title: Highlights of the first ISCB Student Council Symposium in Africa 2015.
abstract: This is a summary of the activities and scientific content of the first International Society for Computational Biology Student Council symposium in Africa. This meeting organized by the students for the students took place 8th of March 2015 in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Mohamed Vth University, Rabat, 110 066, Morocco; Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA.
authors.forename: Yassine
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Souilmi
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Mohamed Vth University, Rabat, 110 066, Morocco.
authors.forename: Imane
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Allali
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Mohamed Vth University, Rabat, 110 066, Morocco.
authors.forename: Oussama
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Badad
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Umea University, Umea, 901 87, Sweden; Swedish Defence Research Agency, Umea, 164 90, Sweden.
authors.forename: Chinmay Kumar
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Dwibedi
keywords: Africa; Computational biology; ISCB; bioinformatics; student council; symposium