Contact
ASBCB
c/o Alan Christoffels
South African National BIoinformatics Institute
University of the Western Cape
South Africa
alan@sanbi.ac.za
Geographical Area Included
Africa
Leadership Structure
Governing Board
President: Alan Christoffels (alan@sanbi.ac.za)
Vice-President: Amel Gouila (amel.ghouila@gmail.com)
Secretary: Faisal Mohamed (faisal.mohamed@hotmail.com)
Treasurer: Jean-Baka Domelevo Entfellner (j.domelevoentfellner@cgiar.org)
Training Officer: Olaitan Awe (laitanawe@gmail.com)
Communication Officer: Bright Biiga (biigba.bright2@gmail.com)
Young Scientist Representative: Samar Salah (samar.salah119@gmail.com)
Election Process
The Governing Council shall be elected by secret vote as set out in the By-Laws. The society members elects the various office-bearers by a majority vote.
Election Frequency
The Council shall consist of seven (7) persons elected for a period not exceeding two terms from among members of the Society; a term being defined as two (2) years.
Member Benefits
Membership in the society will be respected internationally as an essential demonstration of personal commitment toward the advancement of bioinformatics and computational biology.
Goals
ASBCB is a non-profit professional association dedicated to the advancement of bioinformatics and computational biology in Africa. Transforming from the African Bioinformatics Network (ABioNET), as a result of a World health Organisation sponsored meeting at the South African National Bioinformatics Institute in Cape Town, South Africa on the 13th February 2004.
We are dedicated to the advancement of bioinformatics and computational biology in Africa, and with a mission to develop the application of bioinformatics in Africa. The importance of international collaboration is emphasised by ASBCB because pan-African networks and projects are boosting bioinformatics research and infrastructure on the continent of Africa. ASBCB is growing into a large network of international collaborators, researchers and contacts. This enables African Bioinformatics researchers access to exciting new opportunities that are opening up in the field of bioinformatics in Africa. ASBCB therefore provides an international forum and resource for developing competence and expertise in these areas.
Objectives:
Identify, promote and establish opportunities for networking.
Encourage and develop bioinformatics and computational biology nodes.
Increase awareness and promote the use of bioinformatics and computational biology.
Facilitate access to bioinformatics and computational biology infrastructure.
Promote bioinformatics and computational biology education.
Activities
The calendar year of activities include:
1. Governance council meetings
Held monthly (firs Tuesday of the month) via conference call. Minutes are recorded.
2. Conference (every two years)
80-100 participants
3. COSIs
These are newly established and their activities will be defined during 2020 calendar year.
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