Our African Bioinformatics Institute interim director, Professor Nicola Mulder and Dr Tshiamo Motshegwa, Director of the African Open Science Platform (AOSP) had a great networking session today at the Science Forum South Africa in Pretoria.

#WomenInSTEM #Bioinformatics #ABI #Africa

The ABI is honored and privileged to be showcasing our work at Science Forum South Africa, currently underway in the capital city!

📅 Date: 24 -28 November 2025
🕒 Time: all day
📍 Venue: CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, SA

#SFSA2025 #WomenInSTEM #Africa #ABI

Call for Trainers - African Bioinformatics Institute Summer School (2-week, intermediate, in-person) 🚨

ℹ️More Info and apply here: lnkd.in/eEBVz-xx

📆 Deadline: Wednesday, 03 December 2025.

💬 This is not a call for participants, but an invite for potential trainers!

Bid to Host the African Bioinformatics Institute Hub is Open ‼️ ABI seeks a central Hub to host its executive/operational staff to coordinate admin/core services.

ℹ️ Link to apply: lnkd.in/eCRFkA7M

🌐 ABI website: lnkd.in/eKpBSHfy

📆 Due: 10 December 2025

Opportunity alert 🔔 An exciting MSc opportunity is available at Stellenbosch University to apply bioinformatics and statistical approaches in Tuberculosis research 🔬

📅Deadline: 1 December 2025

More details below ⬇️

ABI Stakeholder Engagement Meeting Invite 🚨

The ABI invites you to join our upcoming Stakeholder Engagement Session next week on:

📆 Thursday, 6 November 2025 at 16:00 PM CAT.

ℹ️ Please register to attend: lnkd.in/efCKE-Dg

#Bioinformatics #Africa #StakeholderEngagement

Thanks to Professor Nicola Mulder, (@Nicky_Mulder) interim lead of the ABI and a key driver of bioinformatics advancement at the University of Cape Town and in Africa for enthusiastically representing us at the GA4GH plenary meeting in Uppsala this week!

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#ga4ghconnect

Dear #ABI Community,
The African Bioinformatics Institute Communities of Practice pages have now been updated & a form is available for you all to join!

ℹ️ More info on CoP Page: lnkd.in/eHQdvixs

🤝 Join a CoP form: lnkd.in/es3jUchK

‼️ We hope you can all join us!

“From Data to Discovery: Opportunities with the African Bioinformatics Institute” delivered at the recent Data for Health in Africa Meeting & 5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting in Accra, Ghana. Explore ABI’s vision as well current and future activities: www.linkedin.com/pulse/showca...

Opportunity alert 🚨 for an MSc in Computational health Informatics at the University of Cape Town . A limited number of fully funded scholarships are available! All nationalities are eligible to apply! 📆Deadline: 30 September 2025

ℹ️More information below ⬇️

#ICYMI We showcased: “From Data to Discovery: Opportunities with the African Bioinformatics Institute” at the Data for Health in Africa Meeting & 5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting in Ghana.

Group Leader position(s) closing on the 19th of September 2025: lnkd.in/ex3mtAt5

More to follow soon 🔔

✨The ABI is inviting applications for Group Leaders: scientists committed to advancing research, training, and services across the continent.

📅First review deadline: 19 Sept 2025
🔗For more information click here: www.bioinformaticsinstitute.africa/news/25/Call...

At the EPHI Annual Research Review, our Interim Council member Atsbeha Gebreegziabxier introduced the ABI, sharing its mission and activities.

👏 We’re proud to see ABI starting to gain recognition across Africa as we work to connect bioinformatics efforts continent-wide.

✨The ABI poster was presented at ISMB ECCB 2025 in Liverpool. One of our Interim council members, Oussama Souiai was available to answer questions from conference participants.

The ABI poster is being presented at the ELIXIR All Hands meeting in Greece.
@ga4gh.org staff are also attending. ABI has similar goals to ELIXIR in terms of setting up a bioinformatics infrastructure across multiple countries.