15 Outstanding Research Institutions Selected for Instrumental Access 2017 Program
This year's awardees for the Seeding Labs program were selected from a pool of 65 applications sent from 24 countries
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On March 22, Seeding Labs held its Positively Instrumental: Celebrating the Power of Global Science event at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research in Cambridge, MA.
The annual event gives thanks to the nonprofit’s various partners and is also the launching pad for the year’s Instrumental Access program awardees. Through the program, talented researchers in developing countries are awarded donated lab equipment that they wouldn’t otherwise be able to access.
“Positively Instrumental was truly a night celebrating the power of global science,” said Seeding Labs founder and CEO Nina Dudnik, PhD, in a press release from the nonprofit organization. “The diverse community represented at the event was a testament to our belief that science is a global endeavor, and that the scientific community is strongest when everyone can fully and actively contribute. I’m grateful to our partners who support our work and am honored by their generosity that will help Seeding Labs catalyze research and teaching at 15 outstanding institutions worldwide this year.”
Those 15 awardees for 2017, selected from a pool of 65 applications sent from 24 countries, include:
From Latin America & the Caribbean
Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán: Department of Chemical Engineering, Mérida, Mexico
Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana: Department of Nanotechnology Engineering, Medellín, Colombia
University of the West Indies: Natural Products Institute, Mona, Jamaica
From West Africa
Redeemer’s University: Department of Biological Sciences, Ede, Nigeria
Université de Dschang: Department of Biotechnology, Dschang, Cameroon
University of Lagos: Department of Cell Biology & Genetics, Lagos, Nigeria
East & Southern Africa
Dar es Salaam University College of Education: Department of Chemistry, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Moi University: Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Eldoret, Kenya
Moi University: Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Eldoret, Kenya
University of KwaZulu-Natal: Department of Chemical Engineering, Durban, South Africa
University of Zimbabwe: Department of Biochemistry, Harare, Zimbabwe
From Europe & Asia
Nong Lam University: Department of Biotechnology, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Congratulations to this year’s awardees and best of luck with your research! We aim to provide more in-depth coverage of these awardees as 2017 advances.
As for the Seeding Labs partners honored at the event, Harvard University was awarded the Sustainer Award for supporting the nonprofit since its founding, GE Healthcare Life Sciences took home the Rising Star Award for the most impactful first-time corporate engagement, and Merck (known as MSD outside the US and Canada) received the Global Catalyst Award, “in recognition of the company’s unmatched worldwide impact.”
Interested in donating lab equipment to Seeding Labs or becoming a partner? Here's the place to go!