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Title of Course Date and Location Organizer(s)  Donor Total No. of Participants Participants from BecANet Countries
Introduction to molecular biology and bioinformatics workshop
9th-15th May 2011, Beca- ILRI Hub, Nairobi Kenya
BecA Hub
CSIRO, AUSAID, INQABA BIOTEC, SYNGENTA, ILRI AND BECA HUB.
 22  22
Application in crop improvement 29th November- 3rd December 2010, BecA-ILRI Hub, Nairobi Kenya ICRISAT and BecA- ILRI Hub  ICRISAT    
US/UK/Africa crop biotic stress Research Proposal Development Workshop 27th November- 1st December 2010, BecA-ILRI Hub & Sopa Lodge Naivasha,Kenya
BecA - ILRI Hub  BMGF  16  11
Technical/research paper writing workshop 15th-18th November 2010, ILRI Addis Ababa, Ethiopia BecA- ILRI Hub  
CSIRO, AUS- Aid,BecA-ILRI Hub and ILRI
 26 23
Food and Nutrition Scoping Workshop 6th-16th October 2010, ILRI Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
BecA- ILRI Hub CSIRO, AUS- Aid,BecA-ILRI Hub and ILRI  14  11
Tilling Workshop - Tapping  natural and induced genetic diversity  for African crop improvement 
4th-8th October 2010, BecA-ILRI Hub, Nairobi Kenya
BecA- ILRI Hub
Syngenta Foundation
 22  18
Cassava Genomics & Bioinformatics Technologies
20th-24th September 2010, BecA-ILRI Hub, Nairobi Kenya  IITA  BMGF  21  21
1st Science Communication workshop 9th-12th August 2010, BecA-ILRI Hub, Nairobi Kenya  CIP  USAID  25  
Basic Molecular Evolution Workshop  1st-2nd July 2010, BecA-ILRI Hub, Nairobi Kenya Regional Students group of East Africa and BecA-ILRI HUB BecA-ILRI Hub    
454 Amplicon training  28th June- 2nd July 2010, BecA-ILRI Hub, Nairobi Kenya BecA-ILRI Hub  Roche  2  2
eBioKit Workshop 10th -11th May 2010, BecA-ILRI Hub, Nairobi Kenya BecA-ILRI Hub BecA-ILRI Hub  8
Introduction to Linux/Unix for biologists  17th April 2010, BecA-ILRI Hub, Nairobi, Kenya Regional Student Group for Eastern Africa and BecA-ILRI HUB  BecA Hub 22   22
BOVIGAM assay (bovine gamma interferon immunoassay of microbacterium bovis) 1st-5th March 2010, BecA-ILRI Hub, Nairobi, Kenya BecA-ILRI Hub  GERAFT  4
Application on the use of Nanodrop on protein assays 16th February 2010, BecA-ILRI Hub, Nairobi, Kenya Beca-ILRI Hub INQABA BIOTEC/BecA-ILRI Hub  24 24 
Application of markers in Crop Improvement 14-17 December 2009, BecA-ILRI Hub, Nairobi, Kenya ICRISAT/BecA Hub/ASARECA  ASARECA  14  14
Molecular Markers in Crop Improvement/iMAS 16-21 November, 2009, BecA-ILRI Hub, Nairobi Kenya ICRISAT/BecA Hub/ASARECA  ASARECA    
Marker Assisted Breeding and Data Analysis training
12th - 16th October 2009;BecA-ILRI  Hub, Nairobi, Kenya BecA Hub, CYMMIT, Bio-Earn
 Bio-Earn  20  20
Research Paper Writing Workshop
15th- 21st November 2009;
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
 BecA Hub Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
 20  11
BecA-ILRI Workshop on Scientific Presentation Skills
26th-28th September, 6th, 16th October 2009; BecA-ILRI  Hub, Nairobi, Kenya  BecA Hub  BecA-ILRI  16  16
BSL3 Animal Facility Operations training 16th - 17th September 2009;BecA-ILRI  Hub, Nairobi, Kenya  BecA Hub Biosecurity Engagement Program (BEP)  29  29
BSL3 Operations training
14th - 16th September 2009;BecA-ILRI  Hub, Nairobi, Kenya  BecA Hub
Biosecurity Engagement Program (BEP)
 38  38
Genetic analysis for cassava breeding
3rd-7th August 2009;
BecA-ILRI
Hub, Nairobi, Kenya
IITA Cornell University
 18  14
Introductory Course in Bioinformatics
4th - 9th May 2009;
BecA-ILRI  Hub, Nairobi, Kenya
Bioinformatics Unit (BecA) SIDA-Sweden & BecA Hub
 48  48
East/Horn of Africa CoP and breeders crop imrovement workshop

