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Call for participants to workshop on
Bioinformatics and Wheat Genomics IV
Application deadline: 30th Nov 2022 Workshop dates: 20 – 24 Feb 2023 Location: Worcester, South Africa Twenty-five places available Download application form Overview Expertise in the field of bioinformatics has become indispensable in most genetic or genomic research and applied approaches. This need has exceeded the level and rate at which plant genomics scientists have […]
Apply for training in 3rd-generation genomics and bioinformatics for agribiosciences in Africa
7 November 2020 Nairobi, Kenya Paid internship The Biosciences eastern and central Africa – International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI) Hub (Nairobi, Kenya), in partnership with its UK-based partners the John Innes Centre (JIC), the Earlham Institute (EI) and Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT), launches an intensive training programme in genomics and bioinformatics, called “Third-generation genomics and […]
Supercharged MARPLE labs to be fastest rust surveillance system in Africa
A network of Ethiopian researchers across the country are championing a new mobile lab to provide near real-time, strain-level diagnostics during wheat rust outbreaks. Since winning the international impact category of the BBSRC innovator of the year award the MARPLE (Mobile And Real-time PLant disEase) diagnostic platform is now being established in research hubs across […]
What we learnt from the AfriPlantSci 2019 summer school
I applied everything that they said into my workshop presentation. I got enormously positive feedback from everybody on my story. It boosted my confidence.” – Edith Mugehu (Zimbabwe Sugar Association Experiment Station) In April 2019, the second AfriPlantSci summer school was hosted at Pwani University, in Kilifi County, Kenya. The theme for this years topic was […]
Kenya Believe I’m in Africa? Summer’s PIPS at Pwani University
My flight landed in the second largest town, Mombasa, and I took to the busy roads for the final leg of my journey along the coast to Kilifi. This journey was lined with palm trees and these bizarre looking upside down trees called baobabs. As I arrived in Kilifi a sense of tranquility transcended upon […]
Business analysis for young entrepreneurs and biology training for researchers.
As a BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership PhD Student we get the opportunity to undertake an internship in any area. For my Professional Internship for PhD Students (PIPS) I went to Kilifi, Kenya to work at Pwani University (PU). With the help of staff and students in the university I got to set up a workshop […]
Making research resources that are accessible to everyone
For my PIPS, I had the amazing opportunity to work in Kenya on two scientific-capacity-building efforts: developing a training video series and helping run a plant molecular biology course. The PIPS is the Professional Internship for PhD Students, a key component of the BBSRC Doctoral Training partnership. It consists in a 3-month placement that is […]
“Kilifi will keep you busy”
This is the story of what I did at Pwani University in Kilifi (Kenya) for my PIPS. I arrived in Kilifi (a town in the Southern coast of Kenya) the 26th of January. As soon as I landed in Mombasa, the second largest city of Kenya and one of the closest airports to Kilifi, I […]
Saving the Iconic Coconut through Long-Term Capacity Building
Over the first half of 2019, members of the Hogenhout lab, John Innes Centre joined the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) and Pwani University Bioscience Research Centre (PUBReC) to create a novel partnership to tackle emerging phytoplasma-associated plant diseases in Kenya. The Joint UK-Kenya Phytoplasma Research Initiative will provide a platform from which to […]
An African Adventure: Learning Transferable Skills and Experiencing a Different Culture
As part of my UKRI BBSRC funded PhD, I have the chance to do a 3 month internship. This is a necessary component of the degree and takes place at some point during the 4 years of the doctorate. This internship is known as the Professional Internship for PhD students scheme, or PIPS for short. […]