[Lfm] LFM December special lecture: 7th December

[Nicolas Tapon]

Dear LFMers,

Our annual London Fly Meeting December special lecture will showcase the exciting work from Drosafrica<https://drosafrica.org/> and TReND in Africa<https://trendinafrica.org/> to promote teaching and research in Africa.

Wednesday 7th December at 5.30pm-6.30pm, Auditorium 1
The Francis Crick Institute (and on Zoom – details below)

Programme:
Isabel Palacios (QMUL)
            DrosAfrica: Building an African biomedical research community using Drosophila
Lucia Prieto Godino (The Francis Crick Institute)
TReND in Africa: a multi-prong approach to promote scientific research and education in the African continent.
Monsurat T. Gbadamosi (Vivan Therapeutics)
            On becoming a Nigerian fly Scientist: My Journey
Amos Abolaji (University of Ibadan, Nigeria)
            Driving Drosophila Initiative in Nigeria: From Two Vials of Flies to Drosophila Laboratories.
Mahmoud Maina (Sussex University and Yobe State University, Nigeria)
            BioRTC: Establishing an open access centre of excellence in Nigeria.
Angela M. Danborno (Bingham University, Nigeria)
            Girls and Women's Education in Neuroscience in Nigeria: Support from TReND.
Panel discussion and questions

The meeting will be followed by pizzas and refreshments. If you are attending in person, please arrive between 5.15 and 5.30pm. You will first need to check in with the security desk near the seminar rooms, who will have your name on a guest list if you are subscribed to the LFM mailing list.  Any attendees not subscribed will need to grab one of the Crick scientists who will be waiting at the entrance, and they will then help take you through security.

Zoom details:
https://crick.zoom.us/j/65199976556?pwd=MDlOM25qOFJMMFZiUWxEV1dPNk5Jdz09

Meeting ID: 651 9997 6556
Passcode: 085444

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All the best,

Nic and Isa



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