Riveted by this moving and deeply researched article on the impact of sickle cell disease - and the genetic risk of passing this on to their children - on the lives of people in Nigeria. Hope you all get a chance to read it. Brava Krithika Varagur. harpers.org/archive/2023/0…

Congratulations to Dr. Ekene Emmanuel Nweke, Department of Surgery, for winning the Research Excellence Award for Early Career/Emerging Researchers category. This award recognises outstanding research performance by NRF-funded emerging researchers. #WitsForGood #NRFawards2023

Congrats to Dr Ekene Emmanuel Nweke on receiving a 2023 NRF Research Excellence Award for Early Career/Emerging Researchers in recognition of outstanding research performance by an NRF grantholder. Full profile: nrf.ac.za/about-us/nrf-a… #NRFawards2023

BREAKING NEWS The 2023 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.

Off to a great start with research training at the AORTIC conference. Discussing early career development and the challenges to mentorship @nciglobalhealth @aortic2023

How can we do better to support global cancer early career scientists. Please read and respond to this request for information (RFI). RFIs are a way for us to receive comments and suggestions. Please circulate widely.@NCIGlobalHealth grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/n…

Privileged to have Co-facilitated this session!

It was an absolute pleasure meeting you, Dr Safiatou! Looking forward to future interactions! Thanks to #AORTIC2023 for creating a platform for like-minded individuals to interact!

Congratulations AORTIC for hosting a great #AORTIC2023 in Dakar, Senegal, focusing on cancer in Africa. “The World is Becoming More African”, and we must all take notice. Many thanks to all the partners who made it possible. @NCIGlobalHealth ASCO AACR Roche etc.

🟣It's #WorldPancreaticCancerDay !!🟣 👫 Only together will we change the course of this devastating disease 💜💜💜 ‼️Raise awareness - spread the word‼️

Happy New Year 🎆🎊 🥳 May 2024 bring you all good health, peace of mind and the love of those who matter most in your lives. The rest will follow.

Did you know? In Aug 2023, the NRF honoured some of the country’s high-achieving researchers and scientists at the NRF Awards ceremony in Durban. “The NRF Awards represent a high standard of research excellence,” said Minister Dr Blade Nzimande. More here: nrf.ac.za/2023-nrf-award…

The SAMRC is thrilled to announce the appointment of Prof Ntobeko Ntusi as its new President & CEO, effective 1 July 2024. Prof Ntusi will succeed the esteemed Prof Glenda Gray, who has been the SAMRC President for the past ten years. samrc.ac.za/press-releases…

On day two of the DLD conference, I played a simultaneous chess match against 10 players at once. After an almost two hour battle of wits ,I managed to win all the games. The Chess exhibition helped us raise enough money to support the education of 100 children in our academy.

That amazing paper you spent years on? That amazing breakthrough you had? Very likely you built this following the work of others (very few exceptions), just as others will build off yours. Science is a continuum. Want to leave a lasting legacy in science? Be generous & be kind.

BREAKING NEWS The 2024 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.

BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 #NobelPrize in Physics to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.”

Africa HepatoPancreatoBiliary Cancer Consortium PRECONFERENCE WEBINAR SERIES - Basic and Translational Research Workshop 🗓️ July 16th 2025 ⏰ 09:00 am Central Time USA/ 4 pm Central Africa Time 📌📌📌REGISTRATION LINK: mc-meet.zoom.us/webinar/regist… MEET OUR SPEAKER: Jean-Pierre Kocher Ph.D.

We see our home planet as a whole, lit up in spectacular blues and browns. A green aurora even lights up the atmosphere. That's us, together, watching as our astronauts make their journey to the Moon.