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Teach the teachers workshop, Maiduguri, Nigeria

We are pleased to announce our first official "Teach the teachers" workshop, to be held in Maiduguri, Northern Nigeria. The aim is to introduce local sciene teachers to incorporate more state-of-the-art teaching tools such as open source electromyogram amplifiers or...

The Guardian, UK: TReND in panel discussions

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

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

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...

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