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Updated the URL and added a link to the AIBBC conference in the blog post.

Author: KIRAGU-MWAURA

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 title: "Bridging Learning Gaps Through Open-Source Tools"
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-My desire to share my masters’ research output into a real world demonstration had finally come to its fruition. This was achieved by securing a competitive travel grant from the Open Bioinformatics Foundation Event Fellowship. Leaving the chilly landscapes of Glasgow, Scotland for the warm, tropical weather in my home country, Kenya, I was honored to attend the African International Biotechnology and Biomedical Conference (AIBBC), where scientists from around the world gather to exchange ideas that directly address Africa’s needs. 
+My desire to share my masters’ research output into a real world demonstration had finally come to its fruition. This was achieved by securing a competitive travel grant from the Open Bioinformatics Foundation Event Fellowship. Leaving the chilly landscapes of Glasgow, Scotland for the warm, tropical weather in my home country, Kenya, I was honored to attend the [2025 African International Biotechnology and Biomedical Conference] (https://www.aibbc-society.org/), where scientists from around the world gather to exchange ideas that directly address Africa’s needs.  
 
 My simple and urgent plan was to showcase that open-source educational tools are practical, fair, high-impact solutions and not just an alternative means to the huge learning gap created by expensive proprietary software, especially in resource-constrained environments like Africa. My core contribution was to demonstrate how freely available platforms, particularly R Shiny, can revolutionize learning. My poster, "BRIDGING TECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC EDUCATION: AN OPEN SOURCE SHINY APPLICATION FOR TEACHING PATERNITY ANALYSIS", served as the definitive proof of concept.