2020 Archives - H3Africa

June 17, 2020

H3Africa PI: Dr Mogomotsi Matshaba on COVID-19

May 2, 2020

WITS Covid 19 study H3Africa PI Elizabeth Mayne

April 10, 2020

Geneticists come together to ask: Why do some people have worse COVID-19 symptoms than others?

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UCT Health Sciences @UCTHealthSci·

June 24

Invitation to medical specialists who wish to further pursue an academic career to apply for funding from the Professor Bongani Mayosi Netcare Clinical Scholarship 2020 to pursue full-time doctoral or post-doctoral studies to be conducted in South Africa.

Closing date: 30 June

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Harvard's Defeating Malaria Initiative@HarvardMalaria·

June 30

🙋🏽‍♂️🙋🏻How can you contribute to malaria eradication? Join MalariaX, a free #MOOC course to gain the expertise to work in #malaria and #globalhealth - pass the course and be eligible for a HarvardX certificate! http://ow.ly/awpC50Am9La

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Francis S. Collins@NIHDirector·

June 30

A new study explores the strength of the human immune response against #COVID19. What it means for treatment and prevention on my blog. #NIH https://bit.ly/3g6adGy

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SickleInAfrica @SickleInAfrica·

June 29

Join SickleInAfrica Principal Investigator, Prof Julie Makani (@juliemakani) in an upcoming symposium by @Cornell Center for Vertebrate Genomics

Prof Makani will present on Gene Therapy for #SickleCell Disease in Africa

Date: 24 July; 15:00GMT
Register: https://cvg.cornell.edu/symposium-form.php

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AESA @AAS_AESA·

July 1

The development of future generations of scientists cannot be left to chance. Read this blog on the importance of #mentorship in science by Dr @AssanJaye from @mrcunitgambia here 👉 https://bit.ly/3dBOG6U

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H3ABioNet @H3ABioNet·

July 1

Curation and Analysis of Data in Africa by Africans: Network for Genomics Surveillance South Africa. Please watch this video and see how Africans are also working on #Covid19 data. #Africa #Genomics #Bioinformatics https://youtu.be/Zh2NhqpIwJk

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icipe @icipe·

June 29

Position open @icipe

PRINCIPAL SCIENTIST, PUSH-PULL PROGRAMME

http://recruit.icipe.org/description_of_assignment/displayRecord?id=306

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Nelson Torto @nelson_torto·

June 29

The AAS Mentorship Scheme was established in 2019 and has so far paired 72 early career researchers with senior
mentors to support and guide them in grant writing, career path development, job application, research networking,
science communication and research publishing, etc https://twitter.com/AASciences/status/1277202598286839809

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African Academy of Sciences @AASciences·

June 28

The development of future generations of scientists cannot be left to chance. Read this blog on the importance of mentorship in science by Dr @AssanJaye from @mrcunitgambia here https://bit.ly/3dBOG6U

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Wellcome@wellcometrust·

June 28

The discovery that dexamethasone saves lives from severe #COVID19 proves the importance of large-scale clinical trials.

Here’s everything you need to know about where the next #coronavirus treatment might come from ⬇️

https://wellc.me/2yHLFDK

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Funding Call Details

COVID-19 Task Force

HPCKP’20: Barcelona

Funding Opportunities

IFGENERA

H3Africa Consortium 2020

H3Africa PI: Dr Mogomotsi Matshaba on COVID-19

WITS Covid 19 study H3Africa PI Elizabeth Mayne

Geneticists come together to ask: Why do some people have worse COVID-19 symptoms than others?