Discover, Analyze, and Integrate NIH Common Fund Data
The NIH Common Fund programs generate diverse datasets from a variety of projects ranging from genomics to phenotypes. The Common Fund Data Ecosystem (CFDE) aims to facilitate improved discovery, reuse, integration, and analyses of these datasets to form novel hypothesis for accelerating discoveries in biomedical research.
The Common Fund Data Ecosystem (CFDE) aims to enable broad use of data generated by Common Fund Programs to accelerate hypothesis generation and discovery.
Making data more FAIR
The Data Resource and Knowledge Centers are dedicated to enhancing the accessibility and utility of Common Fund-generated data and resources, striving to uphold the FAIR principles. This commitment serves as a catalyst for groundbreaking biomedical discoveries, fostering synergies across the diverse datasets within the Common Fund ecosystem, thereby unlocking novel avenues of research and innovation.
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Working to improve findability, accessibility, and interoperability of NIH Common Fund data sets and to encourage data reuse.
📆 It's exactly 13 days before the highly anticipated Data for Health in Africa Meeting and 5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting at the Cedi Conference Centre, University of Ghana (@UnivofGh) from the 23rd–29th August 2025.
🤝 This landmark event is jointly funded by the Wellcome 
📢 Data for Health in Africa & 5th @DSI_Africa Consortium Meeting
📍 Univ. of Ghana, Cedi Conference Centre
🗓️ 23–29 Aug 2025
🎯 Strengthening Partnerships & Collaboration in Data Science Across Africa
👥 Open to Wellcome & DS-I grantees
🔗 Info: ow.ly/8E2250WBSem 
We’re Hiring! 📣
We are seeking a visionary Executive Director to lead strategic initiatives, manage impactful research programmes, and drive sustainability.
📍 Location: Nairobi, Kenya
🗓️ Deadline: 29 August 2025
🔗 Application Details: shorturl.at/XQ7z9 
⏰ It's now 17 days to go to the highly anticipated Data for Health in Africa Meeting and 5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting at the Cedi Conference Centre, University of Ghana (@UnivofGh) from the 23rd–29th August 2025.
🤝 This landmark event is jointly funded by the Wellcome 
⏰ It's 18 days to go to the highly anticipated Data for Health in Africa Meeting and 5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting at the Cedi Conference Centre, University of Ghana (@UnivofGh) from the 23rd–29th August 2025.
🤝 This landmark event is jointly funded by the Wellcome 
Please join Prof Julie Makani & other panelist at the @xceneresearch Stakeholders research meeting, to discuss health innovation & partnerships to promote scientific research in Africa. Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…. @juliemakani is PI of our clinical coordinating center. 
Healthcare professionals bring unique perspectives to discovery research.
That’s why we’re funding doctoral programmes for UK-registered healthcare professionals.
Applications open in October. Find out how you can prepare ⤵️
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“Science is for all.” Few live that truth like @ChatWithChauke 🎙️
Join us Fri, Aug 8 @ 3PM EAT | 1PM BST on YouTube Live: youtube.com/live/lc9M3guz_… as we chat with the award-winning educator + sci-comm champion!
#MyScienceJourney #SciComm #ScienceForAll 
🔊 NEW PUBLICATION!! "Retaining African Networks is Urgent for Global Health" by #GIISER grantees highlights how South-South #collaboration redefined #pandemic response during #COVID19. A call to invest in regional scientific leadership. Read more 👉 bit.ly/46F21L2 
The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at UWC is open for 2026 undergraduate and master’s scholarship applications. Apply by 31 August 2025 at bit.ly/UWC-Mastercard… #IAmUWC 
Two Pre-Meeting Courses offered this year, in Clinical and Parasitology. Nov 9 starting at 8:30a in Toronto. astmh.org/annual-meeting… 
🆕 Updated WHO COVID-19 clinical management guidelines – 8th edition is out now.
WHO advises against antibiotics when a bacterial coinfection isn’t suspected.
This recommendation:
✅ Reflects the latest data
✅ Addresses the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance 
Road to Ghana Meeting Countdown Continues ⏰ It's 19 days to go to the eagerly awaited Data for Health in Africa Meeting and 5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting at the Cedi Conference Centre, University of Ghana from the 23rd–29th August 2025.
🤝 This landmark event is jointly 
📢New NIHR-funded PhD Studentship.
The project will investigate the optimal methods for estimating #vaccine effectiveness as a function of time since administration & understand host factors that influence waning effectiveness.
✍️Apply by 31 August
👉bit.ly/3J3YSKR 
Join our next APN webinar happening on the 7th of August!
Speaker: Nicole Keuler
Title: Applying Pharmacogenomics in Clinical Practice: Tools, Resources and Case-based Applications
📅 Date: 07 August 2025
🕒 Time: 3 PM CAT
Zoom registration link: lnkd.in/d3JbCrVv 
Opportunity alert 🚨 for Chevening Scholarships - applications open! Come study in the UK 🇬🇧 — embark on a tailored scholarship experience, and join a global leadership network for life!
📆Deadline: 7 October 2025
ℹ️More information and to apply: chevening.org/apply 
Are you a cancer scientist looking to strengthen your genomics epidemiology skills and knowledge? 🧬
Join experts at our #CancerEpi2026 course to transform your understanding of cancer causes and prevention.
🗓️ 16-18 February 2026
Apply by 3 November
📎bit.ly/4ojMMgZ 
The Human Genetics Scholars Initiative is more than a program; it's a career accelerator! For 2 years gain:
🎟️FREE ASHG membership
✈️All-expenses-paid access for two meetings
🧠Dedicated mentorship
💰Career development funds
Deadline → 8/18. Apply now: bit.ly/40iRMIk 
Our next Journal Club will feature @Balotin_Fogang from @umontpellier, who will discuss how the genetic diversity of malaria parasites in a single infection can affect how quickly drugs work to clear the parasite.
📅 Aug 19, 1:30pm (UK time)
sanger.zoom.us/webinar/regist… 
🚨Vaccinology Webinar alert🚨
What does it take to build trust in vaccine development?
Join Noni Mumba, Head of Engagement, @KEMRI_Wellcome as she shares insights on building community literacy around vaccines.
🗓️August, 7th 2025
🕚11:00AM–12:30PM GMT+3
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⏰ It's 20 days before the highly anticipated Data for Health in Africa Meeting and 5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting at the Cedi Conference Centre, University of Ghana from the 23rd – 29th August 2025.
🤝 This landmark event is jointly funded by the Wellcome Trust 
Are you passionate about strengthening the systems that power African research excellence?
We have an opening for a Senior Programme Officer – Research Management to provide strategic and technical support to DELTAS Africa grantee institutions, helping build resilient, 
📆 'All Roads Lead to Ghana' Countdown Continues ⏰ It's 23 days before the long-awaited Data for Health in Africa Meeting and 5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting at the Cedi Conference Centre, University of Ghana from the 23rd – 29th August 2025.
