Transcript overview - TReND in Africa

Higher Education in the Developing World
Tom Baden &
Lucia Prieto Godino
www.TReNDinAfrica.com
Diseases of the developing world
Tuberculosis
Malaria
Cholera
Scientific research
www.worldmapper.org
Education in the developing world
Primary school
University / Polytechniques
Secondary school
Scientific research
www.worldmapper.org
Scientific publications from Africa
There are some hotspots!
How bad is it?
It is easy to be fatalistic about
science in sub-Saharan Africa.
Researchers there face so
many systemic problems —
poor facilities, lack of funding,
corruption and government
instability — that it seems
impossible for any single willing
scientist in the developed world
to make a difference for their
African counterparts.
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„Promoting Neuroscience
Education and Research in
sub-Saharan Africa“
Teaching and
Research in
Neuroscience for
Development...
...in Africa
Key activities:
Organise Neuroscience courses at local universities
Establish permanent research facilities at local universities
Establish fully accredited Neuroscience degrees within Africa
www.TReNDinAfrica.com
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What is TReND?
1) A bunch of motivated people...
2) An African partner institution...
3) Support from Western
Universities, Organisations,
Companies and Individual
scientists...
Slater Fund
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Uganda
Uganda
- Population: 33 million
- Languages: English, Luganda
- GNI per capita: 460$ (Germany: 43000$)
- 52% below poverty line of 1.25$/day
Enrollment
- Primary:
- Secondary:
- Teritiary:
82%
25%
2%,
doubling every 3 years
~ 60 universities and polytechnics
Source: UNICEF
Kampala International University, Western Campus
1) Summer schools
Students from 6 African countries…
Faculty from Europe and USA
Summer Schools
2011
- 3 weeks
- 15 Students
(Uganda, Nigeria, Kenya, Cameroon,
Malawi, Tanzania)
- 5 faculty
(3 Postdocs, 2 PIs from Cambridge,
Tübingen, Seville, San Diego)
- Budget ~10,000 Euros
- 3 weeks
- 17 Students
(Uganda, Nigeria, Kenya)
- 14 faculty
(2 PhD students, 6 Postdocs, 6 PIs from
U Cambridge, UCL, U Tübingen, MPI Munich,
U Lausanne, Karolinska, KIU)
- Budget ~35,000 Euros
2012
Course content 2012
1st IBRO school on Insect Neuroscience and Drosophila Neurogenetics
Week 1
Introduction to:
- Organisation of the
nervous system
- Neurophysiology
- Drosophila genetics
and
- Scientific method and
ethics
- Statistics
- Grant writing
- How to run a fly lab
- Open source
Week 2
Choice between modules
1)
Auditory systems
2)
Drosophila as model
for disease
3)
Development of the
nervous system
Week 3
Choice between modules
1)
Visual systems
2)
Olfactory systems
3)
How to build your
own equipment
Theoretical Sessions
~60 hours worth of theoretical lectures/tutorials (3-4h/day)
Practical Sessions
~150 hours worth of practical sessions (4-6h/day)
Field work
Catching some wild insects
Creative solutions
Feedback
www.SALGsite.org
2) Science Equipment for Africa
Science Equipment for Africa
Science Equipment for Africa
Cambridge
Janelia Farm
Tübingen
Lausanne
Seattle
Step 1: gather donated equipment at a few places around the world
Science Equipment for Africa
Cambridge
Tübingen
Janelia Farm
Lausanne
Seattle
Ishaka, Uganda
Step 2:
- Equipment will enter online database – African Universities can
then receive equipment directly if they pay for shipping
- Unclaimed equipment will be shipped to KIU, Uganda
Science Equipment for Africa
Cambridge
Tübingen
Janelia Farm
Lausanne
Seattle
Ishaka, Uganda
Step 3:
- Key equipment stays at KIU
- Excess eqipment is shipped locally to other African Universities
Institute for Biomedical Research at KIU
http://shs.kiu.ac.ug/index.php/institute-of-biomedical-research/about-the-institute
Science Equipment for Africa
We need:
Equipment: almost any working condition and complete equipment
- e.g. Laptops, Gel Chambers, Amplifiers, AD boards, PCRs,
Sequencers, Centrifuges, Pipettes....
Consumables if they are new (sealed)
- e.g. Eppendorf, Pipette tips, Molecular Biology „kits“
Teaching materials
- textbooks (hard copy and pdf, but legal copies please)
- software packages
3) MSc Neuroscience at KIU
- 2nd Neuroscience MSc in east Africa
- due to launch in spring 2013
- ~30 students from all over Africa
- 1.5 year programme including research project
- Core faculty from KIU
- Volunteer faculty from Europe/North America
What can you do?
1) Spread the word!
2) Ask around if anyone has spare equpiment
3) If you know of funding opportunities,
please get in contact
4) For the keen:
Organise your own course!
The future…
Thanks to…
TReND
Dr. Lucia Prieto Godino
Prof. Sadiq Yusuf
Alberto Maria Forte, MD
Florian Schmidth Amelung
Guillermo Prieto Godino
Dr. Isabel Peset Martin
Dr. Jelena Aleksic
Dr. Solenn Patalano
Dr. Christian Puller
Dr. Stefan Pulver
Partners in Africa
Prof. Adedeji Ahmed
Dr. Peter Ekanem
Dr. Ponchang Wuyep
Dr. Kintu Mugaga
Dr. Francis Ndagire
Dr. Marta Vicente-Crespo
Yunusa Garba
Alfred Okpanachi
Ritah Nabirumbi
Jimmy Olusakin
Mesole Bulaji
Dare Samuel
Pascal Twinomugisha
Volunteer Teachers
Dr. Alexander Arenz
Prof. Mike Bate
Dr. Jimena Berni
Robin Kemmler
Jorge Castillo Quan
Dr. Berthold Hedwig
Dr. Adria Le Boeuf
Dr. Dolores Martin Bermudo
Dr. Alex Mauss
Dr. Isabel Palacios
Dr. Horst Schneider
Prof. Abdul Mohammed
Dr. Marta Vicente
Further Support
Abdul Mohammed, Jim Haseloff, Jim Ajioka, Leon Lagnado, Berthold Hedwig, Simon Laughlin, Holger Krapp, Hugh Robinson, Glenn
Harris, Mike Bate, Michael Akam, Stefan Pulver, Felix Evers, Paola Cognigni, Adelaine Leung, Jill Pen, Jean-Paul Vincent, Matt Williams,
Ana Florencia Silberling, Thomas Euler, Richard Benton, Axel Borst, Stefan Pulver, Linda Partidge, Matthias Gerbering, Philipp Berens,
Alexander Eckers, Glen Harris, Horst Herbert, Christine v Hertzberg, Jim Hasseloff, Christopher Zaugg, Martine Trevisan, Christian
Frankhausen and many more...
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