South Africa)

  • Blaise Clarke, (Department of Anatomical Pathology at the Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, South Africa

  • Busi Monosi, (South African Medical Research Council (MRC) and Africa Centre at Nelson Mandela School of Medicine, South Africa)

  • Venessa Timmerman ,(South African Medical Research Council (MRC), Cape Town, South Africa)

  • Siva Danaviah, (Molecular Virology and Bioinformatics Unit at Africa Centre, Nelson Mandela School of Medicine, South Africa.
Workshop Lectures:
Sharon Cassol, PhD (Professor at the Molecular Virology and Bioinformatics unit at Africa Centre, Nelson Mandela School of Medicine, South Africa)

Denis York, PhD (Professor at the Virology department at the Nelson Mandela School of Medicine, South Africa)

Tulio de Oliveira, (Researcher Scientist at the Molecular Virology and Bioinformatics unit at Africa Centre, Nelson Mandela School of Medicine, South Africa)

Michelle Gordon, (Researcher Scientist at the Molecular Virology and Bioinformatics unit at Africa Centre, Nelson Mandela School of Medicine, South Africa)

 Natalie Graham (Researcher Scientist at the Molecular Virology and Bioinformatics unit at Africa Centre, Nelson Mandela School of Medicine, South Africa)

Ryan Doherty (Master student at the Molecular Virology and Bioinformatics unit at Africa Centre, Nelson Mandela School of Medicine, South Africa)

Bioinformatics and Computer System Support:

Patrick Charls, CCA (System Administrator at the Southern African Medical Research Council (MRC), Durban, South Africa)


Workshop Material and Program:
 




Sponsors:
Fogarty ABC Training program:

 Tufts-New England
Medical Center

Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies ABC program

The Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine
Nelson Mandela School of Medicine
The Wellcome Trust


 


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