Remove Bioinformatics Remove Laboratories Remove Molecular Biology Remove Virus
article thumbnail

A new viral surveillance system in West Africa is showing the world how to prevent the next pandemic

Broad Institute

The project is a collaboration between the Broad and the African Center of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID) at Redeemer’s University outside Lagos in Nigeria, where Happi is a professor of molecular biology and genomics. Rural clinics use rapid, low-cost tests to detect a few common pathogens.

Virus 132
article thumbnail

What to expect from PEGS Europe 2023: Day 2

Drug Discovery World

The luncheon presentation will be given by Hans Gerstmans, Postdoctoral Researcher, Laboratory for Biomolecular Discovery & Engineering, KU Leuven, VIB, alongside Wai Long Tam, Head of Technology Watch at VIB, Technology Watch, VIB. The session ends with two presentations and two luncheon presentations.

article thumbnail

Synthetic biology tools advancing and accelerating drug discovery efforts

Drug Discovery World

Although simple in its concept, the method itself is highly involved and requires the use of hazardous, unstable chemicals, making the whole ordeal labour-intensive and cost-prohibitive for individual laboratories to synthesise DNA sequences on their own.

DNA 246