Growing

IBR has a new fridge!!!

Some pics

I have uploaded some pictures of the travels I managed to do last month. Forgive me if I don’t upload them again but it took me a whole day to get them up once, plus, we pay per Mb over here, and since they don’t speak Spanish anyway, you can go to the other blog to see them. I hope you like them!

Vote for us

Two of our MSc students have entered the Dell Education Challenge. Help them get to the semifinal voting for them on the challenge website. Help empower these two promissing scientists make their idea of promoting science among children a reality.

note: I think you have to register to vote for them. Please, take a few minutes to do it and help us out.

We look for partner institutions in the US

In case someone new to this blog arrives to this post, let me introduce ourselves. The Kampala International University is a non-for-profit private tertiary institution with base in Uganda. It has campuses in Kampala (capital of Uganda), Ishaka (Western Uganda) and Dar-es-Salam (largest city in Tanzania). The person typing the keys is the director of the Institute of Biomedical Research that KIU recently created at the School of Health Sciences in Ishaka.

Our efforts are focussed in providing facilities, training and support to local researchers so they can develop their research agendas aimed to alleviate Africa’s disease burden. In these efforts, we are open to collaborations with any institution that values the social impact that science and scientists can have. their role in the development of low and middle income countries. Below you can find information about a call that could help us pursue our goals together with yours.

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=204133

Document Type: Grants Notice

Funding Opportunity Number: APS-ASHA-13-000001

Opportunity Category: Discretionary

Posted Date: Oct 15, 2012

Creation Date: Oct 15, 2012

Original Closing Date for Applications: Apr 15, 2013

Current Closing Date for Applications: Apr 15, 2013

Archive Date: May 15, 2013

Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
Grant

Category of Funding Activity: Education, Health

Award Ceiling: $2,000,000

Award Floor: $0

CFDA Number(s):
98.006 -- Foreign Assistance to American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA)

Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

Eligible Applicants

Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education

Additional Information on Eligibility:

Agency Name

Agency for International Development

Description

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Office of American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA), is accepting funding applications from U.S. Organizations that assist schools, libraries and medical centers outside the United States to serve as study and demonstration centers for American ideas and practices.

I am setting up a lab in Africa

see what I have been doing with my holiday…

We are moving

Follow how our last adventure develops through the Uganda MolBio blog. We are moving!!

What we need to give a Molecular Biology Course in Uganda

Can someone help us out getting some of these?
Tris base
EDTA pH8.0
Sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS)
NaCl
KCl
Na₂HPO₄
KH₂PO₄
Acetic acid
Glycine
Bromophenol blue
Dithiothreitol
ß-mercaptoethanol
Phenol
Chloroform
Iso-amyl alcohol
Tryptone
Yeast extracts
NaOH
Ethanol
MgCl2
CaCl2
Na2 Acetate
Potassium acetate
hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB)
Protinese K enzyme
Ammonium acetate
Tips for micropipettes (white, yellow and blue colors)
Latex gloves
Eppendorf tubes
Black and white polaroid films
Taq Polymerase
dNTPS 100 mM
PCR buffers 10X
pGEM-T vector (a set with relevant cutting enzymes)
Agarose powder
Restriction Enzymes (HindIII, EcoRI, BamHI)
DNA ladders (100 base pair, 1KB)
Ethidium Bromide
Agarose gel loading buffers

THANKS IN ADVANCE JUST FOR TRYIING

Drop me an e-mail if you get anything amigosdeibruganda(arroba)gmail.com

More information about the course on this other blog

By the way, if anyone is interested in volunteer-teach at the event, do not hesitate to contact me.