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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
JF Genome Research 
JO Genome Research 
YR 2016 
FD February 01 
VO 26 
IS 2 
SP 271 
OP 277 
DO 10.1101/gr.196295.115 
UL http://genome.cshlp.org/content/26/2/271.abstract 
AB 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.