Isabel, Marta, and Lola, our Founder Mothers, have published a World View article on DrosAfrica in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology: The humble fruit fly is helping the African science community to thrive. Using the powerful model system Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly), DrosAfrica is helping to create an interconnected community of biomedical scientists. DrosAfrica is now aiming at creating African institutes that will allow researchers to run impactful biomedical projects.
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An article by DrosAfrica collaborator Rashidatu Abdulazeez appeared on "How fruit flies can boost life and biomedical sciences in Nigeria" has appeared in Yerwa Express News
Dr Dolores Martin-Bermudo has been newly elected as member of EMBO. EMBO is an organization of more than 1800 leading researchers that promotes excellence in the life sciences in Europe and beyond. The major goals of the organization are to support talented researchers at all stages of their careers, stimulate the exchange of scientific information, and help build a research environment where scientists can achieve their best work.
‘Frontier Bioscience: The Power of Discovery’, a publication from the BBSRC UKRI Communications team mentions the work of DrosAfrica. The booklet can be found here.