Bioconductor African Courses 2025 - Instructor Expression of Interest

We are excited to announce the upcoming Bioconductor African Courses scheduled for 2025. The first course will take place in Nairobi, Kenya in March/April, with a second course planned for West Africa a few months later. These courses aim to build local capacity and foster a strong network of learners and instructors across Africa. Course Structure: Each weeklong course consists of two teaching modules and a BYO data day: Monday & Tuesday: bioc-intro module (Introduction to genomic data analysis with R and Bioconductor) Wednesday & Thursday: bioc-rnaseq module (Analysis and Interpretation of Bulk RNA-Seq Data using Bioconductor) Friday: Bring your own (BYO) data day What We're Looking For: We are seeking Carpentries-certified instructors to teach these modules. Each module will be taught by a pair of instructors—one international and one based in Africa. Additional local instructors may be included to provide more teaching opportunities. Instructors will teach one module (either bioc-intro or bioc-rnaseq) but are expected to stay for the full week to assist as a helper in the other module and the final BYO data day. This fosters collaboration and community-building among participants and instructors. You can express interest in teaching either the Nairobi course, the West Africa course, or both. Funding: Thanks to funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), travel and accommodation expenses will be covered for instructors. For more details on this and other CZI-funded Bioconductor projects, please check out our blog post. How to Express Interest: Please complete our expression of interest form by Monday, October 21st, 2024. The form will ask for your certification status, area of expertise, and preferred module and location. We are considering the following dates for the Nairobi course: March 24-28, 2025, or March 31-April 4, 2025 Dates for the West Africa course will be confirmed later. We aim to finalise the instructor line-up for Nairobi by the end of the year and will follow up regarding West Africa soon after. Should you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us directly. Thank you for your interest in contributing to this important initiative. We look forward to hearing from you! Maria Doyle Bioconductor Community Manager Email: [email protected]

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