Instrumental Access 2019
13 new awardees, equipped to solve problems that impact everyone
Instrumental Access 2019
Seeding Labs has selected 13 exceptional awardees to receive donated lab equipment through our Instrumental Access program in 2019.
Located in 9 countries, the research interests of the 2019 awardees include infectious diseases, personalized medicine, food safety, biofuels, communication disorders, water quality, agriculture, and silk production.
In the awarded departments alone, Instrumental Access equipment is expected to impact the lives of more than 11,000 students and 250 faculty members—and likely many others from across these outstanding universities.
Learn more about our 2019 awardees below, or check out this video message they sent for you!
South America
Universidad Técnica de Ambato
Faculty of Science & Engineering for Food and Biotechnology Ambato, Ecuador
Universidad Técnica de Ambato needs equipment to expand its lab infrastructure to include structural biology and enzymology studies
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Universidade Federal Rio Grande do Norte
Instituto do Cérebro / Brain Institute Natal, Brazil
Europe & Central Asia
Russian-Armenian University
Institute of Biomedicine and Pharmacy Yerevan, Armenia
At Russian-Armenian University, equipment from Instrumental Access will support current needs for practical teaching and enable the expansion of teaching and research in genomics
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Ivan Horbachevsky Ternopil State Medical University
Department of Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Dermatology, and Venereology Ternopil, Ukraine
Ternopil State Medical University needs equipment to support research and teaching on Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases, which are on the rise in Ukraine
Read MoreEast Africa
Karatina University
Department of Agricultural Sciences Karatina, Kenya
At Karatina University, Instrumental Access will equip a new laboratory building for research and teaching in agricultural sciences
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Moi University
Department of Chemistry & Process Engineering Eldoret, Kenya
At Moi University, Kenya’s only chemical engineering program needs equipment to support student and faculty research on biofuels, water purification, biopharmaceuticals, and more
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Rongo University
Department of Biological Sciences Rongo, Kenya
The Department of Biological Sciences at Rongo University needs equipment to expand and enhance its research and teaching
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University of Eldoret
Department of Biotechnology Eldoret, Kenya
The University of Eldoret needs equipment to expand lab facilities to integrate molecular biology into teaching and research
Read MoreCentral & Southern Africa
University of Eswatini
Department of Chemistry Kwaluseni, Eswatini
At the University of Eswatini, equipment is needed for practical teaching in chemistry as well as research
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Université Marien Ngouabi
Department of Biology Brazzaville, Republic of Congo
Equipment is needed at Université Marien Ngouabi to rebuild infrastructure destroyed by civil war and to expand research and teaching
Read MoreWest Africa
University of Ghana
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Accra, Ghana
The University of Ghana's Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry needs equipment to support the rollout of new graduate programs and to improve standardization and quality of medicines available to Ghanaian consumers
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University of Lagos
Centre for Biodiversity, Conservation, and Ecosystem Management Lagos, Nigeria
The University of Lagos needs equipment to equip a new center dedicated to research and teaching on biodiversity and ecosystem management
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University of Medical Sciences
Department of Biological Sciences Ondo City, Nigeria
Equipment is needed at Nigeria's first health sciences university to support training in biology for all students and to launch new graduate programs
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About Instrumental Access
To begin, we identify a pipeline of scientific talent. Then we rigorously screen universities and select those with the most potential to advance education and research through Instrumental Access.