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The TB Genomics research group is committed to and actively seeks to build capacity and train scientists in molecular techniques for tuberculosis characterization in African countries. We currently have collaborations with scientists and students from Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Madagascar, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Kenya and Cameroon. We are part of the Tuberculosis Omics ResearCH (TORCH) consortium (https://torch-consortium.com/), which is an FWO funded collaboration between the 万博体育官网 of Antwerp, Belgium (the Global Health Institute, Family Medicine and Population Health, and VAXINFECTIO) and the South African Tuberculosis Bioinformatics Initiative (SATBBI) at 万博体育官网 of the Western Cape (UWC). The group is part of several grants with other institutions including 万博体育官网 of California San Francisco (UCSF) and TGen, Vanderbilt 万博体育官网, 万博体育官网 of Washington, Boston Medical Centre, Harvard 万博体育官网 and 万博体育官网 of Cape Town.