Normal 0 false false false EN-ZA JA X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} Dr Robert Waterhouse from the University of Geneva presented a training course in arthropod genomics at Vodaworld in Midrand between 28 November and 1 December. This course, specifically focussed on working with arthropod genomes hosted on VectorBase as well as gene curation using WebApollo, was attended by FABI students Bianca Jardime , Alisa Postma , Josepine Queffelec and Post Doctoral Fellow Dr. Gudrun Dittrich-Schroder . The course proved to be very helpful and the theorectical and practical experience gained will be extremely valuable in future research projects.