NIMR holds 2017 Molecular Biology Workshop – Vanguard

By Oluwatobi Alabi

OLECULAR Biology and Biotechnology Department of Nigeria Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) will be holding its seventh Annual Molecular Biology Hands-on-Training workshop.

The 2017 Molecular Biology Hand-on-training workshop with the theme: Protein Expression is schedule to hold from August 7-11, 2017 at NIMR conference room, Yaba, Lagos.

Areas which the conference will focus on during the five-day Hands-on-Training workshop include: Current Methods in Molecular Biology,Ethical issues of challenges in Genetic Research, Molecular Evolution of viruses of Public Health Importance: from Genomics to Proteomics, Introduction and Principles of SDS-PAGE and Basic Protein Interaction Techniques.

Also, there will be practical sessions on PCR, SDS-PAGE and Western Blotting. The Molecular Biology hands-on-Training workshop started in 2009 with the theme Molecular Biology and Biotechnology: Roadmap to Specific Diagnosis. The themes for the previous years are: Molecular Biology: The Backbone of Evidence-based Medicine (2010); Role of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology in Research and Development (2011); Emerging Infectious Diseases: Combating multi-drug resistance using molecular biology approach (2012); The Importance of Molecular Biology Typing Techniques in Disease Mapping (2013); Practical Applications of Genetic Markers (2014).

The idea of MBBT hands-on-training workshop was first muted informally in 2007/2008. In 2009, a total of 48 participants were in attendance with 2010, recording 40 participants.

Hands-on-training workshop

In 2011 and 2012, 12 and 14 participants respectively attended workshops. In 2013, a total of 36 participants were in attendance and in 2014, 16 participants were in attendance.

Over the years a total of 166 participants have attended the hands-on-training workshop that had reached a spanning six geopolitical zones. The first two years witnessed guest speakers such as Prof. Bamidele Solomon (former DG, NABDA) and Dr. Ejifome (former member of NIMR Board) who chaired the workshop opening ceremony. The Director-General of Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Prof. Babatunde Lawal Salako is the Chief Host for the 2017 Molecular Biology workshop.

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