Evolutionary genomics at the human-environment interface in Africa.

: We report on the first meeting of SMBE in Africa. SMBE Malawi was initiated to bring together African and international researchers who use genetics or genomics to study natural systems impacted by human activities. The goals of this conference were (1) to reach a world class standard of science with a large number of contributions from within Africa, (2) to initiate an exchange between African and international researchers and (3) to identify challenges and opportunities for evolutionary genomics research in Africa. As we report here we think that we have achieved these goals and make suggestions on the way forward for African evolutionary genomics research.