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Fourth Training Course on Functional Genomics of Insect Vectors of Human Diseases at the African Center for Training in Functional Genomics of Insect Vectors of Human Diseases (AFRO VECTGEN) in the Faculty of Medicine and Odontostomatology, University of Bamako, Mali -- October 30, 2007 - January 25, 2008.
UNESCO-IUBMB-FAOBMB-APBioNet Bioinformatics Training Workshop of InCoB 2007 at Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Viet Nam. 20-31 August 2007.
Multinational Influenza Seasonal Mortality Study (MISMS) - General Meeting (Aug 13-15,2007); Workshop (Aug 15-17, 2007) at National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Viet Nam.
Avian Influenza Virus Genomics and Bioinformatics Workshop at Hanoi School of Public Health, Hanoi, Viet Nam - August 6-11, 2007.
Second International Conference on the Development of Biomedical Engineering in Vietnam , at Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam - July 25-28, 2007
Workshop: First Interactive Research Training Center for Functional Genomics/Proteomics of Insect Disease Vectors in Latin America , Universidad de Antioquia (PECET), Medelin, Colombia, June 19-July 2, 2007.
First African Symposium and Bioinformatics Workshop on Avian and Pandemic Influenza - Le Meredian Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria - March 31-April 6, 2007.
Health Information Access Assessment Study - Viet Nam 2007 - January 15-27, 2007
Workshop: "Medical Libraries and Medical Librarians: Moving Into the 21st Century", January 18, 2007 (HCM, Viet Nam) and January 25, 2007 (Hanoi, Viet Nam)
NCBI Training Workshop: A FieldGuide to GenBank and NCBI Molecular Biology Resources - The University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City - January 12, 2007.
Seminar: Essential of Searching and Retrieving Biomedical Research Articles and Information Using PubMed and HINARI - Hanoi School of Public Health, Hanoi, Viet Nam - January 10, 2007
Third Training Course on Functional Genomics of Insect Disease Vectors, Bamako, Mali - November 29 - December 13, 2006 [Application deadline: Sept 30, 2006]
3rd Training Course on Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics Applied to Insect Vector of Human Diseases, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand: October 2-13, 2006 [ Application Deadline: August 15, 2006]
5th Regional Training Course on Bioinformatics Applied to Tropical Diseases In Southeast Asia, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand - Sept 18-29, 2006 [Application deadline: August 7, 2006]
Searching and Retrieving Biomedical Research Articles and Information Using PubMed and HINARI, Tuesday, Sept 12, 2006 (at Univ of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City (HCM City, Viet Nam) AND again on Wednesday, Sept 13, 2006 (Hue University Learning Resource Center (Hue, Viet Nam)
Updated Vietnamese Translation of the HINARI/PubMed Training material [Last Updated: Friday, April 7, 2006]

Project Relevant Organizations:

World Health Organization/ TDR (Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases) http://www.who.int/tdr/
World Health Organization/ Regional Office for the Western Pacific - http://www.wpro.who.int/
World Health Organization/Regional Office for South-East Asia - http://w3.whosea.org/
US National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
US National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
US National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/

Bioinformatics Help Desk:

Bioinformatics Help Desk at FIOCRUZ, Brazil http://www.dbbm.fiocruz.br/helpdesk/

Bioinformatics Organizations:

LacBionet - Bioinformatics in Latin America http://www.lacbionet.org/
ASBCB - African Society for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (formerly ABionet - African Bioinformatics Network) - http://www.asbcb.org/
APBioNet - Asian Pacific Bioinformatics Network http://www.apbionet.org/
CYTED - Red Iberoamericana de Bioinformática http://rib.cecalc.ula.ve/
ISCB - International Society for Computational Biology - http://www.iscb.org/

West African Biotechnology Workshop Series

http://www.wabw.org/
WABWS04 Workshop: Applied Malaria Bioinformatics - College of Medicine, Univ of Ibadan, Nigeria, May 3-8, 2004
WABWS03 Symposium and Workshop on Bioinformatics and Applied Genomics. Theme: Bioinformatics Education, Training, Research and Development in West Africa, Univ of Ibadan, Nigeria, May 28-29, 2003
West African Bioinformatics Training Course, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, May 26-June 7, 2003

WHO/TDR sponsored Regional Training Courses on Bioinformatics Applied to Tropical Diseases

Asia - Center: India: New Delhi
Year 2002/2003/2004: http://www.icgeb.res.in/~whotdr/