🤝 This landmark event is 
🚨We are hiring! : Early Post-Doctoral Mathematics Modeller🚨
Are you passionate about using mathematics to tackle real-world health challenges like antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and respiratory pathogens?
@KEMRI_Wellcome is recruiting an Early Post-Doctoral Mathematics 
Opportunity alert 🚨 for Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the University of the Western Cape for 2026 undergraduate and master’s scholarship applications in different disciplines. Open to all Africans 🌍
📆Deadline: 31 August 2025
🌐Apply: bit.ly/UWC-Mastercard… 
⏰ It's 24 days before the long-awaited Data for Health in Africa Meeting and 5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting at the Cedi Conference Centre, University of Ghana(@UnivofGh) from the 23rd – 29th August 2025.
🤝 This landmark event is jointly funded by the Wellcome 
🔴 Happening today!
@AREF_Africa Excell Malaria Programme 2026–2028 is now open!
🔬 For African malaria researchers (2–8 yrs post-PhD)
💡 Build leadership, win funding, drive impact
💰 Up to $50K project funding
💻 Webinar on how to apply at 12pm GMT
🔗 shorturl.at/7qJMl 
See new job opportunity in our lab.
•Collaborate with world-leading industry partner
•Join a dynamic team advancing metabolic disease research and shaping the future of obesity treatments
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CALL FOR #APPLICATIONS
#CRID is seeking 02 highly motivated #PhD candidates in #Microbiology to join a newly-launched project under @ICARS_global … READ MORE👉👉👉crid-cam.com/call-for-appli…
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We are hiring! I am recruiting a postdoctoral fellow to join us studying cell stress responses and organelle communication in pancreatic beta cells. Cell and molecular biology background is highly desired. Interested? please contact me at fengin@wisc.edu.
hr.wisc.edu/postdoc-and-re…
Job ads for TWO postdoctoral positions in our group are now online! Deadline 25th August.
🧪Immunologists, please apply here: edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…
🍄Microbiologists, please apply here: edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…
⏰ It's 25 days before the informative Data for Health in Africa Meeting and 5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting at the Cedi Conference Centre, University of Ghana (@UnivofGh) from the 23rd – 29th August 2025.
🤝 This landmark event is jointly funded by the Wellcome 
IDeAL Fellow Leticia Tornyevah presenting a poster on Mode of Birth and Postpartum Depressive Symptoms Among Mothers in Ghana: A Mixed Methods Cross-Sectional Study at the #DELTASAfrica Scientific Meeting.
#FromScienceToImpact
#AfricanResearchLeaders 
⏰ It's 26 days before the eagerly awaited Data for Health in Africa Meeting and 5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting at the Cedi Conference Centre, University of Ghana (@UnivofGh) from the 23rd – 29th August 2025.
🤝 This landmark event is jointly funded by the Wellcome 
🚨 Fully funded 3-year PhD Studentship project on RNA control of human disease 🧬
🔬 RNA studies, organoids, omics, in vivo models
📍 Stellos Lab, Mannheim, Heidelberg University
📅 Deadline: Sept 30, 2025
🔗 Apply: bewerberportal.umm.de/Vacancies/4801…
🌐 More: StellosLab.com
#PhD
Interested in data science & sickle cell disease research: Join this webinar on Leveraging data science to strengthen the SickleInAfrica Registry." Registration: zoom.us/meeting/regist…. Speaker: Wilson Mupfururirwa (SADaCC); Facilitators: @juliemakani & @reubenchianumba 
Common symptoms of #anaemia include:
🥱 Tiredness
😵 Dizziness or feeling light-headed
❄️ Cold hands and feet
😖 Headache
🫁 Shortness of breath, especially upon exertion
🫀 Irregular heartbeat
If you experience any of these symptoms without any apparent reason, you may have 
Prevent cholera with good hygiene practices:
✔️ Wash hands with soap & clean water:
→ after toilet use
→ after caring for sick people
→ before cooking, eating, or feeding a child 
Join us on July 31st for the @AfricaCDC session on workforce development in genomics.
🔬 🧫 The Collier lab is hiring a new Postdoc! 🧬 🧪
We are looking for a motivated candidate to study mechanisms controlling DNA replication in Alphaproteobacteria with complex genomes.
--> Apply by 30th August 2025 using this link:
tinyurl.com/y5e5pm59 
Happy Monday 😎 Ghana Meeting Countdown Continues ⏰ It's 27 days before the highly anticipated Data for Health in Africa Meeting and 5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting at the Cedi Conference Centre, University of Ghana(@UnivofGh) from the 23rd – 29th August 2025.
🤝This 
The brains of healthy people aged faster during the COVID-19 pandemic than did the brains of people analysed before the pandemic began
go.nature.com/4kVyBeY
Applications open for 2026-2027 Global Health Emerging Scholars (GHES) Fellowship — a 12-month, NIH-supported, mentored training in global health research designed to address health inequities & improve population health.
📆Due: 1 October 2025
ℹ️Link: lnkd.in/gkGXQ_MX 
Drug-resistant infections are on the rise across Africa, making common illnesses harder to treat.
A new study led by @AfricaCDC and partners, covering 14 countries and 187,000+ lab results, reveals alarming resistance to key antibiotics and serious gaps in testing and data 
Find time to exercise this Sunday!
Every move counts, even if you’re indoors.
Physical activity can boost your physical and #MentalHealth.
Let’s get moving today! 🏃🏿♂️🧘🏿♂️ https://t.co/Ytqq2BatmF
With just four days left until undergraduate applications close, now is the time to complete your application!
Don’t wait until the last minute – secure your place at UCT today.
#ChooseUCT
Apply now: applyonline.uct.ac.za 
📆 Ghana Meeting is officially less than a month away ⏰ It's 28 days before the highly anticipated Data for Health in Africa Meeting and 5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting at the Cedi Conference Centre, University of Ghana (@UnivofGh) from the 23rd – 29th August 2025.
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Opportunity alert 🚨 for Oppenheimer Memorial Trust Scholarship(s) for Masters, Doctoral and Postdoctoral Study for ALL disciplines (except for MBAs, DBAs/programmes with a narrow commercial focus).
📆Deadline: 28 August 2025
ℹ️More details & to apply: lnkd.in/edbAbqXU 
⏰ It's 29 days before the long-awaited Data for Health in Africa Meeting and 5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting at the Cedi Conference Centre, University of Ghana (@UnivofGh) from the 23rd–29th August 2025.
🤝 This landmark event is jointly funded by the Wellcome Trust 
The countdown continues! There are five days left to submit your undergraduate application to study at UCT in 2026.
Start your future now at Africa’s top-ranked university.
#ChooseUCT
Apply now: applyonline.uct.ac.za 
Hiring alert! Please RT! Lecturer/Sr. Lecturer position in Microbiology in the Department of Biological Sciences at Clemson University.
Apply here 👉 apply.interfolio.com/170375
Active learning through creative inquiry (CI) projects with undergrads and dynamic working environment.
Happy Birthday to Rosalind Franklin—the brilliant scientist behind the discovery of DNA’s structure! We’re celebrating her legacy today with a fun trivia challenge in our IG Stories. Join us to test your knowledge & honor this legend!
