ISCB Africa ASBCB Conference on Bioinformatics

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| frequency = Biennially

| location = Entebbe, Uganda (2017)

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| organised = Alan Christoffels, Nicola Mulder, Sumir Panji (2017 chairs)

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| member = International Society for Computational Biology

| website = {{URL|https://www.iscb.org/iscbafrica2015}}

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The ISCB Africa ASBCB Conference on Bioinformatics is a biennial academic conference on the subjects of bioinformatics and computational biology, organized by the African Society for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (ASBCB). The conference was first held in 2007 as the "ASBCB Conference on the Bioinformatics of African Pathogens, Hosts and Vectors". Since 2009, the conference has been jointly organized with the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) and held in different locations within Africa.{{cite web|title=p56-57_ASBCB_Intl_Innovation_Issue_Research_Media.pdf|url=http://www.internationalinnovation.com/build/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/p56-57_ASBCB_Intl_Innovation_Issue_Research_Media.pdf|access-date=30 August 2016}} Although having an evident African focus, the meeting is intended to be a truly international event, encompassing scientists and students from leading institutions in the US, Latin America, Europe and Africa. Holding this event in Africa, ISCB and ASBCB intend to promote local efforts for cooperation and dissemination of leading research techniques to combat major African diseases.