Drosophila neurogenetics course. Uganda 2011: The Company of Biologist is supporting us

Wednesday, 3 August 2011

The Company of Biologist is supporting us

I am glad to announce that we will be able to offer 5 full scholarships for students coming to the course from outside Uganda, thanks to a generous sponsorship from The Company of Biologist.

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Acknowledgements

There are a lot of people and organizations that have and are helping in a way or another to make this project possible. Here I would just like to list them in no particular order:

-Cambridge branch of THRiVE. (Pauline Essah, Frances Jones, Prof. David Dunne). For support and guidance

-People at the Department of Zoology in Cambridge (Prof. Mike Bate, Prof. Michael Akam, Dr. Stefan Pulver, Dr.Felix Evers, Paola Cognigni, Dr. Berthold Hedwig). For support, guidance and important equipment

- Dr. Jim Haseloff and Dr. Jim Ajioka. For the inverted fluorescent microscope

-Dr. Adelaine Leung and Dr. Jill Pen. For advise on the complex behaviour module, and equipment from Harvard Univerisity

-The Slater Fund at the University of Cambridge. For travel grant

-Dr. Jean-Paul Vincent, and Matt Williams at the MRC National Institute for Medical Research, for donations of equipment.

- The Kampala International University. For hosting the course, providing accommodation and essential equipment

-Dr. Sadiq Yusuf, who is co-organizer of this course, and his colleages at KIU for helping in all the organization ( Dr.Peter Ekanem, Dr. Kintu Mugaga, and Mr. Francis Ndagire)

- UCSD researchers Liz, Andy, Sarah and other members of the Subramani lab, Julia and the members of Tracy Johnson's lab and Suzanne and MJosé, for the money and lab supplies that they donated for the cours

-Dr. Tom Baden, who will be teaching in the course.
-Dr.Isabel Palacios, who will be teaching in the course.
-Dr. Dolores Martin Bermudo, who will be teaching in the course.

10th-29th October 2011

Wednesday, 3 August 2011

The Company of Biologist is supporting us

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