📲 👉 @GeneticsSociety
#ASHG #HumanGenetics 
Come to join us! 🎉🫶 The Department of Biology invites applicants for a tenure-track, Assistant Professor of Biology position!
Learn more about the Department of Biology here: wcupa.edu/sciences-mathe…, and apply online at schooljobs.com/careers/wcupa/… 
Happy Birthday to Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958), whose pioneering work on the crystal structure of DNA led to the discovery of DNA's double helix shape and ultimately to everything we do at Ensembl today! #DNA #WomeninSTEM 
📆 Road to Ghana Countdown Continues ⏰ It's 30 days before the long-awaited Data for Health in Africa Meeting and 5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting at the Cedi Conference Centre, University of Ghana from the 23rd – 29th August 2025.
🤝 This landmark event is jointly funded 
💡 What will it take to future-proof Africa’s public health workforce?
Join us on 31 July for a high-level dialogue on building Africa’s talent pipeline in clinical genetics, genetic counselling, bioinformatics, and clinical trial platforms, all key pillars for the next wave of 
Time is almost running out!
Only six days remaining to apply for an undergraduate place at UCT in 2026. Take the next step toward an exciting academic journey.
#ChooseUCT
Apply now: applyonline.uct.ac.za 
Hi there! We are lookig for a highly motivated and talented postdoctoral researcher to join our dynamic team starting in 2026. Please see the call for more details! Come on join us! It will be fun! :) 
⏰ 31 days to go to the eagerly awaited Data for Health in Africa Meeting and 5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting at the Cedi Conference Centre, University of Ghana from the 23rd–29th August 2025.
🤝 This landmark event is jointly funded by the Wellcome Trust (@wellcometrust) 
Two postdoc positions available developing and applying AI and machine learning tools for neurodegenerative disease research with Prof Danny Alexander and I.
Closing date 30th July.
ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…
ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…
@fishpiechicken
Tenure-track faculty search of the @Ucsf_Biochem Department is open for applications!
We are looking for creative, innovative scientists asking fundamental questions in any area of biology.
Join our vibrant, collaborative, and supportive community!
aprecruit.ucsf.edu/JPF05702 
Are you a skilled grants professional passionate about enabling research and innovation through operational excellence?
We are looking for a Manager, Grants Operations to lead and strengthen the systems, processes, and compliance frameworks that support our scientific funding 
If you, are passionate about Thermal Physiology, Biomedical Engineering and Heating systems:
NB: FULLY FUNDED PhD studentship with Swansea University & Hershel Infra-Red Heating Ltd. Please RT!
jobs.ac.uk/job/DOA745/phd…
@ThePhySoc @CASESsocial @SwanseaUni @swansearesearch
📆 It's exactly 32 days before the highly anticipated Data for Health in Africa Meeting and 5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting at the Cedi Conference Centre, University of Ghana from the 23rd–29th August 2025.
🤝 This landmark event is jointly funded by the Wellcome Trust and 
📆 It's exactly 32 days before the highly anticipated Data for Health in Africa Meeting and 5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting at the Cedi Conference Centre, University of Ghana from the 23rd–29th August 2025.
🤝 This landmark event is jointly funded by the Wellcome Trust 
🚨 Applications Open!
@csea_afric is now accepting applications for the 2025 Africa’s Data Future Fellowship.
💻 A 3-month virtual programme for emerging leaders in data governance across Africa.
🗓 Starting in mid-August
Apply by July 30 👉 shorturl.at/Hp8pi 
Genetic and genomic knowledge is key in today’s clinical practice.
Explore 3 free, online courses on the ESHG Xpeer Channel - covering rare diseases, hereditary cancer, and prenatal screening.
📚 Start learning now: buff.ly/GciCCGE
#Genetics #Genomics #Xpeer #ESHG
Big news! We’re partnering with the @Roche African Genomics Program (AGP) to boost genomic research across Africa.
This collaboration will:
✅Expand access to high-performance computing at our Uganda Medical Informatics Centre
✅Support postdoctoral training in bioinformatics 
Register for our 2026 conference on Antimicrobial Resistance🧬
🗓️23-25 March #AMR2026
Join a community at the vanguard of #AMR genomics, to explore how big data and innovative technologies are driving solutions to tackle this crisis. #AMRresearch
📎 bit.ly/3SWzJUm 
South Africa is hosting its first national TB Vaccine Preparedness Workshop, led by @HealthZA & @WHO .
to develop a national roadmap for TB vaccine rollout from supply chain readiness to policy, training & community engagement.
#TBVaccineReadySA #EndTB 
Proud to be part of the ISCB fellows 2025 at ISMB Liverpool 2025. @AfrBioInstitute @AfriGenD @eLwazi_ODSP
GSK Africa Open Lab's call for proposals is open. For African scientists in the early stages of research and an academic career. Deadline: September 3. tinyurl.com/ypkwvkaw 
🔬 MSHG Webinar Alert!
Join us for a CPD-accredited talk by Sarah Walters:
Behind the Bench: Shaping Private Genetic Services in SA
🗓 24 July 2025
🕐 13:00–14:00
🔗 Zoom link in bio!
#MSHG #SASHG #GeneticsWebinar #HumanGenetics 
Before the discovery of DNA, a man named Gregor Mendel uncovered the foundation for human genetics research by cross-breeding pea plants. Happy birthday, Gregor Mendel!🎊Learn more about his work in genetic inheritance via our Discover Genetics Fact Sheet: bit.ly/3GQS5n2 
🎓 Grow and learn first-hand with the 2025-26 @EDCTP COMPASS Fellowship Scheme
By the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, U. of London
🗓️ Deadline: 15 August 2025
Learn more: lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-and…
#CapacityStrengthening 
Webinar alert 🚨 Harnessing the Power of Human Genomics
📅 31 July 2025 | 🕐 13:00–14:30 EAT
🔗 Register: rb.gy/6vxr2o
Join leading experts as we explore how to build Africa’s talent pool for precision public health.
#Genomics #Africa #WomenInSTEM #HumanGenetics 
🎗️ 400,000 children are diagnosed with cancer each year. Most live in low- and middle-income countries. This is not just a number, it’s a call to action.
Early detection saves lives.
🧠 Know the signs
⏰ Act early
Every child deserves a chance to survive and thrive. 💙💚🤎 
The #CFDEWorkbench platform (info.cfde.cloud) now supports gene set #EnrichmentAnalysis 🥳 👏🌎🥁data.cfde.cloud/enrichment
You can now query your gene sets against gene set libraries created from 8 @NIH_CommonFund programs. #CFDE @LINCSProgram @MaayanLab @gly_gen @_hubmap https://t.co/dtJVRNEt9Z
MasterClass = expert help for active users. Join monthly, third Thursdays at 2 p.m. ET. 🔗 monkeylink.co/80759b
#KidsFirstData #ResearchSupport #PediatricResearch 
Webinar alert 🚨 World Health Organization (WHO) Pandemic Treaty Webinar
📆 Date & Time: 24 July 2025 at 15:00 PM CAT
📰 Theme: Global Solidarity in Health: Understanding the New Pandemic Treaty
💬 Speakers:
- Dr Mustaqeem de Gama
Legal Scholar, Trade Negotiator, IP and Access 
Reminder!
