ousodaniel/3rd-Generation-Genomics-Africa

Repository for the fellowship on 3rd Generation Genomics hosted at ILRI, Nairobi. # Third-generation genomics and bioinformatics for agribiosciences in Africa Repository for the fellowship on 3rd Generation Genomics hosted at ILRI, Nairobi. ## Introduction The Biosciences eastern and central Africa – International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI) Hub (Nairobi, Kenya), together with its UK-based partners; the John Innes Centre (JIC), the Earlham Institute (EI) and Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT), convened this intensive training programme in genomics and bioinformatics. The aim is to equip African scientists with the skills to deploy third-generation genomics, particularly for agribiosciences. The training will largely focus on Nanopore sequencing platforms, but a general background on other sequencing platforms will be provided. ## Training design The training is designed in three phases, the first two phases being residential in ILRI (Nairobi, Kenya), and a third phase being conducted remotely at the participants’ home institutions. Below is a summary of the activities envisioned as part of this programme: ***Develop phase***: in the first four months, participants will be exposed to in-depth training modules on molecular biology and bioinformatics skills for 3rd generation sequencing. These training modules will comprise formal lectures and a significant fraction of hands-on sessions. Besides the series of lectures delivered by internationally recognized scientists, a team of tutors (including trainees from the 2018-2020 BixCoP) will provide _ad-hoc_ supervision to trainees during individual and group exercises. ***Demonstrate phase***: intertwined with the Develop phase and extending for 1.5 month beyond it, this phase will see the trainees engage in project-based learning. They will build on the skills learnt during the Develop phase, and demonstrate their use in real-life research projects in genomics for agriculture or conservation. The projects will be co-designed with the training team. ***Deploy phase***: during this last …