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BioStruct-Africa’s capacity building workshops as a model for advancing the emerging community of structural biologists in Africa

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Abstract

Structural biology is crucial in understanding disease mechanisms and in driving drug and vaccine development—applications that are particularly relevant to Africa’s challenges—yet Africa faces significant barriers to advancing structural biology. Here, the authors outline a recent capacity building workshop run by BioStruct-Africa, focused on training of artificial intelligence tools such as AlphaFold, designed to foster a highly skilled community of structural biologists in Africa. Structural biology is crucial in understanding disease mechanisms and in driving drug and vaccine development—applications that are particularly relevant to Africa’s challenges—yet Africa faces significant barriers to advancing structural biology. Here, the authors outline a recent capacity building workshop run by BioStruct-Africa, focused on training of artificial intelligence tools such as AlphaFold, designed to foster a highly skilled community of structural biologists in Africa.

Research topics

  • Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research
  • Biotechnology and Related Fields
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks

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DOI: 10.1038/s42004-025-01519-w

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