Still time to apply for the fully funded health research studentship by @KEMRI_Wellcome & @PU_Kilifi!
Don't miss out!
Deadline: July 20, 2025!
Apply now: shorturl.at/TqKHI 
🚨Our user survey is closing on 24 July.
Only a few days left to share your views. Please take 10 minutes to help us demonstrate the value of the data resources we manage with our collaborators.
Complete survey 👇 surveymonkey.com/r/QGFMBH8?chan…]
#FAIRdata #bioinformatics 
Only a week left to apply for our Mental Health Award ⏰
We’re funding researchers to use longitudinal data to find early signs of anxiety, depression and psychosis.
Find out more and apply by 22 July ⤵️
wellcome.org/grant-funding/…
The Experiments Metadata Standard is open for public comment until 15 August. This product provides a checklist for the minimum information needed to characterise a genomic experiment. Learn more: buff.ly/A3XKx3m
Share your feedback in GitHub: buff.ly/2U59Tkq 
⚠️ 1.3 million people acquired HIV in 2024 alone, including thousands of adolescent girls and young women.
Today, in a landmark move towards HIV prevention, WHO recommends twice-yearly injectable lenacapavir as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to protect people at risk of HIV.
Showcase your #MitoResearch at Mitochondrial Medicine 2025! #MitoMed25
📆 Dates: 10–12 November
From disease mechanisms to therapeutic developments, present your work and gain expert feedback.
📝Submit an abstract by: 8 September
🔗bit.ly/3GbATrF
#AcademicChatter 
🚨 PhD position alert!
We're hiring a PhD student in plant evolutionary genomics @nhm_uio 🧬🌿
Study convergent evolution & adaptation genomics in Arctic plants ❄️
🧪 Fieldwork, population genomics, common garden experiments
Apply by 10 August:
🔗 jobbnorge.no/en/available-j…
People with #diabetes can live long and healthy lives with access to essential care and medicines.
Regular screening and treatment help reduce the risk of complications, including:
♦️ blindness
♦️ kidney failure
♦️ heart attacks
♦️ stroke
♦️ lower limb amputation 
Join us on Thur. July 24 @ 2 PM ET for a virtual seminar about ChEA-KG, a newly developed @MaayanLab web-based app that enables users to analyze their gene sets in context of a human gene regulatory network (1559 transcription factors). Please register at maayanlab.cloud/turl/35e9d6a0 
I’m thrilled to announce the launch of the Evolution of Chromosomes and Genomes (ECG) Lab at the Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan.Our lab website is now live—come check it out! sites.google.com/view/ecg-lab/h…
Africa’s 1st VR Genomics Hackathon is coming!
Applications open soon.
15 spots. 1 mission: make genomics unforgettable.
WATCH OUT!!!
#IGHVRGenomeHackathon #GenomicsAfrica #BioXR #ImmersiveLearning 
It's day 1 of @FoGenomics come stop by booth 60B across from the Genome Dome to learn everything #CommonFundDataEcosystem! #FestivalofGenomics @CfdeNih @NIH_CommonFund @CfdeWorkbench 
The @CfdeWorkbench analysis platform #GeneSetCart genesetcart.cfde.cloud is now published at @GigaScience pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40208796/ Read more about it @NIH_CommonFund #CFDE website: commonfund.nih.gov/dataecosystem/… and how it was applied to study #AxD disease. #Bioinformatics #AI #genesets 
Join the MSc Bioinformatics programme at @WACCBIP_UG!
Gain advanced skills in life sciences and data to tackle Africa’s health challenges.
Open to graduates in science, engineering, or math—Ghanaian & international applicants welcome.
For more details, visit 
Unable to join today's #CommonFundDataEcosystem #PublicWebinarSeries with Dr. Allissa Dillman? The webinar recording is now live here: youtu.be/x1GQxeCdZEM @NIH_CommonFund @CfdeWorkbench 
In two weeks we will host our next #CFDEPublicWebinarSeries! Join us from 1-2 PM ET to hear from Dr. Allissa Dillman from the CFDE Training Center. Learn more about the event here: cfdeknowledge.org/r/CFDE_webinars
@NIH_CommonFund @CfdeWorkbench #CFDETrainingCenter 
Learn how we combine the best knowledge graphs can offer with statistical analysis, LLMs & human curation for the @NIH_CommonFund CFDE KC. @ncats_nih_gov 👇
#dkNET presents a "Building Knowledge Graphs Towards Transparent Biomedical #AI
" #webinar with Dr. Jie Liu - Join us today at 11 am PT!
More info: dknet.org/about/blog/2821
#MachineLearning #DataScience #bioinformatics #diabetes #genomics 
Podcast with Dr. Shankar Subramaniam about integrating and making @NIH_CommonFund data more accessible. Highlighting @CFDEWorkbench cdfe.info, a robust info and data portal for researchers to access and analyze omics datasets effectively tinyurl.com/yka7jjpc. 
Join us on February 28th for our next installment of the #CFDEPublicWebinarSeries featuring @4DNucleome's Peter Park presenting "4D Nucleome Turns 10: Mapping the Dynamic Architecture of the Genome." Register for the event here: broadinstitute.zoom.us/webinar/regist… @CfdeWorkbench @CfdeNih 
The CFDE Workbench: Integrating Metadata and Processed Data from Common Fund Programs biorxiv.org/content/10.110… #biorxiv_bioinfo
We have so many incredible speakers that will be presenting at our workshop on Friday! Join us to hear cutting edge scientific research from 10 AM - 2 PM ET. Registration is open here: tinyurl.com/mpmnmvrh @CfdeWorkbench @motrpac @TerraBioApp 
Read this great article about @AviMaayan, alumnus of @FDUWhatsNew
fdu.edu/fdumagazine/fd…
Dr. Ma'ayin is doing great things at @IcahnMountSinai
· Interested in applying to the #ComplementARIE #NewApproachMethodologies Data Hub and Coordinating Center #FundingOpp? Join the #InformationalWebinar on 2/13/25 at 11am ET! bit.ly/NDHCC_Webinar 
Just a few days left to register for the #NuclearArchitecture Meeting hosted by #4DNucleome! Join us in San Diego, CA on December 11-13, 2024. The deadline to register is Monday, December 2nd. Register today! bit.ly/3X9gha0 
#NutritionforPrecisionHealth is advancing precision #nutrition and was featured on @CBSSunday! The study is led by a coalition of NIH partners, including #NIHCommonFund, the Office of Nutrition Research, and @AllofUsResearch. Enrollment is open! Watch here allof-us.org/3UY1zkm 
Do you develop and market scientific tools? Join us tomorrow, November 22nd from 1-2 PM ET to learn various strategies from #COMPA and @MetaCell during our #CFDEPublicWebinarSeries. Register here: broadinstitute.zoom.us/webinar/regist… @CfdeWorkbench @NIH_CommonFund 
The @CfdeWorkbench team will showcase the #CFDE information portal (cfde.info), the #CFDE data portal (data.cfde.cloud), and #GeneSetCart (genesetcart.cfde.cloud) at #ASHG2024 #ASHG24. To learn more about the #CFDE visit booth 571. @NIH_CommonFund @CFDEKC https://t.co/tgdMOPiAb6
Our recent article, 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲: 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲, 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗳 𝗨𝗯𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘂 @H3Africa 👉protect-za.mimecast.com/s/0zJTCvgxAZfw… 
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📆 It's exactly 13 days before the highly anticipated Data for Health in Africa Meeting and 5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting at the Cedi Conference Centre, University of Ghana (@UnivofGh) from the 23rd–29th August 2025.
