Funding support, single cells in Brazil, updates in mitochondrial medicine and more.
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Funding support, single cells in Brazil, updates in mitochondrial medicine and more.

Financial barriers should never stand in the way of your scientific career progression.

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Everyone in the global genomics community has the right to access learning and training opportunities, enabling you to achieve your full professional potential, whatever your career stage.

We aim to remove as many financial barriers as possible for research and healthcare professionals looking to apply for one of our courses, or register for a place to attend one of our conferences.

We have two schemes open to all scientists that specifically address funding challenges:

Click to discover how our grants for carers can benefit you.

Click to discover how our bursaries can support you to attend training and conferences.

We offer inclusive and supportive learning environments, designed to enable scientists across the globe access to the latest genomics research, tools and techniques, necessary to accelerate careers.


Single Cells, sequencing and samba in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

A group of 5 participants at the training laboratory facilities at INCA, Brazil. They are wearing white lab coats. Each person is engaged in a lab training exercise.
Course participants training in Patricia Possik's laboratory facilities. Image credit: Instituto Nacional de Cancer (INCA)

Join our single cell community in Latin America!

Last year, 20 scientists from across Latin America joined us at the Instituto Nacional de Cancer (INCA) , in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for a free training course focusing on genomics tools and approaches in single cell biology. This became a remarkable sharing, networking, and mentoring experience, spearheading a vibrant new community, and fostering continued discussion and collaboration beyond the course.

In August 2024, we return to the state-of the-art laboratory facilities at INCA, offering another opportunity to access free and enriching training in the application of single cell technologies, tailored to Latin American populations.

Click here to read our 2023 training recap, and discover how this course could benefit your career.

Click here to discover more about Single Cell Genomics 2024.

Dr David Adams, Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK, and one of the lead organisers supporting us with the Single Cell Genomics course series, shares some insights below on how this training has been developed to benefit scientists working on genomics research in Latin America.


Exciting opportunity for bacteriologists working in Africa!

Clinical Microbiology course participants taking part in a pipette masterclass, in Nairobi, Kenya. Photo Credit: Wellcome Connecting Science
Clinical Microbiology course participants taking part in a pipette masterclass, in Nairobi, Kenya. Photo Credit: Wellcome Connecting Science

Expand your expertise, network with peers, and contribute towards advancing infectious disease research and diagnosis across Africa!

Following the resounding success of our 2023 'Molecular Approaches to Clinical Microbiology in Africa' training course, in Kenya, we are now offering another opportunity to join our team of experts at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, in September 2024.

Join us for hands-on training in the latest molecular and genomics techniques in clinical microbiology, to improve your research and strengthen the fight against infectious disease, in an African context.

"We have equipment in our institution which is not being used due to lack of skills. After this course I will now have requisite knowledge to initiate a plan to implement genomics technologies for detecting pathogens for the benefit of our community" - 2023 course participant testimony.

Click here to find out more about what our 2023 participants experienced during the training.

Click here to find out how to apply for a 2024 place in South Africa.

Don't be afraid to apply from wherever you are based in Africa, we welcome applications from across the continent (including from French and Portuguese-speaking countries); our instructors are able to assist with translation from English into other languages.


Keynote highlights from our recent Mitochondrial Medicine conference

Professor Patrick Chinnery, University of Cambridge, UK, discusses the impact of population studies on developments in mitochondrial medicine.

Find a range of scientific keynote videos, across a wide range of genomics-led, life science topics on our YouTube channel.


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Find courses and conferences relevant to your career:

Network with evolutionary peers at our Ancient Biomolecules conference (3-5 June 2024) | Register by 7 May 2024 to secure your in-person place.

Join us online for our Human Immunology - Genes and Environment conference (22-24 May 2024) | Register by 14 May to secure your virtual place.

Join a forum for biologists and statisticians at our Single Cell Biology conference (10-12 June 2024) | Register by 14 May 2024 to secure your in-person place.

Gain the skills and tools to design a deliver genomics education for undergraduate nurses and midwives (8-11 July 2024) | Apply for a training place by 28 May 2024)

Learn how to apply the latest biostatistical methods for high quality genetic association studies (2-6 September 2024) | Apply for a training place by 4 June 2024.

Click here to view the full 2024 events programme on our website.


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