Dr. Elena Rosca of Ashesi University is leading a team of students in the iGEM competition. They are focused on engineering bacteria that can detect elements that are typically found in conjunction with gold but are far easier to detect than the gold itself.
No one knows why Igbo-Ora, Nigeria—also known as “Twin Town”—has one of the world’s highest rates of twin births.
Now, Profs. Roseangela Nwuba and Akhere Omonkhua are using molecular biology to investigate, potentially unlocking new avenues of research and treatments for infertility!
In a little over a year since Instrumental Access equipment arrived on campus at the Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Dr. Victorien Dougnon’s research and publication schedule has been accelerated exponentially.
Even in the midst of a pandemic, his work investigating traditional herbal medicines that may be effective against antimicrobial resistance is pushing ahead. Dr. Dougnon and his colleagues have used their lab’s expanded capacity to perform sample analyses on-site, increasing both the speed and accuracy of their findings.
Fifteen outstanding departments at universities in 9 countries across the globe have been chosen to receive scientific equipment through Seeding Labs’ 2020 Instrumental Access program.