🤝 This landmark event is jointly funded by the Wellcome
📢 Data for Health in Africa & 5th @DSI_Africa Consortium Meeting
📍 Univ. of Ghana, Cedi Conference Centre
🗓️ 23–29 Aug 2025
🎯 Strengthening Partnerships & Collaboration in Data Science Across Africa
👥 Open to Wellcome & DS-I grantees
🔗 Info: ow.ly/8E2250WBSem
We’re Hiring! 📣
We are seeking a visionary Executive Director to lead strategic initiatives, manage impactful research programmes, and drive sustainability.
📍 Location: Nairobi, Kenya
🗓️ Deadline: 29 August 2025
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⏰ It's now 17 days to go to the highly anticipated Data for Health in Africa Meeting and 5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting at the Cedi Conference Centre, University of Ghana (@UnivofGh) from the 23rd–29th August 2025.
🤝 This landmark event is jointly funded by the Wellcome
⏰ It's 18 days to go to the highly anticipated Data for Health in Africa Meeting and 5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting at the Cedi Conference Centre, University of Ghana (@UnivofGh) from the 23rd–29th August 2025.
🤝 This landmark event is jointly funded by the Wellcome
Please join Prof Julie Makani & other panelist at the @xceneresearch Stakeholders research meeting, to discuss health innovation & partnerships to promote scientific research in Africa. Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…. @juliemakani is PI of our clinical coordinating center.
Healthcare professionals bring unique perspectives to discovery research.
That’s why we’re funding doctoral programmes for UK-registered healthcare professionals.
Applications open in October. Find out how you can prepare ⤵️
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“Science is for all.” Few live that truth like @ChatWithChauke 🎙️
Join us Fri, Aug 8 @ 3PM EAT | 1PM BST on YouTube Live: youtube.com/live/lc9M3guz_… as we chat with the award-winning educator + sci-comm champion!
#MyScienceJourney #SciComm #ScienceForAll
🔊 NEW PUBLICATION!! "Retaining African Networks is Urgent for Global Health" by #GIISER grantees highlights how South-South #collaboration redefined #pandemic response during #COVID19. A call to invest in regional scientific leadership. Read more 👉 bit.ly/46F21L2
The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at UWC is open for 2026 undergraduate and master’s scholarship applications. Apply by 31 August 2025 at bit.ly/UWC-Mastercard… #IAmUWC
Two Pre-Meeting Courses offered this year, in Clinical and Parasitology. Nov 9 starting at 8:30a in Toronto. astmh.org/annual-meeting…
🆕 Updated WHO COVID-19 clinical management guidelines – 8th edition is out now.
WHO advises against antibiotics when a bacterial coinfection isn’t suspected.
This recommendation:
✅ Reflects the latest data
✅ Addresses the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance
Road to Ghana Meeting Countdown Continues ⏰ It's 19 days to go to the eagerly awaited Data for Health in Africa Meeting and 5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting at the Cedi Conference Centre, University of Ghana from the 23rd–29th August 2025.
🤝 This landmark event is jointly
📢New NIHR-funded PhD Studentship.
The project will investigate the optimal methods for estimating #vaccine effectiveness as a function of time since administration & understand host factors that influence waning effectiveness.
✍️Apply by 31 August
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Join our next APN webinar happening on the 7th of August!
Speaker: Nicole Keuler
Title: Applying Pharmacogenomics in Clinical Practice: Tools, Resources and Case-based Applications
📅 Date: 07 August 2025
🕒 Time: 3 PM CAT
Zoom registration link: lnkd.in/d3JbCrVv
Opportunity alert 🚨 for Chevening Scholarships - applications open! Come study in the UK 🇬🇧 — embark on a tailored scholarship experience, and join a global leadership network for life!
📆Deadline: 7 October 2025
ℹ️More information and to apply: chevening.org/apply
Are you a cancer scientist looking to strengthen your genomics epidemiology skills and knowledge? 🧬
Join experts at our #CancerEpi2026 course to transform your understanding of cancer causes and prevention.
🗓️ 16-18 February 2026
Apply by 3 November
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The Human Genetics Scholars Initiative is more than a program; it's a career accelerator! For 2 years gain:
🎟️FREE ASHG membership
✈️All-expenses-paid access for two meetings
🧠Dedicated mentorship
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Deadline → 8/18. Apply now: bit.ly/40iRMIk
Our next Journal Club will feature @Balotin_Fogang from @umontpellier, who will discuss how the genetic diversity of malaria parasites in a single infection can affect how quickly drugs work to clear the parasite.
📅 Aug 19, 1:30pm (UK time)
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🚨Vaccinology Webinar alert🚨
What does it take to build trust in vaccine development?
Join Noni Mumba, Head of Engagement, @KEMRI_Wellcome as she shares insights on building community literacy around vaccines.
🗓️August, 7th 2025
🕚11:00AM–12:30PM GMT+3
🔗 shorturl.at/QkPVI
⏰ It's 20 days before the highly anticipated Data for Health in Africa Meeting and 5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting at the Cedi Conference Centre, University of Ghana from the 23rd – 29th August 2025.
🤝 This landmark event is jointly funded by the Wellcome Trust
Are you passionate about strengthening the systems that power African research excellence?
We have an opening for a Senior Programme Officer – Research Management to provide strategic and technical support to DELTAS Africa grantee institutions, helping build resilient,
📆 'All Roads Lead to Ghana' Countdown Continues ⏰ It's 23 days before the long-awaited Data for Health in Africa Meeting and 5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting at the Cedi Conference Centre, University of Ghana from the 23rd – 29th August 2025.
🤝 This landmark event is
🚨We are hiring! : Early Post-Doctoral Mathematics Modeller🚨
Are you passionate about using mathematics to tackle real-world health challenges like antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and respiratory pathogens?
@KEMRI_Wellcome is recruiting an Early Post-Doctoral Mathematics
Opportunity alert 🚨 for Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the University of the Western Cape for 2026 undergraduate and master’s scholarship applications in different disciplines. Open to all Africans 🌍
📆Deadline: 31 August 2025
🌐Apply: bit.ly/UWC-Mastercard…
⏰ It's 24 days before the long-awaited Data for Health in Africa Meeting and 5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting at the Cedi Conference Centre, University of Ghana(@UnivofGh) from the 23rd – 29th August 2025.
