Summary
A working BiBBox platform at research centers in Malawi, Kenya, Tanzania, Sudan, Kenya (M30) and cancer centres in Ghana, Egypt and Tunisia.
Install and implement BiBBox at vector biology research sites in Africa to assess the establishment of new Biobanks. Four sites have been identified where no biobank exists but where biospecimens are processed regularly in the field. The sites are:
• Zambia (Dr Lilly Sinyangwe: Central Veterinary Research Institute),
• Nairobi, Kenya (Dr Dan Masiga: International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology),
• Nakuru, Kenya (Dr Edwin Murungi: Egerton University),
• Tanzania (Oliver Kijana: Tsetse and Trypnanosomiasis Research Institute),
• Sudan (Dr Intisar Elrayah: Tropical Medicine Research Institute).
Install BiBox at cancer centres in the BCNetwork, where biospecimens are being collected and processed but they do not have structured biobanks or LIMS systems. The sites are: Kumasi Ghana (Dr Beatrice Wiafe-Addai, Peace and love hospital): Cairo, Egypt (Dr Alaa EL HADDAD , National Cancer Institute); Tunis, Tunisia (Dr Sonia Abdelhak, Institute Pasteur de Tunis)
More information & hyperlinks