Strategies and opportunities for promoting bioinformatics in Zimbabwe
The increasing applications of advanced technologies in life sciences are fueling the growth of data from genome sequencing, functional genomics experiments, and macromolecular structure determination. Bioinformatics (sometimes interchangeably used with the term “computational biology”) permits rese...
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| author | Shoko, Ryman Manasa, Justen Maphosa, Mcebisi Mbanga, Joshua Mudziwapasi, Reagan Victoria Nembaware, Victoria Sanyika, Walter T. Tinago, Tawanda Chikwambi, Zedias Mawere, Cephas Matimba, Alice Mugumbate, Grace Mufandaedza, Jonathan Mulder, Nicola Patterton, Hugh |
| author_facet | Shoko, Ryman Manasa, Justen Maphosa, Mcebisi Mbanga, Joshua Mudziwapasi, Reagan Victoria Nembaware, Victoria Sanyika, Walter T. Tinago, Tawanda Chikwambi, Zedias Mawere, Cephas Matimba, Alice Mugumbate, Grace Mufandaedza, Jonathan Mulder, Nicola Patterton, Hugh |
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| description | The increasing applications of advanced technologies in life sciences are fueling the growth of data from genome sequencing, functional genomics experiments, and macromolecular structure determination. Bioinformatics (sometimes interchangeably used with the term “computational biology”) permits researchers to collect, manage, and sift through these massive data sets and derive scientific insight from them [1,2]. Bioinformatics holds a big promise in addressing many of the problems that are facing humanity today, including human health, agriculture, and the environment [3–8]. Consequently, the demand for skilled scientists with the ability to use information technology to solve life science problems has been rising steadily globally.
Similar to other developing countries in Africa, bioinformatics is slowly gaining popularity among Zimbabwean scientists. In this paper, we review the progress made by Zimbabwean scientists in bioinformatics and propose strategies for boosting bioinformatics capacity in the country. To our knowledge, this work is the first attempt to give a comprehensive report of bioinformatics activities in the country. As such, it is inevitable that our review may not be exhaustive and may fall short of mentioning or acknowledging groups or scientists who have contributed or presented their work on other platforms. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-48962022-06-28T07:44:18Z Strategies and opportunities for promoting bioinformatics in Zimbabwe Shoko, Ryman Manasa, Justen Maphosa, Mcebisi Mbanga, Joshua Mudziwapasi, Reagan Victoria Nembaware, Victoria Sanyika, Walter T. Tinago, Tawanda Chikwambi, Zedias Mawere, Cephas Matimba, Alice Mugumbate, Grace Mufandaedza, Jonathan Mulder, Nicola Patterton, Hugh Bioinformatics Zimbabwe Scientists Africa Metagenomics Drug discovery The increasing applications of advanced technologies in life sciences are fueling the growth of data from genome sequencing, functional genomics experiments, and macromolecular structure determination. Bioinformatics (sometimes interchangeably used with the term “computational biology”) permits researchers to collect, manage, and sift through these massive data sets and derive scientific insight from them [1,2]. Bioinformatics holds a big promise in addressing many of the problems that are facing humanity today, including human health, agriculture, and the environment [3–8]. Consequently, the demand for skilled scientists with the ability to use information technology to solve life science problems has been rising steadily globally. Similar to other developing countries in Africa, bioinformatics is slowly gaining popularity among Zimbabwean scientists. In this paper, we review the progress made by Zimbabwean scientists in bioinformatics and propose strategies for boosting bioinformatics capacity in the country. To our knowledge, this work is the first attempt to give a comprehensive report of bioinformatics activities in the country. As such, it is inevitable that our review may not be exhaustive and may fall short of mentioning or acknowledging groups or scientists who have contributed or presented their work on other platforms. 2022-06-28T07:44:18Z 2022-06-28T07:44:18Z 2018 Article Shoko R, Manasa J, Maphosa M, Mbanga J, Mudziwapasi R, Nembaware V, et al. (2018) Strategies and opportunities for promoting bioinformatics in Zimbabwe. PLoS Comput Biol 14(11): e1006480. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006480 1553-7358 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006480 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4896 en PLoS Computational Biology;Vol. 14 (11) open PubMed Central |
| spellingShingle | Bioinformatics Zimbabwe Scientists Africa Metagenomics Drug discovery Shoko, Ryman Manasa, Justen Maphosa, Mcebisi Mbanga, Joshua Mudziwapasi, Reagan Victoria Nembaware, Victoria Sanyika, Walter T. Tinago, Tawanda Chikwambi, Zedias Mawere, Cephas Matimba, Alice Mugumbate, Grace Mufandaedza, Jonathan Mulder, Nicola Patterton, Hugh Strategies and opportunities for promoting bioinformatics in Zimbabwe |
| title | Strategies and opportunities for promoting bioinformatics in Zimbabwe |
| title_full | Strategies and opportunities for promoting bioinformatics in Zimbabwe |
| title_fullStr | Strategies and opportunities for promoting bioinformatics in Zimbabwe |
| title_full_unstemmed | Strategies and opportunities for promoting bioinformatics in Zimbabwe |
| title_short | Strategies and opportunities for promoting bioinformatics in Zimbabwe |
| title_sort | strategies and opportunities for promoting bioinformatics in zimbabwe |
| topic | Bioinformatics Zimbabwe Scientists Africa Metagenomics Drug discovery |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006480 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4896 |
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