This course, as one component of skill-building activity, is being conducted regularly for Eastern Africa PhD students (Addis Ababa University) and Brazilian professionals and students. The course has been sponsored by various sources including Addis Ababa University, an international professorship award from the American Society of Microbiology (ASM) and the Global Gateways fund from OSU. List of training activities include: 

• 2008- Khartoum, Sudan (as part of Molecular medicine and genomics in Africa)
• 2009- Paraiba, Brazil
• 2010- Zanzibar, Tanzania (as part of Molecular medicine and genomics in Africa)
• 2011- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• 2011- Paraiba Brazil- Interactive course between OSU and Brazil
• 2012- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (upcoming- June, 2012)
• 2012- Upcoming course in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (July 23-27, 2012)