Assessing computational genomics skills: Our experience in the H3ABioNet African bioinformatics network

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Jongeneel, C Victor ^a   Achinike Oduaran, Ovokeraye ^b   Adebiyi, Ezekiel ^c   Adebiyi, Marion ^c   Adeyemi, Seun ^c   Akanle, Bola ^c   Aron, Shaun ^b   Ashano, Efejiro ^c,d   Bendou, Hocine ^e   Botha, Gerrit ^e   Chimusa, Emile ^e,f   Choudhury, Ananyo ^b   Donthu, Ravikiran ^a   Drnevich, Jenny ^a   Falola, Oluwadamila ^c   Fields, Christopher J ^a   Hazelhurst, Scott ^b   Hendry, Liesl ^b   Isewon, Itunuoluwa ^c   Khetani, Radhika S ^a,i   Kumuthini, Judit ^f   Kimuda, Magambo Phillip ^g   Magosi, Lerato ^h,j   Mainzer, Liudmila Sergeevna ^a   Maslamoney, Suresh ^e   Mbiyavanga, Mamana ^e,f   Meintjes, Ayton ^e   Mugutso, Danny ^e   Mpangase, Phelelani ^b   Munthali, Richard ^b   Nembaware, Victoria ^e   Ndhlovu, Andrew ^b   Odia, Trust ^c   Okafor, Adaobi ^c   Oladipo, Olaleye ^c   Panji, Sumir ^e   Pillay, Venesa ^b   Rendon, Gloria ^a   Sengupta, Dhriti ^b   Mulder, Nicola ^e   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c Centre for Economic Policy and Development Research   (Nigeria)

^d Federal Ministry of Science and Technology   (Nigeria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^f Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research   (South Africa)

^g RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^h BOTSWANA HARVARD AIDS INSTITUTE PARTNERSHIP   (Botswana)

ⁱ HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; GENOME;

ANALYSIS SKILLS; COMPLEX PROGRAMS; GENOMICS; GENOMICS ANALYSIS; RESEARCH GROUPS; SERVICE GROUPS; STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES;

BIOINFORMATICS;

BIOINFORMATICS; EXERCISE; GENOMICS; HUMAN; SKILL; BLACK PERSON; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; NIGERIA; PROCEDURES; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DATABASES, GENETIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GENOMICS; HUMANS; NIGERIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 85021720585     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005419     Document Type: Article

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