Genomics Africa is dedicated to advancing the field of genomics to transform healthcare and improve lives across the African continent.
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### Adding a Post
Create a new markdown file in the '_posts' directory, ensuring the filename follows this format:
```
YYYY-MM-DD-quick-title.md
```
The 1st few lines of the page should be like this:
```
---
layout: post
author:
title:
---
```
### Adding/Editing Training
In the '_data' directory, you will find a 'training.yml' file. You can either add a new entry or
edit an existing one. Each entry should be formatted as follows:
```
- title: Nanopore Sequencing & Data Analysis
subtitle: Learn about nanopore sequecning and data analysis by performing your own 16S sequecning experiement!
description: Learn - The science behind nanopore sequencing, How to prepare a 16S amplicon library for sequencing, Loading a library onto a MinION flow cell, Sequencing on the MinION platform, Basics of nanopore data, Analysis of our 16S data using Galaxy
date: 10-06-2024
duration: 1
institute: ATBU
city: Bauchi
location: ATBUTH
link:
atbu.edu.ng
```
### Adding/Editing Members
In the '_data' directory, you will find a 'members.yml' file. You can add a new entry
using the existing ones as a template or make edits as required.
Each entry should be formatted like this (omit the GitHub line if you don't have one):
```
- name: Umar Ahmad
github: babasaraki
institute: Molecular Genetics Informatics, Bauchi State University
email: umarahmad@basug.edu.ng
website:
africacdc.org
twitter: babasaraky
interests: Cancer, RNA-Seq, WGS, WES, Microarrays, AI/Machine learning.
```
### Adding/Editing Meetings
In the '_data' directory, you'll find a 'meetings.yml' file. You can add a new entry
using the existing ones as a template or make edits as required. Meetings will automatically
appear in the "Past" section if their date is before today's date.
Each entry should be formatted as follows:
```
- meeting: Genomics Africa |2
theme: Cancer Genomics and Precision Oncology Care
month: June
day: 5
year: 2024
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