info Overview
DASCLAB's Data Capacity theme centres on developing the computational infrastructure, human expertise, and analytical pipelines needed to unlock the full potential of biological and health data across the African continent. This encompasses the design of biomarker discovery workflows, training of next-generation data scientists, and creation of open-source tools tailored to African data landscapes.
flag Objectives
- Train 50+ researchers in advanced data science annually
- Develop open-source African health data pipelines
- Build institutional capacity at partner universities
- Establish reproducible research standards across the lab
settings Methods & Approaches
Short-course intensive data science training
Mentored research project supervision
Open-source software development and dissemination
Partnership with AIMS-NEI and KENET for HPC access
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KenyaBioBank Computational Pipeline
Active
End-to-end pipeline for genomic variant calling and biomarker prioritisation.
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Open Data Science Curriculum
Ongoing
Modular freely licensed curriculum deployed at 6 partner institutions.
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