@BioRTCNig

Building the future of African bioscience through open-access research infrastructure, training & innovation. Founded through global partnerships

 Yobe State University, Nigeria
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Joined December 2020
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We're honored to grace the cover of @EJNeuroscience! 🌟 Our mission to transform biomedical science in #Nigeria has been a journey of passion & perseverance. Discover our story and the impact we're making loom.ly/XWCaRT4. Thank you to everyone who believes in us!

Setting up a state‐of‐the‐art laboratory in resource limited settings: A case study of the biomed...

Through diverse local and international stakeholder engagements, contributions and donations, the Biomedical Science Research and Training Centre was established at Yobe State University. It is...

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📣 Discover @EJNeuroscience! 🌍 Read the fascinating story behind @BioRTCNig, a state-of-the-art biomedical hub in Northeast #Nigeria. 🌟 Read the full open editorial at: loom.ly/XWCaRT4 @mahmoudbukar @JohnnyFoxe @WileyNeuro #EJN: Your Journal, Your Community!
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Yesterday, a BioRTC delegation led by our Director, Professor Mahmoud Bukar Maina, visited the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) at the invitation of its Acting Chief Medical Director to discuss opportunities for institutional collaboration.
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The meeting was very productive, with several areas of potential collaboration identified, including joint research through the UMTH Neuroscience and Stroke Centre, capacity building, scientific training, and joint applications for competitive research grants.
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The meeting concluded with plans to establish a joint collaboration committee to take these discussions forward, beginning with practical activities that can be implemented in the short term while developing longer-term research partnerships.
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Over 200 km 4 a day of science at BioRTC We welcomed 80 #Anatomy students & 3 lecturers from Sa’adu Zungur University, Gadau, Bauchi. Their journey speaks to an important part of why BioRTC exists: to make research infrastructure, expertise & training accessible in our region
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They were also introduced to genomics, tissue culture, proteomics, Drosophila research and open science. For many, it was their first opportunity to encounter technologies they had previously learned about mainly through lectures and textbooks.
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This is part of the ecosystem we are building: excellent science in our region, accessible to the next generation of African scientists.
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Retinal Imaging Comes to the SAHEL Study A Topcon Maestro2 optical coherence tomography (OCT) retinal imaging system has arrived @BioRTCNig. This will allow us to investigate relationships between the eye, brain ageing and dementia in our SAHEL cohort of 1,100+ participants.
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This happened via a new collaboration with Prof. Cecilia Lee and Prof. @TaYoshimatsu @WashU that will bring their expertise in vision to the SAHEL Study.
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Members of the BioRTC team and collaborating clinicians from Yobe State University Teaching Hospital have already completed training on the new system, and preparations are underway for its first deployment in the SAHEL Study.
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Finally, Kaosarat Ganiyu from the @mahmoudbukar lab presented her work, on “Defining Tau Species associated with Nucleolar Dysfunction and Nuclear Stress Responses in Models of 4R Tauopathy.” @NSNSecretariat.
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Kaosarat's research is supported by @CurePSP. We are grateful for their support of this work. 🧠🔬
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At the ongoing @NSNSecretariat conference, Amina Umar Faruk from @mahmoudbukar lab presented her work on integrating gut microbiota, #APOE genotype, environmental exposures and dietary patterns to investigate cognitive decline in an ancestrally diverse Sahelian population. 🧠🦠🧬
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Excellent talk by Alameen Mukhtar from the @mahmoudbukar Lab at the ongoing @NSNSecretariat conference. Alameen presented his work investigating how dityrosine oxidation affects the aggregation, seeding competence and propagation of #tau.
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Brilliant talk by Mubarak Ismail from the @mahmoudbukar Lab at @NSNSecretariat conference! 👏🏾 He presented his work using label-free quantitative phase imaging to reveal tau-associated alterations in nuclear structure in live cells. Thanks to @YorkBioimaging for support
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Next, Dr @alkhamis3322 presented his work on the generation of #iPSC lines from an #African centenarian, contributing to efforts to increase African representation in human cellular models of ageing and disease. @NSNSecretariat
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Members of the @mahmoudbukar Lab are at the @NSNSecretariat Annual Conference. 5 members of the lab will be giving oral presentations, while others will be presenting posters. The day kicked off with a talk by Dr Suleiman Kwairanga on “Decoding the APOE Paradox in #Alzheimer’s.
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Congratulations to @usman_dawoud, who today received an Award of Recognition from the Nigerian Army for his contribution to its Maiden Biosafety & Biosecurity Training in the North East. Our appreciation to Lt Col I.F. Sawa and the Nigerian Army for the recognition.
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We hosted 30+ Nigerian Army officers from seven facilities across Yobe & Borno during the Army’s Maiden Biosafety & Biosecurity Implementation Workshop in the North East. The participants saw biorisk management and the hierarchy of controls implemented within BioRTC laboratories
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