A call to action from Dr. Auer's paper: Greater investment in #GenomeEditing research & infrastructure is crucial for Africa's future. Let's make it happen! #InvestInScience #GEd bit.ly/3xaufNV

Joining the teaching team this year is Marcus Ghosh a Research Fellow I-X Welcome to the team Marcus!! 🥳🥳 #VolunteerAppreciation

Meet Saskia, the Associate Director of Data and Outreach from Allen Institute. She will travel with us to Rwanda to teach our students all about their public datasets in a hands-on tutorial✈️🇷🇼 Thank you Saskia for the amazing work you 've been doing! #VolunteerAppreciation

Returning for a second year as an Organizing and Teaching Assistant is Burak Gür, a postdoctoral researcher FMI science 🪰⏲️ Thank you Burak for your support and the ideas you bring! #VolunteerAppreciation

Universities worldwide partner with TReND in Africa to give your PhD students opportunities to drive change through science and education. Get involved and help us expand the frontiers of knowledge and innovation! ow.ly/CV2r50REbcY #GlobalEducation #VolunteerImpact

📚💡 From Sussex to Malawi: Dexter's journey with TReND in Africa showcases the transformative power of volunteering. Inspire your students to contribute to global scientific advancements. Join us! Full story: bit.ly/3JXgXHJ #ScienceForGood #ChangeMakers

An example of what TReND is all about, ari, a Research Associate Carnegie Mellon University Africa, was a student of the 1st cohort of CaMinA and is back this year as a Teaching Assistant🤩🤩 Thank you Arisema for being such an active member of our community! #VolunteerAppreciation

Patience Bwire, a master student Carnegie Mellon University Africa, has offered to support us with local preparations and as a teaching assistant. Thank you Patience for becoming part of the team!🤗 #VolunteerAppreciation

Meet delphine nyaboke, a master student Carnegie Mellon University Africa. She joined the team as a teaching assistant and a support for on-site preparations💪⭐️ Thank you Delphine for volunteering with us! #VolunteerAppreciation

Just under 3 weeks until the TReND-CaMinA course at Carnegie Mellon University Africa! Many of our scientists and experts will be traveling to Rwanda and leading hands-on data analysis tutorials on our #OpenScience datasets.

To all TReND in Africa friends currently at #FENS2024, let's make booth #503 our meeting point Come find me Friday and Saturday and find out the latest TReND (CaMinA) news! A big thank you to Open Source Neuro Maxime JY Zimmermann for hosting us!

Second year for our Computational Neuroscience and Machine Learning course! We hear that the students are very motivated and excited🤗 Very proud of this team for all they have achieved🤩

Day 1 & 2 snapshots A refresher of basic python🐍& neurobiology🧠concepts, some hot debates🔥, a very fun team building activity🤩 and our students are now ready for the next chapter! Thank you Burak Gür Artemis Koumoundourou Gabriela Michel Emmanuel & Tom George for organizing this!

We are extremely happy to see institutes such as the Allen Institute aligning with our vision and actively contributing to our efforts of knowledge transfer to Africa🤩 We hope your team enjoyed the TReND-CaMinA experience and will continue supporting it in the future!

📢GOOD NEWS! The Africa Microscopy Initiative, in partnership with ZEISS Microscopy will distribute refurbished research-grade light microscopes to African Scientists. Read more and APPLY: equipment.microscopy.africa/peer-apply Deadline: 13 September 2024

For our latest Colleague with a Story we chat with Artemis Koumoundourou, postdoctoral researcher in the Lab of Synapse Biology and Executive Director at TReND in Africa, a non-profit organization supporting scientific capacity-building across Africa 🚀↘️ blog.vib.be/building-scien…

Have you applied to our #Research Development #Fellowship Programme? What we offer: ✅3️⃣- 9️⃣ month placement at a leading research institution in the UK, Europe or 🌍🌍 ✅Up to £47,000 available 🖊 Apply here: bit.ly/3A6E1lM 🗓 Deadline: 4 October 2024

🤩Check out this short interview with our own Artemis Koumoundourou about her work at TReND "I think a supportive work environment is key to cushioning the stress that comes with working on such a large-scale initiative."

We were delighted to support TReND-CaMinA, a #ComputationalNeuroscience & #MachineLearning summer school in Africa 🌍💻 Check out our latest blog for insights from one of the organisers - SWC PhD student @tomnotgeorge 🔗 sainsburywellcome.org/web/blog/trend… A 🧵on the journey ⬇️

It was a true pleasure to welcome scientists from the Allen Institute to our TReND-CaMinA summer school in Rwanda, where they contributed to our mission of building a truly global scientific community! 🌍🧠 Thank you Michael Buice, Saskia de Vries, Po-Chen (Frederic) Kuo, Tom Chartrand