🤝 This landmark event is jointly funded by the Wellcome
🔴 Happening today!
@AREF_Africa Excell Malaria Programme 2026–2028 is now open!
🔬 For African malaria researchers (2–8 yrs post-PhD)
💡 Build leadership, win funding, drive impact
💰 Up to $50K project funding
💻 Webinar on how to apply at 12pm GMT
🔗 shorturl.at/7qJMl
See new job opportunity in our lab.
•Collaborate with world-leading industry partner
•Join a dynamic team advancing metabolic disease research and shaping the future of obesity treatments
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CALL FOR #APPLICATIONS
#CRID is seeking 02 highly motivated #PhD candidates in #Microbiology to join a newly-launched project under @ICARS_global … READ MORE👉👉👉crid-cam.com/call-for-appli…
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We are hiring! I am recruiting a postdoctoral fellow to join us studying cell stress responses and organelle communication in pancreatic beta cells. Cell and molecular biology background is highly desired. Interested? please contact me at fengin@wisc.edu.
hr.wisc.edu/postdoc-and-re…
Job ads for TWO postdoctoral positions in our group are now online! Deadline 25th August.
🧪Immunologists, please apply here: edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…
🍄Microbiologists, please apply here: edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…
⏰ It's 25 days before the informative Data for Health in Africa Meeting and 5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting at the Cedi Conference Centre, University of Ghana (@UnivofGh) from the 23rd – 29th August 2025.
🤝 This landmark event is jointly funded by the Wellcome
IDeAL Fellow Leticia Tornyevah presenting a poster on Mode of Birth and Postpartum Depressive Symptoms Among Mothers in Ghana: A Mixed Methods Cross-Sectional Study at the #DELTASAfrica Scientific Meeting.
#FromScienceToImpact
#AfricanResearchLeaders
⏰ It's 26 days before the eagerly awaited Data for Health in Africa Meeting and 5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting at the Cedi Conference Centre, University of Ghana (@UnivofGh) from the 23rd – 29th August 2025.
🤝 This landmark event is jointly funded by the Wellcome
🚨 Fully funded 3-year PhD Studentship project on RNA control of human disease 🧬
🔬 RNA studies, organoids, omics, in vivo models
📍 Stellos Lab, Mannheim, Heidelberg University
📅 Deadline: Sept 30, 2025
🔗 Apply: bewerberportal.umm.de/Vacancies/4801…
🌐 More: StellosLab.com
#PhD
Interested in data science & sickle cell disease research: Join this webinar on Leveraging data science to strengthen the SickleInAfrica Registry." Registration: zoom.us/meeting/regist…. Speaker: Wilson Mupfururirwa (SADaCC); Facilitators: @juliemakani & @reubenchianumba
Common symptoms of #anaemia include:
🥱 Tiredness
😵 Dizziness or feeling light-headed
❄️ Cold hands and feet
😖 Headache
🫁 Shortness of breath, especially upon exertion
🫀 Irregular heartbeat
If you experience any of these symptoms without any apparent reason, you may have
Prevent cholera with good hygiene practices:
✔️ Wash hands with soap & clean water:
→ after toilet use
→ after caring for sick people
→ before cooking, eating, or feeding a child
Join us on July 31st for the @AfricaCDC session on workforce development in genomics.
🔬 🧫 The Collier lab is hiring a new Postdoc! 🧬 🧪
We are looking for a motivated candidate to study mechanisms controlling DNA replication in Alphaproteobacteria with complex genomes.
--> Apply by 30th August 2025 using this link:
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Happy Monday 😎 Ghana Meeting Countdown Continues ⏰ It's 27 days before the highly anticipated Data for Health in Africa Meeting and 5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting at the Cedi Conference Centre, University of Ghana(@UnivofGh) from the 23rd – 29th August 2025.
🤝This
The brains of healthy people aged faster during the COVID-19 pandemic than did the brains of people analysed before the pandemic began
go.nature.com/4kVyBeY
Applications open for 2026-2027 Global Health Emerging Scholars (GHES) Fellowship — a 12-month, NIH-supported, mentored training in global health research designed to address health inequities & improve population health.
📆Due: 1 October 2025
ℹ️Link: lnkd.in/gkGXQ_MX
Drug-resistant infections are on the rise across Africa, making common illnesses harder to treat.
A new study led by @AfricaCDC and partners, covering 14 countries and 187,000+ lab results, reveals alarming resistance to key antibiotics and serious gaps in testing and data
Find time to exercise this Sunday!
Every move counts, even if you’re indoors.
Physical activity can boost your physical and #MentalHealth.
Let’s get moving today! 🏃🏿♂️🧘🏿♂️ https://t.co/Ytqq2BatmF
With just four days left until undergraduate applications close, now is the time to complete your application!
Don’t wait until the last minute – secure your place at UCT today.
#ChooseUCT
Apply now: applyonline.uct.ac.za
📆 Ghana Meeting is officially less than a month away ⏰ It's 28 days before the highly anticipated Data for Health in Africa Meeting and 5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting at the Cedi Conference Centre, University of Ghana (@UnivofGh) from the 23rd – 29th August 2025.
🤝 This
Opportunity alert 🚨 for Oppenheimer Memorial Trust Scholarship(s) for Masters, Doctoral and Postdoctoral Study for ALL disciplines (except for MBAs, DBAs/programmes with a narrow commercial focus).
📆Deadline: 28 August 2025
ℹ️More details & to apply: lnkd.in/edbAbqXU
⏰ It's 29 days before the long-awaited Data for Health in Africa Meeting and 5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting at the Cedi Conference Centre, University of Ghana (@UnivofGh) from the 23rd–29th August 2025.
🤝 This landmark event is jointly funded by the Wellcome Trust
The countdown continues! There are five days left to submit your undergraduate application to study at UCT in 2026.
Start your future now at Africa’s top-ranked university.
#ChooseUCT
Apply now: applyonline.uct.ac.za
Hiring alert! Please RT! Lecturer/Sr. Lecturer position in Microbiology in the Department of Biological Sciences at Clemson University.
Apply here 👉 apply.interfolio.com/170375
Active learning through creative inquiry (CI) projects with undergrads and dynamic working environment.
Happy Birthday to Rosalind Franklin—the brilliant scientist behind the discovery of DNA’s structure! We’re celebrating her legacy today with a fun trivia challenge in our IG Stories. Join us to test your knowledge & honor this legend!
📲 👉 @GeneticsSociety
#ASHG #HumanGenetics
Come to join us! 🎉🫶 The Department of Biology invites applicants for a tenure-track, Assistant Professor of Biology position!
