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Table 4 EANBiT-RT program for 2020, 2021 and 2022

From: Designing and delivering bioinformatics project-based learning in East Africa

Week

Modules

Day and Date

1

Technical: Version control and collaborative development (Git & GitHub & Slack)

6 July

Technical: Reproducibility and package management: workflow languages (Nextflow, Snakemake) and containerization (Docker and Singularity)

8–10 July

Project: Presentation of mini projects by the mentors and assign groups

10 July

2

ISMB Conference

13 to 17 July

3

Technical: Advanced scripting (including SED, AWK, and REGX)

20–21 July

Soft skills: Introduction to the Purpose Roadmap—PRM

22 July

Technical: Advanced R, tidyverse, R- markdown, Shiny apps (with practical)

23–24 July

Project: Present mini project group concepts (how they plan to tackle them)

24 July Afternoon

4

Soft skills: Scientific writing and presentation skills

27 July

Technical: Whole genome genomics: Metagenomics (16S and whole genome shotgun sequencing) + reference mapping + RNA sequence

28–31 July

Seminars: Open Science

29 July

Project: Research Consultation

31 July

5

Technical: Long-read sequencing and its applications, with data analysis

3 August–5 August

Project: Implementation of mini projects

6 August

Soft skills: Peer Coaching for Personal Career Development

7 August

Project: Research Consultation

7 August

6

Project: Implementation of mini projects

10–11 August

Seminar: Bioinformatics and Society Benefits

11 August

Seminar: Privacy, Ethics, and Data Protection in Health Research and Data

12 August

Soft Skills: Work Ethics

13 August

Project: Implementation of mini projects

14 August

Project: Research Consultation

14 August

7

Project: Implementation of mini projects

17–18 August

Soft skills: Feedback on the Purpose Road Map—PRM

19 August

Project: Implementation of mini projects

August 20–21

Project: Research Consultation

21 August

8

Project: Implementation of mini projects

24–27 August

Project: Final presentation

28 August

  1. The same program was used in subsequent offerings, with only dates changing