Bacterial Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) occurs when the antibiotics used to treat infections caused by pathogenic bacteria are no longer effective. Klebsiella pneumoniae ((Kpn) is among the six leading bacteria associated with AMR. Kpn is highly virulent and is associated with both community and hospital-acquired infections.
The generation of genomic data using next-generation sequencing, analysis, interpretation, and use of genomic data to provide accurate data contributing to AMR surveillance is lacking in Africa. Therefore this workshop series aims to build the capacity of researchers and laboratory scientists for Nanopore sequencing and genomic data analysis through a series of seminars and hands-on training workshops using Kpn data. Further, training on a sustainable platform for long-read sequence analysis via the Cloud Infrastructure for Microbial Bioinformatics (CLIMB) facility will be provided.
| Wednesday, 18th May, 2022 | |||
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| Topic | Presenter | ||
| 12.50pm -2:00pm | Presentation | Genomic insights into Klebsiella pneumoniae, a drug resistant pathogen of global concern" | Professor Kat Holt, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine |
| Thursday, 19th May, 2022 | |||
| 12.55pm - 2.00pm | Presentation | 'The long and the short of it...' | Dr. Dave Baker, Quadram Institute Biosciences, UK |
| Presentation | 'Genomic diversity of Escherichia coli in the vertebrate gut: A West-African perspective' | Dr. Ebenezer Foster-Nyarko, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK | |
| 2.00pm - 2.15pm | Interactive Session | Prof. Isaac Dadzie / Dr. Richael Mills | |
| Monday, 23rd May, 2022 [Register Here] | |||
| 10.00am - 10.30am | Presentation | How to detect AMR traits from genomic sequence and visualize genomic data using Pathogenwatch & other state-of-the-art web applications | Dr. Ebenezer Foster-Nyarko, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK |
| 10.30am - 12.30pm | Practical Session | How to detect AMR traits from genomic sequence and visualize genomic data using Pathogenwatch & other state-of-the-art web applications | |
| 12.45pm - 1.30pm | Practical Session | How to detect AMR traits from genomic sequence and visualize genomic data using Pathogenwatch & other state-of-the-art web applications | |
| 1.30pm - 1.50pm | Interactive Session | ||
| 1.50 - 2.00pm | Evaluation (Oral) | ||