Learn more about the Department of Biology here: wcupa.edu/sciences-mathe…, and apply online at schooljobs.com/careers/wcupa/…
Happy Birthday to Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958), whose pioneering work on the crystal structure of DNA led to the discovery of DNA's double helix shape and ultimately to everything we do at Ensembl today! #DNA #WomeninSTEM
📆 Road to Ghana Countdown Continues ⏰ It's 30 days before the long-awaited Data for Health in Africa Meeting and 5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting at the Cedi Conference Centre, University of Ghana from the 23rd – 29th August 2025.
🤝 This landmark event is jointly funded
💡 What will it take to future-proof Africa’s public health workforce?
Join us on 31 July for a high-level dialogue on building Africa’s talent pipeline in clinical genetics, genetic counselling, bioinformatics, and clinical trial platforms, all key pillars for the next wave of
Time is almost running out!
Only six days remaining to apply for an undergraduate place at UCT in 2026. Take the next step toward an exciting academic journey.
#ChooseUCT
Apply now: applyonline.uct.ac.za
Hi there! We are lookig for a highly motivated and talented postdoctoral researcher to join our dynamic team starting in 2026. Please see the call for more details! Come on join us! It will be fun! :)
⏰ 31 days to go to the eagerly awaited Data for Health in Africa Meeting and 5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting at the Cedi Conference Centre, University of Ghana from the 23rd–29th August 2025.
🤝 This landmark event is jointly funded by the Wellcome Trust (@wellcometrust)
Two postdoc positions available developing and applying AI and machine learning tools for neurodegenerative disease research with Prof Danny Alexander and I.
Closing date 30th July.
ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…
ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…
@fishpiechicken
Tenure-track faculty search of the @Ucsf_Biochem Department is open for applications!
We are looking for creative, innovative scientists asking fundamental questions in any area of biology.
Join our vibrant, collaborative, and supportive community!
aprecruit.ucsf.edu/JPF05702
Are you a skilled grants professional passionate about enabling research and innovation through operational excellence?
We are looking for a Manager, Grants Operations to lead and strengthen the systems, processes, and compliance frameworks that support our scientific funding
If you, are passionate about Thermal Physiology, Biomedical Engineering and Heating systems:
NB: FULLY FUNDED PhD studentship with Swansea University & Hershel Infra-Red Heating Ltd. Please RT!
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@ThePhySoc @CASESsocial @SwanseaUni @swansearesearch
📆 It's exactly 32 days before the highly anticipated Data for Health in Africa Meeting and 5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting at the Cedi Conference Centre, University of Ghana from the 23rd–29th August 2025.
🤝 This landmark event is jointly funded by the Wellcome Trust and
📆 It's exactly 32 days before the highly anticipated Data for Health in Africa Meeting and 5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting at the Cedi Conference Centre, University of Ghana from the 23rd–29th August 2025.
🤝 This landmark event is jointly funded by the Wellcome Trust
🚨 Applications Open!
@csea_afric is now accepting applications for the 2025 Africa’s Data Future Fellowship.
💻 A 3-month virtual programme for emerging leaders in data governance across Africa.
🗓 Starting in mid-August
Apply by July 30 👉 shorturl.at/Hp8pi
Genetic and genomic knowledge is key in today’s clinical practice.
Explore 3 free, online courses on the ESHG Xpeer Channel - covering rare diseases, hereditary cancer, and prenatal screening.
📚 Start learning now: buff.ly/GciCCGE
#Genetics #Genomics #Xpeer #ESHG
Big news! We’re partnering with the @Roche African Genomics Program (AGP) to boost genomic research across Africa.
This collaboration will:
✅Expand access to high-performance computing at our Uganda Medical Informatics Centre
✅Support postdoctoral training in bioinformatics
Register for our 2026 conference on Antimicrobial Resistance🧬
🗓️23-25 March #AMR2026
Join a community at the vanguard of #AMR genomics, to explore how big data and innovative technologies are driving solutions to tackle this crisis. #AMRresearch
📎 bit.ly/3SWzJUm
South Africa is hosting its first national TB Vaccine Preparedness Workshop, led by @HealthZA & @WHO .
to develop a national roadmap for TB vaccine rollout from supply chain readiness to policy, training & community engagement.
#TBVaccineReadySA #EndTB
Proud to be part of the ISCB fellows 2025 at ISMB Liverpool 2025. @AfrBioInstitute @AfriGenD @eLwazi_ODSP
GSK Africa Open Lab's call for proposals is open. For African scientists in the early stages of research and an academic career. Deadline: September 3. tinyurl.com/ypkwvkaw
🔬 MSHG Webinar Alert!
Join us for a CPD-accredited talk by Sarah Walters:
Behind the Bench: Shaping Private Genetic Services in SA
🗓 24 July 2025
🕐 13:00–14:00
🔗 Zoom link in bio!
#MSHG #SASHG #GeneticsWebinar #HumanGenetics
Before the discovery of DNA, a man named Gregor Mendel uncovered the foundation for human genetics research by cross-breeding pea plants. Happy birthday, Gregor Mendel!🎊Learn more about his work in genetic inheritance via our Discover Genetics Fact Sheet: bit.ly/3GQS5n2
🎓 Grow and learn first-hand with the 2025-26 @EDCTP COMPASS Fellowship Scheme
By the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, U. of London
🗓️ Deadline: 15 August 2025
Learn more: lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-and…
#CapacityStrengthening
Webinar alert 🚨 Harnessing the Power of Human Genomics
📅 31 July 2025 | 🕐 13:00–14:30 EAT
🔗 Register: rb.gy/6vxr2o
Join leading experts as we explore how to build Africa’s talent pool for precision public health.
#Genomics #Africa #WomenInSTEM #HumanGenetics
🎗️ 400,000 children are diagnosed with cancer each year. Most live in low- and middle-income countries. This is not just a number, it’s a call to action.
Early detection saves lives.
🧠 Know the signs
⏰ Act early
Every child deserves a chance to survive and thrive. 💙💚🤎
The #CFDEWorkbench platform (info.cfde.cloud) now supports gene set #EnrichmentAnalysis 🥳 👏🌎🥁data.cfde.cloud/enrichment
You can now query your gene sets against gene set libraries created from 8 @NIH_CommonFund programs. #CFDE @LINCSProgram @MaayanLab @gly_gen @_hubmap https://t.co/dtJVRNEt9Z
MasterClass = expert help for active users. Join monthly, third Thursdays at 2 p.m. ET. 🔗 monkeylink.co/80759b
#KidsFirstData #ResearchSupport #PediatricResearch
Webinar alert 🚨 World Health Organization (WHO) Pandemic Treaty Webinar
📆 Date & Time: 24 July 2025 at 15:00 PM CAT
📰 Theme: Global Solidarity in Health: Understanding the New Pandemic Treaty
💬 Speakers:
- Dr Mustaqeem de Gama
Legal Scholar, Trade Negotiator, IP and Access
Reminder!
Still time to apply for the fully funded health research studentship by @KEMRI_Wellcome & @PU_Kilifi!
Don't miss out!
Deadline: July 20, 2025!
Apply now: shorturl.at/TqKHI
🚨Our user survey is closing on 24 July.
