TY  - JOUR
A1  - Mulder, Nicola J.
A1  - Adebiyi, Ezekiel
A1  - Alami, Raouf
A1  - Benkahla, Alia
A1  - Brandful, James
A1  - Doumbia, Seydou
A1  - Everett, Dean
A1  - Fadlelmola, Faisal M.
A1  - Gaboun, Fatima
A1  - Gaseitsiwe, Simani
A1  - Ghazal, Hassan
A1  - Hazelhurst, Scott
A1  - Hide, Winston
A1  - Ibrahimi, Azeddine
A1  - Jaufeerally Fakim, Yasmina
A1  - Jongeneel, C. Victor
A1  - Joubert, Fourie
A1  - Kassim, Samar
A1  - Kayondo, Jonathan
A1  - Kumuthini, Judit
A1  - Lyantagaye, Sylvester
A1  - Makani, Julie
A1  - Mansour Alzohairy, Ahmed
A1  - Masiga, Daniel
A1  - Moussa, Ahmed
A1  - Nash, Oyekanmi
A1  - Ouwe Missi Oukem-Boyer, Odile
A1  - Owusu-Dabo, Ellis
A1  - Panji, Sumir
A1  - Patterton, Hugh
A1  - Radouani, Fouzia
A1  - Sadki, Khalid
A1  - Seghrouchni, Fouad
A1  - Tastan Bishop, Özlem
A1  - Tiffin, Nicki
A1  - Ulenga, Nzovu
A1  - The H3ABioNet Consortium
T1  - H3ABioNet, a sustainable pan-African bioinformatics network for human heredity and health in Africa
Y1  - 2016/02/01 
JF  - Genome Research 
JO  - Genome Research 
SP  - 271 
EP  - 277 
DO  - 10.1101/gr.196295.115 
VL  - 26 
IS  - 2 
UR  - http://genome.cshlp.org/content/26/2/271.abstract 
N2  - The application of genomics technologies to medicine and biomedical research is increasing in popularity, made possible by new high-throughput genotyping and sequencing technologies and improved data analysis capabilities. Some of the greatest genetic diversity among humans, animals, plants, and microbiota occurs in Africa, yet genomic research outputs from the continent are limited. The Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa) initiative was established to drive the development of genomic research for human health in Africa, and through recognition of the critical role of bioinformatics in this process, spurred the establishment of H3ABioNet, a pan-African bioinformatics network for H3Africa. The limitations in bioinformatics capacity on the continent have been a major contributory factor to the lack of notable outputs in high-throughput biology research. Although pockets of high-quality bioinformatics teams have existed previously, the majority of research institutions lack experienced faculty who can train and supervise bioinformatics students. H3ABioNet aims to address this dire need, specifically in the area of human genetics and genomics, but knock-on effects are ensuring this extends to other areas of bioinformatics. Here, we describe the emergence of genomics research and the development of bioinformatics in Africa through H3ABioNet. 
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