Program Director, was recently elected as a Fellow of the African Academy of Science. This distinction was the subject of an award ceremony organized by the Malian Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Mrs. Assétou Founé Samake Migan on April 8, 2017.
On April 11, 2017, Dr. Benkhala, a member of DELGEME Scientific and Training Advisory Board (STAB), visited DELGEME offices in Bamako. She was met with the program Director, the program Manager, and an MSc student. Discussions evolved around plans for a training visit by the MSc student Miss Assétou Diarra to Dr. Benkhala’s laboratory. Author:…
From December 5–7, 2016, Bamako hosted the 8th Congress of the African Society of Parasitology (SOAP) and the 1st Congress of the Society of Parasitology and Mycology of Mali (SOPAMYM). These events were held under the high sponsorship of His Excellency Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, President of the Republic of Mali. This three-day event brought together…
As part of efforts to strengthen collaboration between partners of the DELGEME program, Professor Alan Christoffels, Director of the National Institute of Bioinformatics in South Africa (SANBI), visited DELGEME offices in Bamako from April 19 to 22, 2017. A Warm Welcome in Bamako Professor Alan Christoffels was welcomed by Professor Abdoulaye Djimdé, Professor Djibril Sangaré,…
As close-out event, the WANECAM project, ROAMA- (WANECAM), a network of four African countries (Burkina Faso, Gambia, Guinea, and Mali) and four European countries (Germany, England, France, and Sweden), organized its first congress of results dissemination on 15, 16, and 17 May 2017 at the Hotel Laico El Farouk (formerly Kempinski).Professor Abdoulaye Djimdé, coordinator of…
The Malaria Research Training Center (MRTC) has been hosting DELGEME Master, PhD, and Post-Doc Fellows for their first training course since July 17th, 2017 to develop the skills of young African scientists in the fields of bioinformatics, genetics/genomics, and epidemiological data analysis, and improve their knowledge in scientific writing, oral communication, ethics, and mentoring.The training…
The big amphitheater of the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Bamako hosted, on February 2nd, 2017, the “NUMERUS CLAUSUS” ceremony, which marked the graduation of the 9th Pharmacy Promotion of the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy. The students of this promotion chose the name of N’golo DIARRA, as a tribute to him, symbolizing recognition…