Only a few days left to share your views. Please take 10 minutes to help us demonstrate the value of the data resources we manage with our collaborators.
Complete survey 👇 surveymonkey.com/r/QGFMBH8?chan…]
#FAIRdata #bioinformatics
Only a week left to apply for our Mental Health Award ⏰
We’re funding researchers to use longitudinal data to find early signs of anxiety, depression and psychosis.
Find out more and apply by 22 July ⤵️
wellcome.org/grant-funding/…
The Experiments Metadata Standard is open for public comment until 15 August. This product provides a checklist for the minimum information needed to characterise a genomic experiment. Learn more: buff.ly/A3XKx3m
Share your feedback in GitHub: buff.ly/2U59Tkq
⚠️ 1.3 million people acquired HIV in 2024 alone, including thousands of adolescent girls and young women.
Today, in a landmark move towards HIV prevention, WHO recommends twice-yearly injectable lenacapavir as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to protect people at risk of HIV.
Showcase your #MitoResearch at Mitochondrial Medicine 2025! #MitoMed25
📆 Dates: 10–12 November
From disease mechanisms to therapeutic developments, present your work and gain expert feedback.
📝Submit an abstract by: 8 September
🔗bit.ly/3GbATrF
#AcademicChatter
🚨 PhD position alert!
We're hiring a PhD student in plant evolutionary genomics @nhm_uio 🧬🌿
Study convergent evolution & adaptation genomics in Arctic plants ❄️
🧪 Fieldwork, population genomics, common garden experiments
Apply by 10 August:
🔗 jobbnorge.no/en/available-j…
People with #diabetes can live long and healthy lives with access to essential care and medicines.
Regular screening and treatment help reduce the risk of complications, including:
♦️ blindness
♦️ kidney failure
♦️ heart attacks
♦️ stroke
♦️ lower limb amputation
Join us on Thur. July 24 @ 2 PM ET for a virtual seminar about ChEA-KG, a newly developed @MaayanLab web-based app that enables users to analyze their gene sets in context of a human gene regulatory network (1559 transcription factors). Please register at maayanlab.cloud/turl/35e9d6a0
I’m thrilled to announce the launch of the Evolution of Chromosomes and Genomes (ECG) Lab at the Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan.Our lab website is now live—come check it out! sites.google.com/view/ecg-lab/h…
Africa’s 1st VR Genomics Hackathon is coming!
Applications open soon.
15 spots. 1 mission: make genomics unforgettable.
WATCH OUT!!!
#IGHVRGenomeHackathon #GenomicsAfrica #BioXR #ImmersiveLearning
It's day 1 of @FoGenomics come stop by booth 60B across from the Genome Dome to learn everything #CommonFundDataEcosystem! #FestivalofGenomics @CfdeNih @NIH_CommonFund @CfdeWorkbench
The @CfdeWorkbench analysis platform #GeneSetCart genesetcart.cfde.cloud is now published at @GigaScience pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40208796/ Read more about it @NIH_CommonFund #CFDE website: commonfund.nih.gov/dataecosystem/… and how it was applied to study #AxD disease. #Bioinformatics #AI #genesets
Join the MSc Bioinformatics programme at @WACCBIP_UG!
Gain advanced skills in life sciences and data to tackle Africa’s health challenges.
Open to graduates in science, engineering, or math—Ghanaian & international applicants welcome.
For more details, visit
Unable to join today's #CommonFundDataEcosystem #PublicWebinarSeries with Dr. Allissa Dillman? The webinar recording is now live here: youtu.be/x1GQxeCdZEM @NIH_CommonFund @CfdeWorkbench
In two weeks we will host our next #CFDEPublicWebinarSeries! Join us from 1-2 PM ET to hear from Dr. Allissa Dillman from the CFDE Training Center. Learn more about the event here: cfdeknowledge.org/r/CFDE_webinars
@NIH_CommonFund @CfdeWorkbench #CFDETrainingCenter
Learn how we combine the best knowledge graphs can offer with statistical analysis, LLMs & human curation for the @NIH_CommonFund CFDE KC. @ncats_nih_gov 👇
#dkNET presents a "Building Knowledge Graphs Towards Transparent Biomedical #AI
" #webinar with Dr. Jie Liu - Join us today at 11 am PT!
More info: dknet.org/about/blog/2821
#MachineLearning #DataScience #bioinformatics #diabetes #genomics
Podcast with Dr. Shankar Subramaniam about integrating and making @NIH_CommonFund data more accessible. Highlighting @CFDEWorkbench cdfe.info, a robust info and data portal for researchers to access and analyze omics datasets effectively tinyurl.com/yka7jjpc.
Join us on February 28th for our next installment of the #CFDEPublicWebinarSeries featuring @4DNucleome's Peter Park presenting "4D Nucleome Turns 10: Mapping the Dynamic Architecture of the Genome." Register for the event here: broadinstitute.zoom.us/webinar/regist… @CfdeWorkbench @CfdeNih
The CFDE Workbench: Integrating Metadata and Processed Data from Common Fund Programs biorxiv.org/content/10.110… #biorxiv_bioinfo
We have so many incredible speakers that will be presenting at our workshop on Friday! Join us to hear cutting edge scientific research from 10 AM - 2 PM ET. Registration is open here: tinyurl.com/mpmnmvrh @CfdeWorkbench @motrpac @TerraBioApp
Read this great article about @AviMaayan, alumnus of @FDUWhatsNew
fdu.edu/fdumagazine/fd…
Dr. Ma'ayin is doing great things at @IcahnMountSinai
· Interested in applying to the #ComplementARIE #NewApproachMethodologies Data Hub and Coordinating Center #FundingOpp? Join the #InformationalWebinar on 2/13/25 at 11am ET! bit.ly/NDHCC_Webinar
Just a few days left to register for the #NuclearArchitecture Meeting hosted by #4DNucleome! Join us in San Diego, CA on December 11-13, 2024. The deadline to register is Monday, December 2nd. Register today! bit.ly/3X9gha0
#NutritionforPrecisionHealth is advancing precision #nutrition and was featured on @CBSSunday! The study is led by a coalition of NIH partners, including #NIHCommonFund, the Office of Nutrition Research, and @AllofUsResearch. Enrollment is open! Watch here allof-us.org/3UY1zkm
Do you develop and market scientific tools? Join us tomorrow, November 22nd from 1-2 PM ET to learn various strategies from #COMPA and @MetaCell during our #CFDEPublicWebinarSeries. Register here: broadinstitute.zoom.us/webinar/regist… @CfdeWorkbench @NIH_CommonFund
The @CfdeWorkbench team will showcase the #CFDE information portal (cfde.info), the #CFDE data portal (data.cfde.cloud), and #GeneSetCart (genesetcart.cfde.cloud) at #ASHG2024 #ASHG24. To learn more about the #CFDE visit booth 571. @NIH_CommonFund @CFDEKC https://t.co/tgdMOPiAb6
Our recent article, 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲: 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲, 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗳 𝗨𝗯𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘂 @H3Africa 👉protect-za.mimecast.com/s/0zJTCvgxAZfw…