Day 2 at LC2023, Data breakfast session, ⁦Abdul K Sesay⁩ ⁦Oxford Nanopore Events⁩ #NanoporeConf

TB testing is stuck in the previous century In 2023, we can and must do better! thehindu.com/sci-tech/scien… Ramya Kannan The Hindu Science Soumya Swaminathan

Back with my goodies to the smiling coast of West Africa and grateful for the opportunity to attend LC2023 Oxford Nanopore Oxford Nanopore Events Abdul K Sesay

Welcome to the primate genome bonanza! Check out our studies on the whole genomes of 233 primate species that shed light on the evolution of primate genetic diversity and its relevance to understand human diseases! Out now as part of a special issue in Science Magazine 🧵

Headed out of town for the weekend? Listen to Dr. Sesay explain how The Gambia dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic & how it has influenced the country’s preparedness for future viral outbreaks. Find the Lessons from Lab & Life podcast where ever you listen. nebiolabs.com/3CbJ16g

Download our free database of funding opportunities for EARLY-CAREER RESEARCHERS/FACULTY. We list 546 (!) funding opportunities. For each entry, we provide including description (with a link), $ amount, eligibility, and deadline. Download here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-op…

Very proud to have accompanied my friend and colleague Dr Abdul K Sesay to Windsor Palace yesterday to receive his MBE for outstanding contribution to charity and medical research. Abdul heads the genomics core at the MRC unit in The Gambia. Abdul K Sesay MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM

💡 NEW RESEARCH Communications Medicine - Bah et al. characterise the acquisition & carriage of genetically diverse multi-drug resistant gram-negative bacilli in hospitalised newborns in The Gambia | MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM MARCH Centre, LSHTM SesayLabMRCG @drhelbro Why Bah 🇬🇲 🇬🇳 nature.com/articles/s4385…

Mariama A Kujabi Saffie Darboe Abdoulie Kanteh Thushan de Silva Abdul K Sesay Prof Joy Lawn Beate Kampmann

We're delighted to have awarded our inaugural round of #AMR Pilot Grants to two interdisciplinary teams led by Ebenezer Foster-Nyarko and Dr Helen c Brotherton 👏 Find out more about their projects👉 lshtm.ac.uk/research/centr…

Molecular Microbiology Sheffield Wellcome Science at Sheffield The University of Sheffield 😁😁😁 Looking forward to continuing collaborations and building a research team with Henna Khalid Thushan de Silva Craig Murdoch Vanessa Hearnden Roy Chaudhuri Abdul K Sesay Simon Johnston Joey Shepherd

Amazing opportunity to work with a great team in Switzerland and with us MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM Centre on Climate Change & Planetary Health, LSHTM exploring the health effects of extreme #heat in a place that sees temperatures soar above 40C for much of the year #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction

Final day of Medical Research Foundation National PhD Training Programme in AMR #AMR_Training It was a pleasure to talk about my research and also hear about all the interesting work other PhD students across UK are doing to tackle AMR.

With support from Association of Cancer Physicians, The Fundamentals of Cancer #Genomics e-learning resource offers four self-paced modules for clinical oncologists, medical oncologists and AHPs. Find out more: bit.ly/3UlhZ3P Victoria Cuthill MSc RN 💙 Terri McVeigh Alison May Berner 👩🏻‍⚕️🏳️‍🌈🧬👩🏻‍🔬 Roche AstraZeneca

🦠🔬We are excited to announce that the Crick Africa Network The Crick has funding of £7.5 million from LifeArc to support post-doc researchers to become independent scientists. Find out more here: tinyurl.com/597xhc5y 👀👀

“If we have more sequencing available especially in low- & middle-income countries... it will save lives” — Abdul K Sesay Genomics can help to identify pathogens or resolve unknown diseases — but only if a population has access. Learn how nanopore technology can help. ⬇️

🤝It was a great delight to have Dr. Abdul Karim Sesay with us ACEGID. Dr. Sesay is the Head of the Genomics Strategic Core Platform, MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM. He is our collaborator on the #SENZOR project He presented a seminar on his scientific career & ongoing research work with us.

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👋LSHTM is offering 15 Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships for some of our distance learning Master's programmes beginning in October 2024. Each scholarship covers full tuition fees 🧑‍🎓📚 Apply by 28 March 2024✍️ 👉bit.ly/49xf93o

.Mo shares how his team in Saudi Arabia are leveraging nanopore sequencing to tackle unique genetic disorders in the region stemming from consanguinity — overcoming the limitations of traditional sequencing methods.