Past Elevate Training


PARTICIPANT FEEDBACK
Several ways the training has benefited our participants:
"The fact that all facilitators were patient to make sure everyone is at the same pace. They recommended people participating to make sure that everyone get experience."
"I aim to apply the skills acquired through this training in bacterial surveillance, with a particular focus on pathogens associated with infectious diseases. I intend to use sequencing approaches to identify antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes, as well as to investigate potential changes in the genetic makeup of the selected bacterial isolates.mproving my skills when it comes to data analysis, which encourages the production of many manuscripts looking at different aspects of my research using diffferent data analysis tools."
"The training has helped me with hands on experience of the laboratory work behind genomic sequencing. I'll be able to use what i have learnt at the training in my own academic research together with the bioinformatics as this two form part of my project."
"The training has strengthened my genomics and bioinformatics skills. I want to focus on application of NGS techniques for infectious diseases surveillance - hence this training becomes very useful towards my academic and research development."
General Omics
Illumina Advanced Genomics and Bioinformatics Training
16 - 19 March
KRISP, K-RITH building, 719 Umbilo Road, Durban, South Africa
DIPLOMICS and KRISP continued to support efforts to increase capacity building at institutes facing challenges in accessing advanced laboratory training and technologies. This Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) training focused on providing participants with hands-on experience in NGS library preparation, quality control (qPCR and fragment analysis), and sequencing on the Illumina platform.
The training was targeted to postgraduate students and researchers from SMU, University of Zululand, and University of Limpopo.
PRESENTERS, INSTRUCTORS & HOSTS

Dr Jennifer Giandhari
NGS Platform Manager: KRISP

Dr Sureshnee Pillay
Bioinformatician

Yusasha Pillay
Laboratory Technician

Dr Hastings Musopole
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Bioinformatics
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