On the 23rd of July in the Zoological Gardens of the University of Ibadan (Nigeria) it was created the AFRICAN SOCIETY OF DROSOPHILISTS (ASD), with the aim of promoting research and teaching using Drosohila melanogaster as well as fostering collaboration among all current and future african fly groups. The Council of the Society will be formed by the following members of the ASD:
Marta Vicente-Crespo, gave a seminar on 4 July 2017 in ICGEB (Trieste) with the title "DrosAfrica: Building an African Biomedical
Research Community using Drosophila”. You can watch it in YouTube.
An exciting new DrosAfrica Workshop, co-organised together with the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan and ICGEB will take place in the University of Ibadan, Nigeria during 17-28 July, 2017. For more information and applying to the workshop, please visit ibadan2017.drosafrica.org
Marta Vicente-Crespo, founder of DrosAfrica, received the 2017 Suffrage Science award to recognise her scientific achievements and ability to inspire others. Congratulations Marta!