UNIOSUN HOLDS WORKSHOP ON MICROBIAL GENOMICS AND SURVEILLANCE

UNIOSUN Vice-Chancellor, Professor Labode Popoola, on Monday, July 2, 2018 declared open a 3-Day Workshop on Microbial Genomics and Surveillance in furtherance of the activities of 2018 Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Programme (CADFP) won by Osun State University, Osogbo and designed to increase Africa's brain circulation, build capacity at hosts institution and develop long-term, mutually-beneficial collaborations between Universities in Africa and United States of America.

The workshop is one of the outputs of the collaborative efforts of CADFP Fellow (Dr. Olabisi Ojo of Albany State University, Albany, Georgia, USA), CADFP Host (Dr. Sunday Akinde, Uniosun) and Dr. Bamidele Iwalokun (Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Yaba, Lagos).

Declaring the workshop open, Prof. Labode Popoola said that Osun State University is poised towards using effective teaching and learning and human capacity development in engendering socio-economic development in the University's immediate environment, national and global sphere.

He added that his administration would be committed to supporting activities and collaboration towards achieving the mission and vision of the University at both local and international levels.

The Vice-Chancellor later admonished the participants to utilize the opportunity of the workshop in learning, networking and building collaboration towards their career development and nation building.

Dr. Sunday Akinde (CADFP Host) in his opening remark said the workshop will bridge the gap in knowledge acquisition in DNA technology and other high throughput technologies. He said this workshop would be the first in the series of technical workshop sections that would be organized under the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (CADFP).

He informed the gathering that Seventy-Four (74) participants were carefully selected out of the One Hundred and Fifty (150) applications received from Nigeria and other African Universities, Teaching Hospitals, Polytechnics etc.