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BioRTC Permanent Site Completed – A Landmark Achievement for Medical Research in Nigeria We are delighted to announce the completion of the permanent site of BioRTC, a monumental achievement made possible through the unwavering support of the Yobe State Government.

BioRTC Summer 2025 – Capacity, Innovation & Impact We delivered 6 high-impact programmes in Yobe State, bringing world-class expertise from 🇬🇧🇪🇸🇫🇷🇨🇦🇺🇸🇳🇬 to train & mentor the next generation. Thanks to Yobe State Government, @SimonsFdn , @SussexNeuro, IDIBAPS Barcelona & others

📢 High school & undergrad students, this is for you! Join NextGen Neuro-School 2025 🧠 (22–28 Sept), a week-long online #neuroscience intensive to spark curiosity & build skills organised by our #TReNDCaMinA Alumni. ⏳ Deadline: 12 Sept 👉 Apply here: https://t.co/Cf23IOEACO

Launching an Ambitious Dementia Research Cohort in Northern Nigeria 🧠🌍 After weeks of training and preparation, we have officially begun participant recruitment for my @wellcometrust-funded #Dementia Project in Northern #Nigeria as part of the @DementiaNorthNG . As part of

As part of my @wellcometrust-funded Career Development Award aimed at developing an ancestry-informed dementia cohort and Africa's first open-access iPSC biobank, we held a major capacity-building session yesterday in Damaturu. The training focused on core components of the

Our 5th International Summer School is here! It features:  1. AI Workshops for Government Officials 2. Computational #Neuroscience Training 3. Award Ceremony for #Yobe State Innovation Challenge 4. Turbaning of our Director @mahmoudbukar as Shettima Ilmube of Damaturu Emirate

🚨 We are hiring at BioRTC! Join us in advancing research & innovation in Africa. 🔬 Roles: Research Fellow (Neuroscience) Research Fellow (Tropical Diseases) Biomedical/Hardware Engineer 📍 Damaturu, Yobe, Nigeria 🗓 Deadline: 19 June 2025 🔗 Apply: https://t.co/YppYhX2cW2

What a team! How best to deliver infrastructure with impact. Members from Brasil, Nigeria, S Africa, USA, AZ, GSK, @iolightmicro still energised after 2 long and very productive days. Thanks @wellcometrust for supporting this fast developing resource. See tags for team and

🚨 BioRTC featured in @naturemethods! We are proud to be highlighted as a key #imaging access & training hub in West Africa, thanks to strong support from Yobe State Government @czi. 🧪📍Read more: https://t.co/fKMZdusAfW

Congratulations to us🎉👏👏🎉 My boss have been awarded @wellcometrust career development award🔥🔥🔥 #BioRTCNIG

CellPhePy is now available 🎉🎉🎉 in the @JofMicroscopy. A python version for #CellPhe. See https://t.co/9ZQgJbHCva Thanks @BBSRC and @wellcometrust for funding

1/ 🌍 It’s finally out! Introducing the #AfricaniPSCInitiative, an open-access Somatic & Stem Cell Bank featuring rigorously profiled #iPSC lines from indigenous Africans. Huge thanks to @karchlab, who helped make this possible. See: https://t.co/EikMHu2pHI

Honoured to have given a plenary talk at the #SCMN conference last week in Edinburgh on our efforts to generate diverse #iPSCs from Indigenous Africans to model neurodegenerative diseases. It was equally inspiring to learn from so many brilliant speakers—especially plenary

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Honoured to have received the Outstanding Early-Career Impact Award from the @SussexUni for my work on #iPSCs from Indigenous #Africans. Grateful to my team, mentors, and collaborators, as well as our funders, who make this work possible.

Excited to announce our advanced AI workshop! Building on last year’s success, this year, we will focus on those with programming experience to enable them to fine-tune multimodal AI models for real-world applications. Apply via: https://t.co/QtEBTLMxNf

Honoured and thrilled to be invited to deliver a plenary at #SCMND2025 this March! I will be sharing our work on generating diverse #iPSC models from Indigenous Africans to explore the role of ancestry in dementia mechanisms. 🖋 Abstract submission deadline: 31 Jan 🔗

Last week, I had the privilege of sharing our work on #Alzheimer at the @UKParliament during an event celebrating 20 years of @BSMSMedSchool. I engaged with many parliamentarians from both Houses, including junior ministers and Shadow Cabinet members and discussed our ongoing

🎊🎉Happy birthday H.E. Wish you long life and prosperity.