24th October, 2005- 4th November, 2005 - 4th South East Asian Training Course on Bioinformatics Applied to Tropical Diseases, New Delhi, India
28th September, 2004- 11th October, 2004 - 3rd Regional
22nd September – 6th October, 2003 - 2nd Regional
26th April, 2002 – 9th May 2002 - 1st Regional

SouthEast Asia - Center: Thailand: Bangkok: Mahidol University
Year 2002/2003/2004: http://www.ssi-tdr.net/cbag/Inter_Training/Home.html

Sept 18-29, 2006 - 5th Regional Training Course on Bioinformatics Applied to Tropical Diseases In Southeast Asia, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand [Application deadline: August 7, 2006]
Oct 3-14, 2005 (application deadline: August 12, 2005) - 4th Regional Training Course on Bioinformatics Applied to Tropical Diseases In Southeast Asia, Bangkok, Thailand
July 26 - Aug 6, 2004 - 3rd Regional
Sept 29- Oct 10, 2003 - 2nd Regional
July 9 - 23, 2002 - 1st Regional

Africa - Center: South Africa: Capetown: University of Western Cape
Year 2006: http://www.sanbi.ac.za/mrc/tdr2006/index.html - July 3-14, 2006 [Application Deadline: May 2, 2006]
Note: Training Course on Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics Applied to Tsetse Fly - Vector of Human African Trypanosomiasis
Year 2004: http://www.sanbi.ac.za/mrc/tdr2004/ - Feb 2-15, 2004
Year 2003: http://www.sanbi.ac.za/mrc/tdr2003/ - March 19-April 4, 2003
Year 2002: http://www.sanbi.ac.za/tdrcourse/ - Jan 20 - Feb 2, 2002

Latin America/South America: Brazil: Sao Paulo: University of Sao Paulo
Year 2006: http://tdr.icb.usp.br/tdr/2005/ - 4th Latin American Course on Bioinformatics for Tropical Disease Research - Jan 16-28, 2006
Year 2004: http://mairinque.ime.usp.br/~gubi/tdr2004/ - July 5-16, 2004
Year 2003: http://malariadb.ime.usp.br/tdrcourse_2003/index.html - July 7-19, 2003
Year 2002: http://icb.ime.usp.br/tdr/ - Feb 17-March 2, 2002

WHO/TDR sponsored Training Courses on Functional Genomics of Insect Disease Vectors

In Africa - Center: Mali: Bamako*

Year 2007: Fourth Training Course on Functional Genomics of Insect Vectors of Human Diseases at the African Center for Training in Functional Genomics of Insect Vectors of Human Diseases (AFRO VECTGEN) in the Faculty of Medicine and Odontostomatology, University of Bamako, Mali: http://sundjata.biology.ucla.edu/MRTC/Africangenomics/Announcement.htm -- October 30, 2007 - January 25, 2008. (Application Deadline: September 30, 2007)
Year 2006: Third Training Course on Functional Genomics of Insect Disease Vectors, Bamako, Mali:
http://sundjata.biology.ucla.edu/MRTC/Africangenomics/Announcement.htm - Nov 29 - Dec 13, 2006 (Application Deadline: September 30, 2006)
Year 2005: 2nd Training Course on Functional Genomics of Insect Vectors of Human Diseases, Bamako, Mali: http://sundjata.biology.ucla.edu/MRTC/Africangenomics/Announcement.htm - Oct 26-Nov 10, 2005 (Application deadline: August 31, 2005)
Year 2004: Training Course on Functional Genomics of Insect Vectors of Human Diseases http://sundjata.biology.ucla.edu/MRTC/Africangenomics/Announcement.htm - Dec 1-16, 2004

In Asia - Center: Thailand: Bangkok *

Year 2006: 3rd Training Course on Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics Applied to Insect Vector of Human Diseases, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand: http://www.ssi-tdr.net/cbag/Inter_Vector/2006/2006.php - October 2-13, 2006 (Application Deadline: August 15, 2006)
Year 2005-2: 2nd Training Course on Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics Applied to Insect Vector of Human Diseases - http://www.ssi-tdr.net/cbag/Inter_Vector/2005-2/2005-2.html - Sept 19-30, 2005 (Application deadline: August 5, 2005)
Year 2005-1: http://www.ssi-tdr.net/cbag/Inter_Vector/2005/callforapplications.html - Jan 17-28, 2005

In South America - Center: Colombia: Medellin

Year 2007: First Interactive Research Training Course for Functional Genomics and Proteomics of Insect Disease Vectors in Colombia, Medellin, Colombia: http://medicina.udea.edu.co/Investigacion/Grupos/pecet/training/index.html - June 18-30, 2007.

