Bridging the gap in African biodiversity genomics and bioinformatics

Abdoallah Sharaf^{1

2}, Charlotte C Ndiribe³, Taiwo Crossby Omotoriogun^{4

5}, Linelle Abueg⁶, Bouabid Badaoui^{7

8}, Fatu J Badiane Markey⁹, Girish Beedessee¹⁰, Diaga Diouf¹¹, Vincent C Duru¹², Chukwuike Ebuzome¹³, Samuel C Eziuzor¹⁴, Yasmina Jaufeerally Fakim¹⁵, Giulio Formenti⁶, Nidhal Ghanmi¹⁶, Fatma Zahra Guerfali^{17

18}, Isidore Houaga¹⁹, Justin Eze Ideozu²⁰, Sally Mueni Katee²¹, Slimane Khayi²², Josiah O Kuja²³, Emmanuel Hala Kwon-Ndung²⁴, Rose A Marks^{25

26}, Acclaim M Moila²⁷, Zahra Mungloo-Dilmohamud²⁸, Sadik Muzemil²⁹, Helen Nigussie³⁰, Julian O Osuji³¹, Verena Ras^{32

33}, Yves H Tchiechoua³⁴, Yedomon Ange Bovys Zoclanclounon³⁵, Krystal A Tolley^{36

37}, Cathrine Ziyomo²¹, Ntanganedzeni Mapholi³⁸, Anne W T Muigai^{39

40}, Appolinaire Djikeng^{41

42

43}, ThankGod Echezona Ebenezer^{44

45}

Affiliations

¹ SequAna Core Facility, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.
² Genetic Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
³ Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.
⁴ Biotechnology Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Nigeria.
⁵ A.P. Leventis Ornithological Research Institute, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria.
⁶ Vertebrate Genome Lab, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
⁷ Mohammed V University in Rabat, Rabat, Morocco.
⁸ African Sustainable Agriculture Research Institute, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Laâyoune, Morocco.
⁹ Rutgers University, School of Graduate Studies, Newark, NJ, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
¹¹ Laboratoire Campus de Biotechnologies Végétales, Département de Biologie Végétale, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal.
¹² Department of Parasitology and Entomology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria.
¹³ Finima Nature Park, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
¹⁴ Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany.
¹⁵ Department of Agriculture, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius.
¹⁶ Bioinformatics Lab, Pasteur Institute of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia.
¹⁷ Laboratory of Transmission, Control and Immunobiology of Infections, Pasteur Institute of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia.
¹⁸ University of Tunis El Manar, University Campus Farhat Hached, Tunis, Tunisia.
¹⁹ Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health, Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
²⁰ Genomics Research Center, AbbVie, North Chicago, IL, USA.
²¹ International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
²² Biotechnology Research Unit, CRRA-Rabat, National Institute of Agricultural Research, Rabat, Morocco.
²³ Bioinformatics Center, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
²⁴ Department of Plant Science and Biotechnology, Federal University of Lafia, Lafia, Nigeria.
²⁵ Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
²⁶ Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
²⁷ Inqaba Biotec, Menlo Park, Pretoria, South Africa.
²⁸ Digital Technologies Department, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius.
²⁹ School of Life Science, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
³⁰ Department of Microbial, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
³¹ University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
³² Computational Biology Division, Department of Integrative Biomedical Sciences, IDM, CIDRI Africa Wellcome Trust Centre, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
³³ Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa.
³⁴ Pan African University Institute for Basic Sciences Technology and Innovation, Nairobi, Kenya.
³⁵ Department of Crop Sciences and Biotechnology, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, South Korea.
³⁶ South African National Biodiversity Institute, Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa.
³⁷ Centre for Ecological Genomics and Wildlife Conservation, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.
³⁸ Department of Agriculture and Animal Health, University of South Africa, Florida, South Africa.
³⁹ Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya. awmuigai@yahoo.co.uk.
⁴⁰ National Defense University-Kenya, Nakuru, Kenya. awmuigai@yahoo.co.uk.
⁴¹ Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health, Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. appolinaire.djikeng@ed.ac.uk.
⁴² International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya. appolinaire.djikeng@ed.ac.uk.
⁴³ Department of Agriculture and Animal Health, University of South Africa, Florida, South Africa. appolinaire.djikeng@ed.ac.uk.
⁴⁴ European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Cambridge, UK. thankgod1980@yahoo.co.uk.
⁴⁵ Early Cancer Institute, Department of Oncology, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. thankgod1980@yahoo.co.uk.

