The Guardian, UK: TReND in panel discussions

by | Jul 30, 2015 | Blog Posts

TReND director of African Affairs, Dr. Sadiq Yusuf, will be one of the expert panelists answering any of your questions regarding Higher Education in Africa at the following Q&A organised by The Guardian. Join the discussion TODAY, Thursday 30th July 2015; 1-3pm...

Panel discussion at Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting

by | Jul 12, 2015 | Blog Posts

Last week we attended the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Southern Germany to engage with colleagues and thought leaders in the field about science in general, and matters in science education in particular. Most notably, Lucia joined Sir Harrold Kroto (Nobel...

Donated confocal microscope in Nairobi is operational

by | Jul 6, 2015 | Blog Posts

We are excited to announce that the confocal microscope we shipped to icipe, Nairobi is now fully set-up and operational. The microscope, a Leica SP5, was kindly donated by the Cellular Imaging Facility (CIF) at CHUV / University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Special...

TReND wins CUTEC 3D printing innovation award!

by | Jul 5, 2015 | Blog Posts

We are pleased to have been selected as winners of the Cambridge University Technology and Enterprise Club (CUTEC) 3D printing innovation award. The prize, an Ultimaker 2-type 3D printer, was given for one of our most recent 3D printing projects, the...