Basic Molecular Evolution Workshop - A trans-African virtual training course: "Virtual Workshops": Is Africa ready to embrace the concept?

BioEssays

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 243-247

  Ommeh, Sheila ^a   Budd, Aidan ^b   Ngara, Mtakai Vald ^c,d   Njaci, Isaac ^d,e   de Villiers, Etienne P ^a,f  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^f International Livestock Research Institute   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Africa; Bioinformatics; Training; Virtual course; Virtual event

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANOPHELES; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISEASE CARRIER; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCIENTIST; VIRTUAL REALITY; WORKSHOP;

AFRICA; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS (PSYCHOLOGY); PUBLIC OPINION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 79952640185     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201000139     Document Type: Article

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