GREAT LIFE Workshops and Training
GREAT-LIFE is offering workshops and training throughout the project lifecycle. Below are the workshops and training that has been offered to project participating organizations.
| Date | Topic | Participants | Location |
| 23 September 2024 - 04 October 2024 | Advanced Training on ONT Sequencing from Single Isolates and Metagenomics | INSP Burundi, KEMRI Kenya, KCMC Tanzania, NIMR Tanzania, Stansile Rwanda, UVRI Uganda and UCPH Denmark | Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute (KCRI), Moshi, Tanzania |
| 27 May 2024 - 08 June 2024 | Practical Introduction to Next-Generation Sequencing using Oxford Nanopore's MinION Platform for Microbiologists and Public Health Professionals |
Stansile Rwanda, INSP Burundi, and participants from Democractic Republic of Congo | University Teaching Hospital of Butare, Rwanda |
| 22 January 2024 - 03 February 2024 | Practical Introduction to Next-Generation Sequencing using Oxford Nanopore's MinION Platform for Microbiologists and Public Health Professionals (mpox focus) | Stansile Rwanda and participants from Democractic Republic of Congo | University Teaching Hospital of Butare, Rwanda |
| 20 - 25 September 2025 | Detection of bacterial pathogens in diarrhoeal faecal microbiome using onsite ONT sequencing | INSP, Burundi | National Institute of Public Health (INSP) |
| 25 - 29 May 2026 | Bacterial pathogen long-read sequencing and bioinformatic analyses (read mapping and genome assemblies) - in collaboration with Jua Kivu | Stansile, Rwanda, and participants from Huye and Musanze Hospitals in Rwanda | University Teaching Hospital of Butare, Rwanda |