AORTIC Elections 2021
belmira2021-10-21T13:51:56+00:00Nominations & Elections 2021 President Letter
Cancer Genomics Conference 18 & 19 February 2021
belmira2021-01-10T16:51:10+00:00Cancer Genomics Conference: "African genomic diversity. A roadmap to global equity in cancer control." The African Organisation for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC) will be holding its Inaugural Cancer Genomics Conference on 18 & 19 February 2021. The virtual conference will be convened under the theme “African Genomic Diversity: A Roadmap to Global Equity
Best of ASCO Africa 2020 – 11 & 12 December 2020
belmira2020-12-01T13:06:29+00:00The first Best of ASCO Africa 2020 virtual conference will take place 11 & 12 December 2020. Course registration is now open! www.bestofascoafrica.org
AORTIC West Africa Regional Meeting – 9 December 2020
belmira2020-12-01T13:00:41+00:00The AORTIC West Africa Regional Virtual Meeting, "Optimizing cancer care and research in the West African sub-region: Opportunities for cross-border collaboration", will be held on 9 December 2020 from 13h00 - 15h30 SAST - Johannesburg, South Africa. Keynote Speaker: Prof Isaac Adewole, AORTIC Past President For more information: webinars@aortic-africa.org
High-depth African genomes inform human migration and health – latest paper published in Nature!
belmira2020-11-17T06:47:07+00:00Abstract The African continent is regarded as the cradle of modern humans and African genomes contain more genetic variation than those from any other continent, yet only a fraction of the genetic diversity among African individuals has been surveyed1. Here we performed whole-genome sequencing analyses of 426 individuals—comprising 50 ethnolinguistic groups, including previously unsampled populations—to
