The Harvard Malaria Initiative has sponsored malaria workshops in Senegal that were attended by participants from across West Africa.  In May 2001, the first workshop presented an overview of malaria in Africa and the tools needed to conduct research. Topics included: disease control programs, malarial biology, epidemiology, bioinformatics, parasitology, parasite diversity, immunology, drug resistance, lab methods, and research bioethics. In July 2002, the Program co-sponsored an intensive course on molecular techniques with an emphasis on computational biology and bioinformatics. This course incorporated both didactic presentations and hands-on laboratory and computer training. This was the first course in bioinformatics to be offered in West Africa and it received wide attention in the scientific community. Attendees included professionals from universities, hospitals, the private sector and government and provided outreach to the broader scientific community.

Past Workshops

Workshop in Genomic and Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria and HIV, Senegal
December 2006

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Malaria "Think Tank" on Gene Expression in Plasmodium
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Date: September 14, 2006 - September 15, 2006
Broad Institute

Speakers: Johanna Daily, Jennifer Sims, Sarah Volkman, Dyann Wirth

Beyond HapMap: 3rd Annual International Community Analysis Meeting
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Date: May 8, 2006 - May 10, 2006
Broad Institute

Speaker: Dyann Wirth

"Malaria: Genetic Diversity, Disease, and Antibiotic Resistance" talk by Dyann Wirth (at Windows into the Microbial World symposium)
Location: Harvard University
Date: April 29, 2006 - April 29, 2006
Microbial Sciences Initiative at Harvard

Bioinformatics and Genomics for Malaria talk by Dyann Wirth (at Biotenchnology in the Developing World symposium)
Location: Harvard Medical School
Date: April 5, 2006 - April 5, 2006
ISHN, HILS, and the Harvard Biotech Club

Malaria: Functional Genomics to Biology to Medicine
Location: Taos, New Mexico
Date: February 28, 2006 - March 5, 2006
Part of the Global Health Series, Supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Speakers: Alan Cowman, Dyann Wirth

Bioinformatics Approaches and Genetic Diversity to Estimate Parasite Age and Identity
Location: Savana Hotel, Dakar
Date: December 15, 2003 - December 19, 2003