ACE Uganda

ACE Consortium Meeting 2025
2025-09-10 08:00 - 2025-09-12 17:00 (Europe/Moscow) | Four Points by Sheraton, kampala, kampala, Uganda
We are delighted to announce that this year’s ACE Consortium Meeting will take place in Uganda from September 10th to 12th, 2025. The event will be hosted at Four Points by Sheraton and the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI), Kampala.
The meeting will bring together researchers, students, and international collaborators, including colleagues from NIAID, to showcase progress made across ACE projects and the Bioinformatics Training Program.
The three-day program will feature: Presentations and discussions on ongoing ACE projects, Poster sessions highlighting research contributions, Engagement with students and early-career scientists and Opportunities for networking and collaboration.
A detailed agenda will be shared closer to the event. We warmly welcome all interested participants to join us as we celebrate achievements, exchange knowledge, and strengthen scientific partnerships.
Save the dates: September 10th – 12th, 2025Kampala, Uganda

Polygenic Risk Score (PRS) Analysis Course 2025
2025-06-23 08:00 - 2025-06-27 17:00
The Polygenic Risk Score (PRS) Analysis Course 2025, held June 23-27 at IDI, Makerere University, empowered African scientists to master PRS tools for predicting disease risk in diverse populations. Through lectures, computational practicals, and group projects, participants tackled the PRS Portability Problem and advanced genomic research.

ALPHA-FOLD WORKSHOP 2025
2025-06-16 08:00 - 2025-06-20 17:00
The AlphaFold Workshop Uganda 2025, held June 16 to 20 at IDI, Makerere University, brought together researchers from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and Rwanda. Hosted by ACE-Uganda with support from Google DeepMind, the event focused on AlphaFold’s role in protein structure prediction. Participants gained hands-on skills for research in drug discovery and immunotherapy. The workshop fostered regional collaboration in bioinformatics and data science. ACE-Uganda continues to champion innovation for better health outcomes in Africa.

LAUNCH OF THE UPGRADED HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING (HPC) - 2025
2025-05-29 | African Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics, Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Uganda
We proudly announces the launch of the Upgraded ACE High Performance Computing (HPC) Cluster, a state of the art 56-node computational platform designed to power cutting-edge research in antimicrobial resistance (AMR), human genomics, cancer, and artificial intelligence/machine learning.
The HPC cluster offers critical computational capacity for handling large-scale health data, enabling researchers across Africa to analyze complex datasets efficiently and securely. It supports advanced bioinformatics, data science research, immersive data visualization through virtual reality, and contributes significantly to training efforts through MSc and PhD programs, internships, and short courses in bioinformatics and data science.
This infrastructure marks a significant step forward in transforming health research on the continent, creating a robust platform for deploying specialized tools and fostering collaboration across African research institutions.

Big Data Interest Group
2020-10-19 - 2020-11-30 | African Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics, Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Uganda
The Big Data Interest Group(BIG);

Raises awareness within the regional research community on the potential applications of computational technology
Generates interest in data sciences and creates pools of interested scientists across a variety of disciplines.
The BIG develops links with other networks with similar interests such as the H3Africa consortium, the East African Network for Bioinformatics Training(EANBIT)
Creates a platform where scientists can come together and discuss Data Science, Bioinformatics, Artificial Intelligence, and Genomics related work
