Promoting the genomic revolution in Africa through the Nigerian 100K Genome Project

Segun Fatumo^{1

2

3}, Aminu Yakubu^{4

5}, Olubukunola Oyedele⁵, Jumi Popoola⁵, Delali Attiogbe Attipoe⁵, Golibe Eze-Echesi⁵, Fatima Z Modibbo⁵, Nabila Ado-Wanka⁵; 54gene Team; NCD-GHS Consortium; Omolola Salako^{4

6}, Oyekanmi Nashiru^{4

7}, Babatunde L Salako^{4

8}, Colm O'Dushlaine^{4

5}, Abasi Ene-Obong^{9

10}

Collaborators, Affiliations

¹ NCD-GHS Consortium, African Center for Translational Genomics (ACTG), Ikate, Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria. segun.fatumo@lshtm.ac.uk.
² The African Computational Genomics (TACG) Research Group, MRC/UVRI and LSHTM, Entebbe, Uganda. segun.fatumo@lshtm.ac.uk.
³ The Department of Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK. segun.fatumo@lshtm.ac.uk.
⁴ NCD-GHS Consortium, African Center for Translational Genomics (ACTG), Ikate, Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria.
⁵ 54gene Inc., Washington, DC, USA.
⁶ Department of Radiation Biology, Radiotherapy and Radiodiagnosis, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.
⁷ Centre for Genomics Research and Innovation, National Biotechnology Development Agency NABDA, Abuja, Nigeria.
⁸ The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Lagos, Nigeria.
⁹ NCD-GHS Consortium, African Center for Translational Genomics (ACTG), Ikate, Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria. abasi@54gene.com.
¹⁰ 54gene Inc., Washington, DC, USA. abasi@54gene.com.

Segun Fatumo et al. Nat Genet. 2022 May.

. 2022 May;54(5):531-536.

doi: 10.1038/s41588-022-01071-6.

¹ NCD-GHS Consortium, African Center for Translational Genomics (ACTG), Ikate, Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria. segun.fatumo@lshtm.ac.uk.
² The African Computational Genomics (TACG) Research Group, MRC/UVRI and LSHTM, Entebbe, Uganda. segun.fatumo@lshtm.ac.uk.
³ The Department of Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK. segun.fatumo@lshtm.ac.uk.
⁴ NCD-GHS Consortium, African Center for Translational Genomics (ACTG), Ikate, Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria.
⁵ 54gene Inc., Washington, DC, USA.
⁶ Department of Radiation Biology, Radiotherapy and Radiodiagnosis, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.
⁷ Centre for Genomics Research and Innovation, National Biotechnology Development Agency NABDA, Abuja, Nigeria.
⁸ The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Lagos, Nigeria.
⁹ NCD-GHS Consortium, African Center for Translational Genomics (ACTG), Ikate, Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria. abasi@54gene.com.
¹⁰ 54gene Inc., Washington, DC, USA. abasi@54gene.com.

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