WASLITBRe CONSORTIUM MEETING

25 Mar 2019, 09:00 → 26 Mar 2019, 20:00 Africa/Accra

Amonoo-Neizer Conference Center

West African Sustainable Leadership and Innovation Training in Bioinformatics Research (WASLITBRE) is a grant awarded, supported and administered by and in partnership with the Fogarty International Center at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Bioinformatics.  The programme is a collaboration between Principal Investigators from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (Ghana), University of Bamako (Mali), with Covenant University (Nigeria) serving as the lead University for the project.

Monday, 25 March

09:00 → 09:10 Opening Prayer

09:10 → 09:25 Welcome Address

Speaker: Prof. Ibok Oduro (College of Science)

09:25 → 09:40 Address by PI of WASLITBRe

Speaker: Prof. Ezekiel Adebiyi (Covenant University, Nigeria)

09:40 → 10:00 Address by Ghanaian PI

Speaker: Peter Amoako-Yirenkyi (KNUST)

10:00 → 10:20 Tea/coffee break

10:20 → 10:35 Presentation

Genetic Characterisation Of Early Onset Epileptic Encephalopathies In Lagos State, Nigeria

Speaker: Ms Ibitayo Ajayi (Covenant University)

10:35 → 10:50 Presentation

Speaker: Ms Olaniyan Damilare (Covenant University)

10:50 → 11:05 Presentation

ANOSPEX II: An Advanced Stochastic Spatially Explicit Model For Studying The Anopheles Metapopulation Dynamics

Speaker: Mr Adegbite Gbenga (Covenant University)

11:05 → 11:20 Presentation

Computational Prediction of Conditional Essential Genes in Anopheles gambiae using Active Deep Learning Approach

Speaker: Mr Aromolaran Olufemi (Covenant University)

11:20 → 11:35 Presentation

Molecular Characterization and Crystallographic Studies of RNA Pseudouridylate synthase of Plasmodium falciparum

Speaker: Mr Afolabi Rufus (Covenant University)

11:35 → 11:50 Presentation

Structure-based Design and Synthesis of Substituted Benzimidazole Motifs for Antimalarial Activities Evaluation

Speaker: Mr Oduselu Gbolahan (Covenant University)

11:50 → 12:05 Presentation

Speaker: Ms Cynthia Adjekukor (Covenant University)

12:05 → 13:00 Lunch Break

13:00 → 13:15 Presentation

Speaker: Ms Isabel Mensah (NIMS-GHANA)

13:15 → 13:30 Presentation

Speaker: Ms Hannah Nyarko (KNUST)

13:30 → 13:45 Presentation

Speaker: Mr Haward Ketoyo Msatsi (NIMS - GHANA)

13:45 → 14:00 Presentation

Speaker: Mr Albert Doughan (KNUST)

14:00 → 14:15 Presentation

Speaker: Mr Bright Biigba (KNUST)

14:15 → 14:30 Presentation

Speaker: Mr Abdul-Rahman Adamu Abubakri (KNUST)

14:30 → 15:30 Guest Presentations

15:30 → 16:45 Breakout sessions (Discussions on collaborations with H3ABioNET, H3Africa; enhancing bioinformatic education; etc)

16:45 → 16:50 Closing Prayer

Tuesday, 26 March

09:00 → 09:05 Opening Prayer

09:05 → 09:10 Welcome Address

09:10 → 09:30 Presentation by Ghanaian Node

09:30 → 10:00 Tea/coffee break

10:00 → 10:20 Presentation by Nigerian Node

10:20 → 11:20 Discourse on Curriculum development, harmonization and implementation in the WASLITBRe Consortium

11:20 → 12:20 Lunch Break

12:20 → 12:35 Presentation

Speaker: Ms Damilola Adaohunmu (Covenant University)

12:35 → 12:50 Presentation

Speaker: Mr Falola Dare (Covenant University )

12:50 → 13:05 Presentation

Speaker: Ms Babatunde Eunice (Covenant University)

13:05 → 14:05 Consortium Meeting

14:05 → 16:05 PIs’ Meeting

16:05 → 16:15 Closing Ceremony and Vote of Thanks

18:00 → 20:00 Dinner