Dr. Isabel Palacios is teaching in the course!

I am extremely happy to announce that Dr. Isabel Palacios will be coming to teach the first Module of the course. Dr. Isabel Palacios is a Royal Society Research Fellow at the Department of Zoology in the University of Cambridge, where she teaches various graduate courses. Her main research focus is on the function of motor proteins in establishing cell polarities.

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.

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.

Call for help

We are trying to get funding to bring there some microscopes, and other materials that have been donated by the University of Cambridge. We also need funding to buy some basic stuff that we need to do research. We have managed to secure some funding from different Trusts and institutions, but we are still looking for money to buy and ship extra bits and pieces. Therefore if anyone feels that can help with a donation please contact me, it will be greatly appreciated. Things to buy are not expensive, and with a little help from everyone we will be able to make a much better course. Please contact me on llp23@cam.ac.uk