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The Alba Diversity PodcastALBA-IBRO Miniseries - Episode 2: Neuroscience for all: building global research capacityThe ALBA-IBRO Podcast Miniseries is a collection of three episodes designed to provide a broader audience with exclusive insights into the topics covered at ALBA-IBRO diversity and inclusion events held during three international conferences in 2023.
For the second episode, we are at the IBRO World Congress 2023 on 9-13 September in Granada, Spain. The ALBA Network and the IBRO Early Career Committee partnered to facilitate a wide-ranging discussion of what neuroscientists can do as a community to build research capacity in the Global South, and how this increase in local capacities for research and innovation can, in the bro...2023-10-0536 min
The MicroscopistsMahmoud Maina (BioRTC), Ben Loos (SABI), and Caron Jacobs (ABIC)#60 — In this episode of The Microscopists, Peter O'Toole is joined by three representatives of bioimaging networks in Africa: Caron Jacobs of the African BioImaging Consortium (ABIC), Ben Loos of the South African BioImaging Community (SABI) and Mahmoud Maina of the Biomedical Science Research and Training Centre (BioRTC) at Yobe State University. They discuss how their communities operate, and what the challenges are for researchers using microscopy in Africa. We learn about equipment shortages and lack of local training, and we hear about researchers who keep the communities running on a volunteer basis.Watch or Listen to all ep...2023-01-201h 18
Brain TalksAdvancing neuroscience across AfricaToday we turn the spotlight to neuroscience in Africa and discuss with leading researchers from the region how the African neuroscience community has come together to identify challenges and opportunities in the region, explore possible solutions, and discover unique and important avenues for research.We are delighted to welcome Dr Mahmoud Bukar Maina, Research Fellow in Neuroscience at the University of Sussex and Professor Sadiq Yusaf, Board Member of the International Brain Research Organisation (IBRO) Africa Regional Committee and President of the Society of Neuroscientists of Africa (SONA).Discover more on:ibro.org/regions/africa-committee2022-07-2838 min