The 2017 iteration of the IBT
In its second iteration of 2017, the IBT course started on May 9th, with two days per week for in-person interactive sessions. Building on its first iteration of 2016 \cite{Gurwitz_2017}, and aiming at building introductory level competence for basic bioinformatics users \cite{Welch_2014}, the 2017 IBT was composed of the following 6 modules: Introduction to databases and resources, Linux, Sequence alignment theory and application, Multiple sequence alignment, Genomics, Molecular evolution and phylogenetics.
Remarkably, in the H3BioNet node of Sudan, 73 participants were enrolled in 2017 iteration of the IBT. The majority of these students (participants here after) have been selected from a waiting list from the previous IBT run of 2016. The eligibility criteria was for them to have a basic understanding of the central dogma of biology, and hence they came from the specializations of Table \ref{374735} , at different stages in their education (36% were MSC students, 7% PHD students and 33% were graduates) and their careers as can be seen in Figure \ref{189578} (A and C). Figure \ref{189578} B further shows that despite these differences, the majority of those participants have studied at the University of Khartoum at either the undergraduate or postgraduate level.
To accommodate this large number, 2 classrooms