Graduation of the DELGEME-Deltas-Africa First Student

It was Thursday, December 21st, at the Faculty of Science and Techniques (FAST), before a large audience including Pr Yéya Touré, Dr. Cheickna Cissé, Pr Djibril Sangaré (DELGEME Program Manager), and Dr. Mamadou Welé, that took place the Master thesis oral presentation of Assetou Diarra, DELGEME Master training program fellow.

It is worth noting the presence of Dr. Benkhala, who generously welcomed Assetou in Tunis to technically complete her Master’s works. Also present at this event were DELGEME Director Pr Abdoulaye Djimdé, her parents, friends, the DELGEME-selected Mentor for her, as well as the bishop of Assetou Diarra.

This Master’s thesis deals with the Genomic and Bioinformatics Characterization of the bacterial populations observed in the water of breeding sites and in larvae of Anopheles coluzzii and Anopheles gambiae in Nanguilabougou and Kouribabougou. These villages are located in a malaria-endemic area of Mali. This oral presentation was the last step of the graduation process to obtain the Master’s degree.

Who is Assetou?

DELGEME graduate student in Bioinformatics at the African Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics, Faculty of Science and Techniques (FAST), University of Science, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako, Mali (USTTB).

During this training, her personal project was to acquire the maximum of skills in the fields of bioinformatics and to be able to solve the problem of bioinformatics data analysis at the MRTC and elsewhere in Mali.

Assetou is currently involved in the study of experimental infection using a colony of malaria vectors established in the laboratory.

In addition to this research, she is also involved in studies of bacterial populations and environmental factors that influence the survival of malaria vectors in Mali. Identifying these factors and characterizing the microbiota composition of these malaria vectors will be essential in understanding the natural selection forces acting on the speciation mechanisms between these two malaria vectors.

After 2 years of hard work on several fields of study, our brilliant Master student has validated her research thesis.

We wish her good luck for the rest of her career.