Former Fogarty grantee leads COVID-19 genomics work in Africa
Former Fogarty grantee leads COVID-19 genomics work in Africa
Dr. Christian Happi is director of the African Centre of Excellence for the Genomics of Infectious Disease, and professor of molecular biology and genomics at Redeemer's University in Nigeria. A leading genomic sequencing expert, Happi is also a visiting scientist at Harvard University....
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Africa’s scientists set out their COVID-19 research priorities
Africa’s scientists set out their COVID-19 research priorities
In April 2020, about two months after the African continent recorded its first case of COVID-19, the African Academy of Sciences undertook an extensive survey of its members. This allowed hundreds of scientists in African countries to identify COVID-19 related research priorities across a range of disciplines. The Conversation Africa’s...
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Funding Call Details
Funding Call Details
Deadline: Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Currently, this call for applications can only be accessed by persons already holding a grant or a sub-grant in the DELTAS Africa, Grand Challenges Africa, H3Africa, FLAIR or any other programme of the AAS.
The AAS is set to stop receiving applications for this call on Tuesday, June...
Our goal at this meeting - the very first of its kind ever held in Africa - was to identify gaps in our knowledge and policies related to ethics in genomic research.
