The University of the Western Cape
The University of the Western Cape in South Africa is a national university, alert to its African and international context as it strives to be a place of quality, a place to grow. It is committed to excellence in teaching, learning and research, to nurturing the cultural diversity of South Africa, and to responding in critical and creative ways to the needs of a society in transition. Drawing on its proud experience in the liberation struggle, the university is aware of a distinctive academic role in helping build an equitable and dynamic society.
The University of the Western Cape
The South African National Bioinformatics Institute (SANBI)
SANBI and the University of the Western Cape offer the first Bioinformatics graduate program in South Africa with world-class education. Graduates from the program have gone on to found companies and become faculty at prestigious research universities in South Africa and Europe.
SANBI is the first and leading national bioinformatics resource in South Africa. It is the South African node of EMBnet, an HIV vaccine development site and is the World Health Organisation centre for training in bioinformatics technologies for the continent of Africa.
The South African National Bioinformatics Institute
This work supported by the NIH/Fogarty International Center under grant D43 TW00699