11/08/2026
Our new webinar season starts in September, and we are kicking it off with a topic we have been excited to share 👇
Mapping African HLA Diversity: High-Resolution Genotyping and Discovery of HLA-E*01:152
📅 September 9, 2026
⏲️ 12:00 CEST
📍 Online
Join us as we present two published studies from the AHRI Ndhlovu Lab, characterizing HLA variation across Eastern and Southern Africa.
➡️ The first analyzed HLA-A, HLA-B, and HLA-C data from 2,718 unrelated African participants from Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, South Africa, and Zambia. This study showed that population-genetic analyses of allele and haplotype frequencies and Hellinger distance revealed variation between countries and ethnic groups.
➡️ The second communication identified the novel HLA-E*01:152 allele in 12 of 580 individuals genotyped across Zimbabwe, South Africa, Zambia, and Kenya. This allele was strongly associated with HLA-A*29:11.
Register here 👇
🔗 https://www.gendx.com/gendx_education/webinar-mapping-african-hla-diversity-high-resolution-genotyping-and-discovery-of-hla-e01152/