SHINNING A BRIGHT LIGHT ON CAPACITY BUILDING IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH

21 WORKSHOPS IN 2024 AND A LOT MORE TO COME TO MAKE THE GLOBAL SOUTH LEAD IN SCIENCE & INNOVATION

In 2024, we decided to invest heavily in training and capacity building.

CERI, KRISP and SACEMA partnered with AIMS, Separations, Illumina, DIPLOMICS and FioCruz Foundation to deliver 21 training workshops, with over 90% were hosted in our facilities at BMRI at Stellenbosch University and the Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine. In these workshops, we received over 1,000 participants, most for hands-on training. In addition, we hosted over 100 fellows who come to spend weeks, months and sometimes years with us to further advance their skills and careers. Below is a list of workshops delivered and planned so far for 2024.

04-08 March - Introduction to data management with R

12-14 March- Separations Training Academy - Metagenomics Workshop

April-June- Introduction to Epidemiology & Research Methodology

15-18 April- ISO accreditation training

7-10 May- Illumina NGS library prep training

10-14 June- MedPH Program (part of Biomath Honours Course/ AIMS Structured Masters)

25-27 May - Separations Training Academy - RNA Sequencing workshop

16-28 June - MMED with SACEMA

15-19 July - Genomic Fellowships

22-26 July - Bioinformatics Fellowships

23-25 July - Separations Training Academy - WGS Workshop

1-20 Aug - SEAMS (Software Engineering in Mathematical Sciences)

4-9 Aug - 28th International Bioinformatics & Virus Evolution & Molecular Epidemiology (VEME)

13-15 Aug - Separations Training Academy - Metagenomics Workshop

16-18 Aug- ISME/DIPLOMICS – ONT WGS workshop

16-17 Aug- ISME bioinformatics workshop - Microbiome training

19 Aug- Separations Training Academy - WGS workshop

10-12 Sep- Separations Training Academy - WGS workshop

20-26 Sep - Advanced Data Science Workshop

8-10 Oct- Separations Training Academy - RNA Sequencing workshop

11 Nov - Separations Training Academy - Bioinformatics workshop