BIOINFORMATICS INFRASTRUCTURE IMPLEMENTATION FOR GENOMICS RESEARCH

Abstract

Victor Osamor*

While pockets of bioinformatics excellence have formed in Sudan, the availability of expertise and resources has generally restricted large-scale genomic data analysis. A pan-Sudan bioinformatics network, H3ABioNet, was developed to develop capacity specifically to allow researchers from H3Sudan (Human Heredity and Health in Sudan) to analyze their data in Sudan. H3ABioNet has set out to develop main bioinformatics infrastructure and genomics research capabilities in different areas of data collection, transfer, storage and analysis.