The Nigerian Bioinformatics and Genomics Network (NBGN) is a national initiative to facilitate collaborative activities amongst Nigerian bioinformatics and genomics investigators (or Nigerian related projects) in the fields of genomics, genetics, bioinformatics and computational biology in Nigeria, continental Africa, and abroad.
Read more...With the generation of high throughput sequencing data, and the need to analyse these data, the fields of computational biology, genomics and bioinformatics have become increasingly more important. The significance of these data is becoming more useful in our societies, and for example, in finding treatments for diseases, and in translational research works. At the moment, there are low and emerging footprints of Nigerian trained Computational Biologists, Genomicists and Bioinformaticians. There is also a limited collaborative interface, and the utility of these discipline in research and development in Nigeria.
Therefore, this initiative, the Nigerian Bioinformatics and Genomics Network (NBGN) becomes necessary to facilitate collaborative activities amongst Nigerian bioinformatics and genomics investigators (or Nigerian related projects) in the fields of genomics, genetics, bioinformatics and computational biology in Nigeria, continental Africa, and abroad. NBGN would collaborate with Nigerian life science-oriented societies, research institutions, industries, and institutions of higher learnings to create awareness of genomics and bioinformatics researches by Nigerians both home and abroad.
NBGN is a not-for-profit apolitical national initiative which aims to advance and sustain the fields of genomics, computational biology and bioinformatics in Nigeria by serving as a vehicle to foster collaboration, disseminate scientific information and opportunities, provision of new opportunities for interactions between the various interdisciplinary subfields of genomics, computational biology and bioinformatics, as well as early career researchers and senior investigators.
To provide the foundation for sustainable collaborations, the network would organise conferences, workshops, create opportunities for research studies and internships, recognise excellence and openly share information. NBGN currently attracts membership around the world, and presently have membership, spanning over 10 countries: Nigeria, UK, USA, South Africa, Mali, Ghana, Malawi, Uganda, Sudan, and Morocco.
To bridge identified knowledge gap, foster research collaboration, provide and disseminate knowledge and opportunities within the fields of genomics, bioinformatics and computational biology.
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To be the leading bioinformatics and genomics network in Africa; establish computational biology, bioinformatics and genomics as a mainstream life science research approach in Nigeria.
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The procedures and policies of NGBN are designed to encourage scientific collaboration and international competitiveness.
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