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TReND’s Volunteering Program is waiting for you!
During the first half of 2017 things were quite busy for TReND’s Volunteering Program. Seven European researchers visited Universities in Sudan, Tanzania, Sierra Leone and Ethiopia, and more projects are one the making! Below you can read what some of our volunteers...
Applications open now: 7th Neuroscience school, Gombe, Nigeria
We are excited to announce the 7th installment of our annual Drosophila Neurogenetics course, this time to be held at Gombe State University, Nigeria. 13th November – 2nd December 2017. Deadline Sept 1st 2017. Applications are now closed! For an impression of previous...
Outreach in Entebbe, Uganda
Our outreach team used their spare time before the SONA Conference in Entebbe last month to inspire students from six secondary schools about science. They got the students to learn first hand, through experiments, about fractionating and estimating protein...
3D printing open day!
The ongoing Open Labware workshop held at Ibadan, Nigeria had for the first time an “Open Door Day”. On this day, the university community, high school students, the general population as well as representatives from the local industry were invited to visit our...
3D printing and electronics course, Ibadan, Nigeria
After two weeks of intensive hands on training, the 2nd Open Labware workshop is close to conclusion. Here, at the Department of Physiology in the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, participants from seven different countries are learning about open source technologies,...
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