African Society of Human Genetics Conference

非洲人类遗传学学会（AfSHG）成立于2003年，旨在确保非洲不被 被排除在基因组革命之外为达致这个目标，该会自成立以来， 科学家在遗传学和基因组学领域互动和交流信息的论坛。 这一点已通过2003年在加纳阿克拉举行的前几次会议成功地实现， 华盛顿DC - 2004，南非约翰内斯堡-2005，埃塞俄比亚阿迪斯阿巴- 2006，开罗， 埃及- 2007年，雅温得，喀麦隆- 2009年，开普敦。南非- 2011年，阿克拉- 2013年， 塞内加尔达喀尔- 2016年。来自21个非洲国家的科学家和医生， 欧洲、亚洲和美洲国家参加了这些会议。这些会议 推进社会的基本目标，包括教育，网络，能力建设， 和研究开发。此外，本协会通过以往的会议， 在非洲基因组计划的发展中发挥了重要作用。即将到来的主题 非洲的人类遗传学和基因组学：罕见和常见的挑战 遗传性疾病”。目前的提案要求为这次会议提供资金， 卢旺达将于2018年举行，第三届将于2019年在非洲东道国举行。 我们认识到，随着基因组革命的发展， 并转化为临床实践需要认真对待。以前的会议讨论了 这些会议的结果已纳入全球 基因组学事业的非洲研究，虽然仍然相对罕见， 在遗传学文献中占有重要地位。即将举行的会议的主题已经选定， 特别结合了现代基因组学研究中的几个问题，包括使用Next 代测序检测所有变异，干细胞研究在遗传学研究中的作用， 围绕非洲样本生物库的实际和伦理问题。微生物组和 健康，人类历史和人口遗传学，基因组医学，网络/资源 建立和发展合作、生物伦理学和利益共享是会议的主题， 会议期间进行了探讨。 应邀发言者包括Stylianos Antonarakis（日内瓦）、Raj Ramesar（开普敦）。克莱门特 阿德博莫沃（马里兰州）、摩西·乔洛巴（乌干达）、科伦·马西米雷姆布瓦（津巴布韦哈拉雷）。 Chris Mathew（约翰内斯堡）和Charles Rotimi（NIH），其中几位曾参加过前 AfSHG会议。最后，为了更好地整合非洲遗传研究的发展， 在开罗举行的AfSHG会议将与埃及国家人类遗传学学会联合举行， 埃及这是一项在以往会议上成功使用的战略， 非洲基因组科学组织。

The African Society of Human Genetics (AfSHG) was formed in 2003 to ensure that Africa is not left out of the genomic revolution. To meet this objective, the society has since then provided a forum for scientists to interact and exchange information in the field of genetics and genomics. This has been successfully achieved through earlier meetings held in Accra, Ghana - 2003, Washington DC - 2004, Johannesburg, south Africa -2005, Addis Abba, Ethiopia - 2006, Cairo, Egypt - 2007, Yaounde, Cameroon - 2009, Cape Town. South Africa - 2011 , Accra - 2013 and Dakar, Senegal - 2016. Scientists and physicians from over 21 African countries, several European countries, Asia, and the Americas attended these meetings. These meetings have Advanced the fundamental goals of the society including education, networking, capacity building, and research development. In addition, this Society through previous meetings has been instrumental in the development of the African Genome Project. The theme of the upcoming meeting will be "Human genetics and genomics in Africa: Challenges for both rare and common genetic disorders". The current proposal is requesting funding for this meeting, one to be held in Rwanda in in 2018 and a third to be held in 2019 in an African host country to be determined. We recognize that as the genomic revolution develops it is important that equity in genetic research and translation into clinical practice needs to be seriously addressed. Previous meetings have dealt with some of these issues, and the results of these meetings have been incorporated into the global genomics enterprise to the extent that African studies, although still relatively rare, are gaining prominence in the genetics literature. The theme of the upcoming meeting has been chosen to specially incorporate several issues in modem genomics research, including the use of Next Generation Sequencing to detect all variants, the role of stem cell research in genetics research and the practical and ethical issues surrounding biobanking of samples in Africa. The Microbiome and Health , Human History and Population Genetics, Genomic Medicine, Networking/Resource Building and Developing Collaborations, and Bioethics and Benefit Sharing are themes that will be explored during the meeting. Invited speakers include Stylianos Antonarakis (Geneva), Raj Ramesar (Cape Town). Clement Adebomowo (Maryland), Moses Joloba (Uganda), Collen Masimirembwa (Harare, Zimbabwe). Chris Mathew (Johannesburg) and Charles Rotimi (NIH), several of whom have attended previous Meetings of the AfSHG. Finally, to better integrate the development of genetic research in Africa, the AfSHG meeting in Cairo will be held jointly with the National Society of Human Genetics of Egypt. This is a strategy that has been used successfully in previous meetings to engage existing African scientific organizations in genomics.