DELGEME's participation to the First Symposium of the African Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics (ACE-B) in Bamako-Mali
- Context
As part of its activities, the African Center for Excellence in Bioinformatics (ACE-B) of the University of Science, Technology and Technology of Bamako (USTTB) organized its first symposium on "Bioinformatics for Global Health "from March 11 to 12, 2019 in Bamako, Mali.
The purpose of the symposium was to enable students to present their work in different areas:
- biological sequence analysis;
- bio-statistics;
- data sciences;
- GIS.
The opening ceremony was chaired by the Rector of University of Science, Technology and Technology of Bamako, Professor Adama Diaman Keïta.
- DELGEME at the center of talk on the issues of bioinformatics
DELGEME contributed to this event on two levels.
- Presentation by Professor Abdoulaye Djimdé, Director,
- Presentation of a poster by Miss Assetou Diarra and oral presentation of Dr. Moussa Djimdé.
This two-day event brought together reseacrh leaders in bioinformatic and partner institutions from other continents. Thanks to its many contributions, DELGEME, through its director, has established itself as a key player in African research in bioinformatics by presenting the program, its progress and in particular the resources put in place to store student data in three countries: Mali, Kenya and The Gambia.
Miss Assetou Diarra, a DELGEME PhD student, presented her project on the characterization of bacterial populations observed in water reproduction sites and in Anopheles Coluzzii and Anopheles Gambiae larvae of the Malaria endemic area of Mali.
As for Dr. Moussa Djimdé, Master in Bioinformatics, trained by DELGEME, presented his data on a project consisting of describing the genetic characteristics of Plasmodium vivax isolated in northern Mali.
The presentations of the Director and our fellows in front of a researcher’s audience were very well received.
The best oral presentation award went to Miss Assetou Diarra.
Congratulations of DELGEME project toward Miss Diarra for this distinction and see you all for an upcoming event highlighting health research in Africa.
