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Second Meeting of the DS-I Africa Consortium
29 October -2 November 2022

Recorded sessions

  • Dr Sumir Panji (Participant)

    I have always been fascinated with how biological systems operate and interact with their environment and other biological entities at a molecular level. My broad foundational grounding in cellular pathology and microbiology spurred my interest in a variety of biological topics such as host-pathogen interactions, infection and immunity, evolutionary and cancer biology. Realizing that biological data generation and analyses is increasingly becoming digitized, I acquired skills in bioinformatics focusing on statistics and data analyses through my postgraduate degree studies. I am passionate about developing computational infrastructure within Africa for data science and genomics research, education and especially the development of human capacity to utilize these infrastructures and tools within Africa.