Workshop on Sorghum Functional Genomics at the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI)

Starting September 16, 2014 - Ending September 16, 2015 Expired

The West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), University of Ghana, in partnership with Purdue University, USA with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) is organizing a workshop on “Functional Gene Discovery Platform for Sorghum” from September 17 - 20, 2014 at the University of Ghana, Legon. The venue for this workshop is the WACCI workstation.

The workshop will discuss current trends in functional genomics and bioinformatics for Sorghum Improvement. The main instructors for the workshop are Clifford Weil, Professor of Agronomy, Dr. Brian Dilkes, Assistant Professor of Plant Biochemical and Molecular Genetics and Dr. Charles Addo-Quaye, Post-Doctoral Fellow in Bioinformatics from Purdue University, USA.

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WACCI is pleased to invite applications from the University Community for 5 places on this workshop. Interested candidates should contact Dr. Daniel Dzidzienyo (ddzidzienyo@wacci.edu.gh)