Updates

The Biomedical Science Research and Training Centre (BioRTC) warmly congratulates Prof. Yakaka Bilkisu Bukar Maina on her promotion to the rank of Professor of Energy and Environmental Development at the University of Maiduguri (2023/2024 academic session).Prof. Yakaka, a valued member of the BioRTC Advisory Board, is a leading scholar in the fields of sustainable energy, environmental development, and climate resilience.

Congratulations to Muktar Lawan and Medina Sani, Research Assistants at BioRTC, on being awarded the i4all Grant to attend advanced microscopy training. Muktar will be heading to the United Kingdom, while Medina will attend a specialised course in Czechia—both opportunities designed to deepen technical expertise in cutting-edge imaging techniques. This milestone reflects BioRTC’s continued investment in human capital development and

BioRTC is proud to celebrate Ganiyu Kaosara, a Research Assistant working under the supervision of Mahmoud Bukar Maina, Director of BioRTC, on being awarded the prestigious CurePSP Fellowship. Her research focuses on how different tau biochemical states drive rDNA activity and nucleolar dysfunction in tauopathies—an emerging area critical to understanding the mechanisms underlying primary tauopathies and related neurodegenerative diseases. In

BioRTC congratulates Mubarak Ismaila, a Research Assistant in the Mahmoud Bukar Maina Lab, on securing a travel fellowship to present his research at the Global Tau Conference in Washington DC, USA. At the conference, he will showcase work on label-free imaging of cells with tau mutations, contributing to ongoing efforts to better understand the cellular mechanisms underlying tauopathies. This opportunity

Last year, BioRTC, in collaboration with Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) (Barcelona, Spain), led by Prof. Alberto Compte, and University of Sussex led by Prof. Miguel Maravall, initiated the development of a computational neuroscience cluster to serve Nigeria and the wider West African region. This effort, supported by the Simons Foundation and the Yobe State Government, led

During the commissioning of our permanent facility in January, our founder and Director, Prof. Mahmoud Bukar Maina, presented a case for strengthening BioRTC through the recruitment and formalisation of key staff, particularly those who had been supporting the Centre on a part-time basis. His Excellency graciously approved this request during his address. We are therefore pleased to announce that, as