[Lfm] Materials/equipment, etc...donations for DrosAfrica African collaborators

[Isabel Palacios]

Hi Andrew,
Regarding the email below, are you in today for me to check the slides?
Thanks

Isabel M Palacios
Fogg Building | QMUL Mile End, London
https://palacioslabqmul.squarespace.com<https://palacioslabqmul.squarespace.com/>
Founder of DrosAfrica (http://drosafrica.org<http://drosafrica.org/>)
EMBO Member

From: Andrew Leitch <a.r.leitch at qmul.ac.uk>
Date: Tuesday, 24 March 2026 at 12:54
To: Isabel Palacios <i.palacios at qmul.ac.uk>
Cc: lfm at londonflymeeting.org <lfm at londonflymeeting.org>; sbbs-allstaff at qmlists.qmul.ac.uk <sbbs-allstaff at qmlists.qmul.ac.uk>; charityboard at drosafrica.org <charityboard at drosafrica.org>; Jose Casal <jec85 at cam.ac.uk>; Julien Gautrot <j.gautrot at qmul.ac.uk>; Alex Clark <alex.j.clark at qmul.ac.uk>; Richard Grose <r.p.grose at qmul.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Materials/equipment, etc...donations for DrosAfrica African collaborators

I have about ‘ 1 million’ slides of all sorts, perhaps we need to talk? All rescued from the skip.

Best

A
Sent from my iPhone

On 24 Mar 2026, at 12:14, Isabel Palacios <i.palacios at qmul.ac.uk> wrote:


Dear all,
I hope this message finds you well. As you may know, our charity DrosAfrica (www.drosafrica.org<http://www.drosafrica.org/>) is working to advance African research, in part by setting up a connected network of Drosophila labs. To support these goals, we are reaching out to request donations of equipment, consumables, and surplus items. We are happy to receive second-hand/surplus/opened/ or leftover items in good working condition, including partially used consumables or older models.

Please feel free to forward this message to others in your network who may be able to help.

Please see attached a file with categorised items (as a list, or in table format at the end of the file)

Now we have three projects ongoing that the material can be used for: One in collaboration with Droso4Nigeria (www.droso4nigeria.wordpress.com<http://www.droso4nigeria.wordpress.com/>), and another with Rwanda (https://firat.rw/partners). In addition, we aim to enhance biology education in secondary schools using hands-on resources and visual tools to make science more practical, engaging, and relevant to young learners (with https://blostemei.org/).

More projects will pop up in any case in the future, so any materials, etc…available at any time, please let us know

Thanks!

Isabel M Palacios
Fogg Building | QMUL Mile End, London
https://palacioslabqmul.squarespace.com<https://palacioslabqmul.squarespace.com/>
Founder of DrosAfrica (http://drosafrica.org<http://drosafrica.org/>)
EMBO Member

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