Since 2002, an international group of scientists, including many from Seattle BioMed, have led the East African Regional Workshop, which emphasizes intensive hands-on training in order to help young scientists develop new research and laboratory skills.  An international faculty will lead a two-week workshop to train graduate students and young scientists from Africa in basic and applied research on protozoan pathogens, including malaria parasites and trypanosomes.

Areas to be covered include:

• Functional genomics and bioinformatics
• T cell biology and malaria immunity
• Biomarker discovery
• Research ethics
• Diagnostics development
• Vaccine and drug discovery
• Biostatistics and epidemiology
• Developing research proposals

The workshop will emphasize student participation through symposia, poster sessions, roundtable discussions, hands-on laboratory sessions and informal interactions. The workshop organizers hope to generate interest in parasitic diseases research, to promote networks of East African and international scientists and students and to identify graduate students and young scientists who may be interested in graduate or postdoctoral training at research facilities in East Africa or overseas.

Visit our events page for information about the 2010 workshop.