Nicky Mulder
@Nicky_Mulder
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@H3ABioNet PI and Head of UCT Computational Biology Division. Passionate about Genomics and developing Bioinformatics capacity in Africa.
Cape Town, South Africa
Joined July 2018
RT @lindanordling: "This is about long-term African data ownership", @UCT_news Nicky Mulder told me this week, speaking about Africa's new….
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We are working on establishing the processes for @AfrBioInstitute group leader/site applications and will host another information session in the coming weeks. If you wish to join the mailing list please complete the survey:
A major milestone in African science was recently marked by the launch of the African Bioinformatics Institute (ABI), aimed at supporting and growing the field of bioinformatics. Read more:
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The @AfrBioInstitute (ABI) poster is being presented at the ELIXIR All Hands meeting in Greece. @GA4GH staff are also attending. ABI has similar goals to ELIXIR in terms of setting up a bioinformatics infrastructure across multiple countries.
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I am excited to join the GA4GH leadership and help steer this organization that develops important standards and tools for human genomics.
Nicky Mulder joins the GA4GH Executive Leadership Team!. GA4GH is pleased to announce Nicky Mulder, of the University of Cape Town, as the newest member of the GA4GH Executive Leadership Team, serving as the Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors. Read more:
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The ISCB Africa ASBCB Bioinformatics Conference scientific program concluded in Cape Town yesterday. I was so impressed with the talks and posters and the excellent bioinformatics science happening on the continent. #ISCBAfrica2025.
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A reminder that travel fellowship applications for the ISCB-Africa ASBCB conference are due on Feb 28th:
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Dame Sue Hill opened the Global Genomics Education and Training Summit meeting taking place in Athens today and tomorrow. There are participants from 55 countries and 6 continents, showing global representation! We will discuss the critical need & solutions for genomics training.
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A reminder that today is the deadline for abstract submissions for the ISCB-Africa ASBCB Bioinformatics conference taking place in Cape Town in April: Students can apply for travel fellowships if they have submitted an abstract.
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Applications are open for the 2025 Introduction to Bioinformatics Course now hosted by AfriGen-D (previously hosted by @H3ABioNet), see: The deadline for applications 17 March 2025.
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A reminder that abstract submissions for the ISCB Africa ASBCB Bioinformatics conference in Cape Town in April close on February 20th. Travel fellowships will be available for African students with accepted talks, info will be on the website soon:
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The Ugandan Bioinformatics Society was inaugurated this evening at #AFSHG2025, congratulations!
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The African Society for Human Genetics meeting is underway in Uganda with 400 participants, and a great line up of speakers and sessions. We are hearing of the great strides made in developing genomics capacity in Africa, but more data and training are needed! #AFSHG2025.
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The African Bioinformatics Institute Stakeholder meeting was held over the last 2 days in Cape Town. There was excellent engagement and and lots of ideas for the establishment of this important organization.
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The ISCB-Africa ASBCB Bioinformatics conference is taking place in Cape Town from 14-16th April 2025. Abstract submissions are open until February 14th, see:
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If you plan to attend the ABI stakeholder meeting in January in-person or online please register here: -the deadline is 30th November.
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It is encouraging that @wellcometrust are being proactive to see how they can address gaps in human genomic data diversity.
The Wellcome Trust (@wellcometrust) Workshop on ‘Data and Diversity in Human Genomics: co-creating an approach tailored to African priorities’ was a meaningful and comprehensive approach to addressing key challenges faced by LMICs, particularly Africa. Participants shared their
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The 4th @DSI_Africa consortium meeting officially kicked off today in Mauritius. We will meet all week to discuss the technology, ethics and discoveries from the application of data science for health in Africa. In the opening panel all but 1 of the speakers are female :-).
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The Genome Informatics conference kicked off today at the WT Genome Campus with some great talks on pangenomes and genome assembly. #GenomeInformatics24.
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For African bioinformatics scientists interested in being Group Leaders, you can submit your expression of interest in hosting an ABI site here:
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