Excited to share our latest collaborative work led by Mahmoud Bukar Maina PhD FRSA and posted on bioRxiv. Please help us retweet for wider reach. bioRxiv: biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… 1/n

So proud of Royhaan Folarin whose group is using open science to build most of their behavioral equipment to understand psychiatric disorders using fruit flies SONA TReND in Africa

A piece of open field microscope, built and assembled at the BioRTC-ISN Pan-African Summer, Yobe state Nigeria. BioRTC ,International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN) Mahmoud Bukar Maina PhD FRSA

A Drosophila larva seen under the constructed and assembled microscope at the BioRTC-ISN Pan-Africa summer school 2023.BioRTC ,International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN) Mahmoud Bukar Maina PhD FRSA

An insight in to the naked science with Dr Dr. Karen Marshall, university of Sussex, UK. Thanks to our mentor Mahmoud Bukar Maina PhD FRSA ,BioRTC ,University of Sussex ,Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and ,TReND in Africa

#BringBackFugusGirls Retweet aggressively, Nigeria Police Force Nigerian Army Department of State Services (DSS) Bola Ahmed Tinubu

Prospective PhD students, amazing opportunity here! Exciting science and a wonderful supervisor 👇

Special thanks to FlyBase and CAMRET, UDUS, SOKOTO for enabling this workshop. We are deeply appreciative of TReND in Africa, @DrosAfrica, and @Poppi62 for their invaluable training and support!!!! Just GMT, PhD BioRTC #Droso4Nigeria23

Exploring the origin of oneself is inherently intriguing, and what better model to illustrate evolution than Drosophila? Thanks John Pool UW Madison Genetics for the explicit talk!! FlyBase CAMRET, UDUS, SOKOTO @DrosAfrica @Poppi62 BioRTC Just GMT, PhD Drosophilosopher🔬💊 TReND in Africa

How sweet to see the faces of these budding biology teachers glaring with joy and the fire to apply all the skills learnt in the classroom. We QueenR are thankful CAMRET, UDUS, SOKOTO FlyBase #droso4nigeria23

A heartfelt thank you to Droso4Nig and Queen Droso for the incredible opportunity to contribute as a trainer in the biology teachers-in-training workshop. Grateful for the chance to be part of this impactful experience. QueenR,CAMRET, UDUS, SOKOTO ,TReND in Africa ,BioRTC

Alhaji Sabiu Muhammad with his daughters were also kidnapped at his residence in Gusau, and the kidnappers are asking for N100m ransom. #Najeebahandhersisters aren't rescued while Nabeeha was killed, yet there's a new family! This the situation of Nigeria, Arewa in particular,

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Finally got my network back after almost two weeks! Huge shoutout to ncc.gov.ng, NCC Consumers for their efforts in resolving the issue. Now eagerly awaiting compensation from 9mobile for the inconvenience caused. #NetworkRestored #ThankYouNCC #AwaitingCompensation

Our very own paper, I express my deepest appreciation to my supervisors, especially my mentor and boss Adamu Abubakar SADEEQ,PhD FASLN and Mahmoud Bukar Maina PhD FRSA of BioRTC for facilitating the acquisition of our flies and the training given to us by the centre.

A brilliant boy, Kaduna-based Salmanu Isa, scored straight A's in nine subjects in his 2023 WAEC. I have never seen such a feat in recent times. Unfortunately, neither the WAEC body recognized nor did the government reward his efforts. These are the types of achievements we need