Advertised on Nature events

The course is now being advertised in Nature Events website

Dr. Tom Baden is joining us

I am extremely happy to announce that Dr. Tom Baden, an excellent scientist and talented electrophysiologist will be teaching in the course. He will teach the part of the modules that involve electrophysiology with non Drosophila insects. Furthermore, he will teach how to built a custom made inexpensive electrophysiology set-up.

Special issue in Nature about science in Africa

I highly recommend reading the special issue that just came up in Nature with several articles on Science in Africa. It is free open acess for everyone for the next month:Nature special issue on Africa

If you are short on time, I recommend reading this short article on how scientist in Europe and US can help the development of science in sub-Saharan Africa. What I am trying to do here is just what it is suggested in the article: to do my individual contribution, that hopefully will make at least a bit a difference. Please read here: A helping hand

Advertised on the THRiVE website

The course is now being advertise on the THRiVE website. You can find it here
http://www.thrive.cam.ac.uk/thrive/news%20and%20events.html

I also recommend to check their website, they are an organization that aims to strengthen research capacity in East Africa.