PMID: 37699986
DOI: 10.1038/s41587-023-01933-2

Bridging the gap in African biodiversity genomics and bioinformatics

Abdoallah Sharaf et al. Nat Biotechnol. 2023 Sep.

. 2023 Sep;41(9):1348-1354.

doi: 10.1038/s41587-023-01933-2.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ SequAna Core Facility, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.
² Genetic Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
³ Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.
⁴ Biotechnology Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Nigeria.
⁵ A.P. Leventis Ornithological Research Institute, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria.
⁶ Vertebrate Genome Lab, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
⁷ Mohammed V University in Rabat, Rabat, Morocco.
⁸ African Sustainable Agriculture Research Institute, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Laâyoune, Morocco.
⁹ Rutgers University, School of Graduate Studies, Newark, NJ, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
¹¹ Laboratoire Campus de Biotechnologies Végétales, Département de Biologie Végétale, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal.
¹² Department of Parasitology and Entomology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria.
¹³ Finima Nature Park, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
¹⁴ Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany.
¹⁵ Department of Agriculture, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius.
¹⁶ Bioinformatics Lab, Pasteur Institute of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia.
¹⁷ Laboratory of Transmission, Control and Immunobiology of Infections, Pasteur Institute of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia.
¹⁸ University of Tunis El Manar, University Campus Farhat Hached, Tunis, Tunisia.
¹⁹ Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health, Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
²⁰ Genomics Research Center, AbbVie, North Chicago, IL, USA.
²¹ International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
²² Biotechnology Research Unit, CRRA-Rabat, National Institute of Agricultural Research, Rabat, Morocco.
²³ Bioinformatics Center, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
²⁴ Department of Plant Science and Biotechnology, Federal University of Lafia, Lafia, Nigeria.
²⁵ Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
²⁶ Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
²⁷ Inqaba Biotec, Menlo Park, Pretoria, South Africa.
²⁸ Digital Technologies Department, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius.
²⁹ School of Life Science, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
³⁰ Department of Microbial, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
³¹ University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
³² Computational Biology Division, Department of Integrative Biomedical Sciences, IDM, CIDRI Africa Wellcome Trust Centre, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
³³ Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa.
³⁴ Pan African University Institute for Basic Sciences Technology and Innovation, Nairobi, Kenya.
³⁵ Department of Crop Sciences and Biotechnology, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, South Korea.
³⁶ South African National Biodiversity Institute, Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa.
³⁷ Centre for Ecological Genomics and Wildlife Conservation, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.
³⁸ Department of Agriculture and Animal Health, University of South Africa, Florida, South Africa.
³⁹ Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya. awmuigai@yahoo.co.uk.
⁴⁰ National Defense University-Kenya, Nakuru, Kenya. awmuigai@yahoo.co.uk.
⁴¹ Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health, Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. appolinaire.djikeng@ed.ac.uk.
⁴² International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya. appolinaire.djikeng@ed.ac.uk.
⁴³ Department of Agriculture and Animal Health, University of South Africa, Florida, South Africa. appolinaire.djikeng@ed.ac.uk.
⁴⁴ European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Cambridge, UK. thankgod1980@yahoo.co.uk.
⁴⁵ Early Cancer Institute, Department of Oncology, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. thankgod1980@yahoo.co.uk.

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DOI: 10.1038/s41587-023-01933-2

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