*Note: not restricted by regions.

Avian Influenza Virus Bioinformatics Workshops

First African Symposium and Bioinformatics Workshop on Avian and Pandemic Influenza - Le Meredian Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria - March 31-April 6, 2007. http://www.icav-citav.ca/viral_global_threat/2007_nigeria/2007_meeting_nigeria.php and http://www.bioinfohelpdesk.org/AIV_Abuja2007/
Avian Influenza Virus Genomics and Bioinformatics Workshop August 6-11, 2007, Hosted at Hanoi School of Public Health, Hanoi, Viet Nam. http://www.bioinfohelpdesk.org/AIV_Hanoi2007/
Multinational Influenza Seasonal Mortality Study (MISMS) - General Meeting (Aug 13-15,2007); Workshop (Aug 15-17, 2007) at National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi. http://origem.info/misms/
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HINARI and PubMed Workshop: Searching and Getting the Articles You Want

In Vietnam: The University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City - Thursday, April 28, 2005 AND again on Friday, April 29, 2005 http://www.bioinfohelpdesk.org/PubMedApr2005/index.html

In Vietnam: The University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City - Tuesday, September 13, 2005 AND again on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 (Note: There are two 1-day sessions): http://www.bioinfohelpdesk.org/PubMedSep2005/index.html

Updated Vietnamese Translation of the HINARI/PubMed Training material

In Vietnam: Searching and Retrieving Biomedical Research Articles and Information Using PubMed and HINARI. Tuesday, Sept 12, 2006 (at Univ of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City (HCM City, Viet Nam) AND again on Wednesday, Sept 13, 2006 (Hue University Learning Resource Center (Hue, Viet Nam): http://www.bioinfohelpdesk.org/PubMedSep2006/

Genetic Counseling for Physicians

In Vietnam: The University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City - Thursday, May 5- Thursday, May 6, 2005
http://www.bioinfohelpdesk.org/GeneticCounselingMay2005/

HINARI Bi-regional Training Course on Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative

sponsored by WHO South East Asia Region – WHO the Western Pacific Region, Bangkok, Thailand, 9-13 May 2005 (no online website)

Grant Writing Workshop

In Vietnam: The University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City - Monday, September 26, 2005 - Friday, September 30, 2005:

http://www.bioinfohelpdesk.org/GrantWritingSep2005/

Vietnam Bioinformatics and Library Services Development Project

Workshop: Introduction to Bioinformatics - The University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City - Jan 31-Feb 4, 2005 and then two week break and continue Feb 21-25, 2005. http://www.bioinfohelpdesk.org/BioinfoFeb2005/. Contact huynh@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov for details.
Vietnamese Medical Librarian - January 2006 Visit: January 8-22, 2006 http://www.bioinfohelpdesk.org/LibraryJan2006/
Vietnamese Bioinformatics: Nov 12-Dec 6, 2005 -- no website
Seminar: Essential of Searching and Retrieving Biomedical Research Articles and Information Using PubMed and HINARI - Hanoi School of Public Health, Hanoi, Viet Nam - January 10, 2007. http://www.bioinfohelpdesk.org/Talk_HSPH20070110/
NCBI Training: A FieldGuide to GenBank and NCBI Molecular Biology Resources - The University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City - January 12, 2007. http://www.bioinfohelpdesk.org/Wkshop_NCBI20070112/
Workshop: Medical Libraries and Medical Librarians: Moving Into the 21st Century, January 18, 2007 (University of Medicine & Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, HCM City, Viet Nam) and January 25, 2007 (CIMSI, Hanoi, Viet Nam). Instructor: Ellen Detlefsen. - http://www.bioinfohelpdesk.org/MedLibJan2007/
Health Information Access Assessment Study - Viet Nam - January 15-27, 2007. Website resource, undisclosed.
Second International Conference on the Development of Biomedical Engineering in Vietnam, at Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam - July 25-28, 2007. http://www.ece.tufts.edu/~vanvo/VN/BME2/ or http://bmevn2007.hut.edu.vn/
UNESCO-IUBMB-FAOBMB-APBioNet Bioinformatics Training Workshop of InCoB 2007. 20-31 August 2007 Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Viet Nam.
A satellite event of the 6th InCoB 2007 Sponsored by UNESCO, IUBMB, FAOBMB and APBioNet. Hosted by IBT and VNU, Hanoi. http://incob.apbionet.org/incob07/hanoi.shtml
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