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We’re thrilled to announce that preparations for the second Biomedical Science Research and Training Centre (BioRTC) Summer School are in full swing. The summer school, scheduled from August 17th to 30th, 2023, is focused on Bioimaging and Open Hardware principles. This intensive course will run from Monday to Saturday, 9 AM to 8 PM. Mornings …

BioRTC Summer School 2023: Advancing Bioimaging and Open Hardware Training in Africa Read More »

BioRTC is thrilled to announce the launch of its webinar series on 7th March with a talk on the African BioImaging Consortium (ABIC) and the introduction of the ABIC SWIFT award delivered by Dr. Michael Reiche, Director of the new African Microscopy Initiative (AMI) at the University of Cape Town in South Africa and co-founder …

Launch of BioRTC Webinar Series Read More »

BioRTC organized a one-week hands-on workshop on confocal microscopy from January 15th to January 12th, 2023. The workshop was sponsored by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and aimed to provide participants with an understanding of confocal microscopy and how to use it in their research. The program was facilitated by a team of experts, including Dr. …

First BioRTC Quarterly Workshop on Confocal Microscopy Read More »

Earlier today 19th October, 2022, we received a long-awaited shipment of equipment to help us fully set up our tissue culture and cell biology core.

BioRTC recently hosted a successful collaborative science symposium focused on clinical data analysis from October 3rd to 10th, 2022. The symposium brought together a group of 50 clinicians and healthcare professionals from various hospitals in Yobe, who were selected based on their expertise and interest in data analysis. The goal of the symposium was to …

Collaborative Science Symposium with Clinical Data Read More »

The first Biomedical Science Research and Training Centre (BioRTC) Summer School has started this week! After months of planning, organising, and shipping, we are finally at Yobe State University, BioRTC’s home (the university was established in 2006 and home to over 12000 undergraduate and graduate students).  The school focuses on bioimaging, open hardware and Neuroscience …

First Summer School Read More »

BioRTC aims to facilitate research and training of African scientists using state-of-the-art laboratory infrastructure that will enable them to contribute to solving local and global biomedical science problems. A Research Fellow position is currently available at BioRTC for six months as part of the support team for BioRTC’s Bioimaging Network Hub project. This position will …

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BioRTC, a research training institute domiciled in Yobe State, Nigeria, has just been granted the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative grant for expanding global access to bioimaging.  With this grant, BioRTC, in collaboration with TReND in Africa, West Africa Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP- University of Ghana) and Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia, is saddled with …

BioRTC Wins A Grant To Establish A West African Bioimaging Network At Yobe State University Read More »

We excited to announce that we are organising a 2-days symposium to launch the Biomedical Science Research and Training Centre (BioRTC). This will be held virtually via zoom from 2 PM to 6 PM, August 11 and 12, 2021. The primary goal of the meeting is to bring basic and clinical scientists together to share …

BioRTC Launch Symposium (August 11 and 12) Read More »

We are excited to receive a UVP BioDoc-It Imaging Systems from The Francis Crick Institute London through TReND in Africa. This system permits imaging of DNA, RNA, and protein gels.  We are now looking for a gel documentation system for chemiluminescence or fluorescence detection to enable western blotting imaging. We are also looking for vibratome, fluorescence plate reader …

UVP BioDoc-It Imaging Systems donated by Crick Institute Read More »