22nd-28th May 2009;Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
McKnight Foundation/ BecA Hub McKnight Foundation  46 38
Application of markers in crop improvement/Striga project planning meeting

11th - 15th May 2009;
BecA-ILRI  Hub, Nairobi, Kenya
ICRISA/BecA Hub
 BecA Hub  13  13
Afbix'09 virtual conference on bioinformatics
19th - 20th February 2009;
BecA-ILRI  Hub, Nairobi, Kenya
BecA Hub, CYMMIT, Bio-Earn  BecA Hub  14  
A Workshop on High throughput sequencing and 454 technology

5th February 2009;
BecA-ILRI  Hub, Nairobi, Kenya
 BecA Hub  Roche 70
 70
Introduction to Object-oriented Programming using Java (Bioinformatics)

14 November 2008;
BecA-ILRI  Hub, Nairobi, Kenya
Bioinformatics Unit ( BecA Hub)      
Introduction to R and Bioconductor (Bioinformatics) 3 – 4 July 2008;
BecA - ILRI Hub, Nairobi, Kenya
Bioinformatics Unit ( BecA Hub);
Roskilde University, Denmark;
RSG Africa
     
BioRuby + KEGG API + KEGG DAS = wiring knowledge for genome and pathway

22 May 2008;
BecA - ILRI Hub, Nairobi, Kenya
Bioinformatics Unit ( BecA Hub);
RSG Africa
  29 29
Introductory course in Bioinformatics – Genomic Sequencing: Genome Browsers: EnsEMBL

16 – 17 May 2008;
BecA - ILRI Hub, Nairobi, Kenya
KARI, WHO, NEPAD,  BecA Hub   20 20
Molecular breeding and capacity building workshop
 8 – 14 May 2008;
BecA - ILRI Hub, Nairobi, Kenya
CIMMYT;
BecA Hub;
IITA
   22  
Introductory course in Bioinformatics – Genomic Sequencing: Genome Browsers: EnsEMBL 5 – 15 May 2008;
BecA - ILRI Hub, Nairobi, Kenya
Bioinformatics Unit ( BecA Hub);
SLU-LCB, Sweden;
UU-LCB, Sweden
  24 24
Introductory course in Bioinformatics – Genomic Sequencing: Genome Browsers: EnsEMBL

17 – 19 October 2007;
BecA - ILRI Hub, Nairobi, Kenya
Bioinformatics Unit ( BecA Hub);
Bert Overduin;
EBI, UK
  32 32
Introductory course in Bioinformatics 5 – 15 May 2007;
BecA - ILRI Hub, Nairobi, Kenya
Bioinformatics Unit ( BecA Hub)   38 38
General molecular biology techniques & RNAi interference and reverse genetics in trypanosomes

2006;
BecA - ILRI Hub, Nairobi, Kenya
Bioinformatics Unit ( BecA Hub)   18 12
Bioinformatics of African pathogens and disease vectors 28 May – 2 June 2007;
BecA - ILRI Hub, Nairobi, Kenya
 BecA Hub   49 25
Diagnosis of infectious diseases by Loop-Medicated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP)

2006;
BecA - ILRI Hub, Nairobi, Kenya
 BecA Hub   19 19
Rapid detection of Avian Influenza virus for veterinary and medical laboratory staff

2006;
BecA - ILRI Hub, Nairobi, Kenya
 BecA Hub   61 16
Introductory course in Bioinformatics 2006;
BecA - ILRI Hub, Nairobi, Kenya
Bioinformatics Unit ( BecA Hub)    33  33


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