2. Khartoum Winter School of Bioinformatics and Statistical Genetics is conducted since 2003.
It was established by department of molecular biology – IEND.
We conducted up to date 13 courses

4. The annual intake is students from different academic and non academic organizations from Sudan and Africa including Eretria, Kenya, Syria , Morocco, Ethiopia and Cameroon.
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5. The school brings together facilitators and participants in a friendly environment to go through a learning process of the basics of Bioinformatics and statistical genetics

6. The facilitators and participants discuss approaches, means and domains of integrating disciplines for the study of target diseases and model organisms.

7. Two branches are taught
Bioinformatics
Statistical Genetics

8. Bioinformatics
The courses introduce participants to the technical aspects of bioinformatics software and the development of bioinformatics software/approaches is included.
Only basic computer science knowledge is required for this course.

9. What is bioinformatics
Bioinformatics Course Structure:
The course comprise a combination of lecture and hands-on tutorial- like sessions. The following topics are taught
What is bioinformatics
Bioinformatics standards, programming, and open source developments
Internet/www in bioinformatics
Biological databases and data models
Sequence alignment pairwise, multiple aligment, searching BLAST, using clustalW and Bioedit programe
Primer design
Restriction mapping
Phylogenetic analysis
Structural Bioinformatics
Current topics in bioinformatics and future directions

10. Statistical genetics
This course is mainly focused on strategies for genetic mapping of human disease genes. The course is for researchers with little or no experience in using statistical genetic analysis programs.
The goal of the course is to teach the participants both theory and application of methods for linkage disequilibrium and association studies analysis

11. Course structure:
Aspects of Data collection
Creation of pedigree files
Introduction to Biostatistics
Calculation of Alleles and Genotype frequencies
Association analysis using TDT
Linkage disequilibrium analysis
Haploview program
Structure
Arlequin

12. Facilitators David Judge. Cambridge University. UK
Gebrenegus Ghilagaber Yebio - Stockholms universitet
Bashir Salim U of K
Institute of Endemic Diseases . U of K
Muntaser Ibrahim
Eltahir Awad Gasim
Sahar Bakhiet
Mohammed Omar
Ehab almoubarak
Maha Osman

13. Staff at electronic Library. Faculty of Pharmacy
Organizer
Muntasir Ibrahim
Sahar Bakhiet
Co organizaer
Nanci Abdelrahman
Maha Khalifa
Rania Elsir Mohamed Omar
Sara Ibrahim Abda Alfatih
Ibtisam Rayan abualgasim
Khadiga alhibir
Ishraga
Tawasol
Staff at electronic Library. Faculty of Pharmacy

14. Thank you