Fikayo Oyewale

9 Years after ACEGID Helped Avert Ebola Disaster in Nigeria

Today, July 23, marks 9 years since ACEGID confirmed Nigeria’s first Ebola case, helping to avert the potentially disastrous spread of the disease in Nigeria, across Africa and the world. It took the ACEGID team, led by Prof. Christian Happi, an unprecedented six hours to confirm the Ebola virus.  The first case of the disease …

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ACEGID Trains African Scientists on Next-Generation Sequencing for the Detection and Characterization of Mpox Virus

The African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID) trained 10 public health scientists in next-generation sequencing (NGS) for the detection and analysis of mpox virus. The 3-week long workshop held from 1st – 21st of April, 2023 at Redeemer’s University, Ede, Nigeria.  Through this workshop, ACEGID built essential capacity for the detection …

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ACEGID and Illumina to Increase Africa’s Genomics Capacity through Establishment of a Joint Training Academy

Today, the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID), Redeemer’s University, announced that it will collaborate with Illumina, a global leader in sequencing and array-based technologies, on a joint workforce development training academy, with the objective of increasing Africa’s genomics capacity. In February, ACEGID and Illumina signed a memorandum of understanding, and …

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ACEGID Trains 100+ Scientists from Over 30 African Countries in One Year

In the last year, the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID) has trained over 100 African scientists from more than 30 countries in next-generation sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes Covid-19) and other pathogens. This is part of the centre’s effort at building genomics capacity across Africa. The workshops held …

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ACEGID Trains Rwandan Scientists in Next Generation Sequencing of SARS-CoV-2

ACEGID facilitated a three-week training on SARS-CoV-2 sequencing and bioinformatics for Rwandan scientists at the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC). The training was held as a collaboration between ACEGID and RBC from January 31 to February 18, 2022. ACEGID scientists trained participants in the principles and practices of SARS-CoV-2 sequencing steps including sample handling, extraction, amplification, …

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Sentinel Selected for Scale-up Support by Paris Peace Forum

Sentinel, our project focused on developing a pandemic pre-emption and response system, has received another boost as it was selected for scale-up support at the just concluded fourth edition of Paris Peace Forum (PPF). Out of 80 projects that were showcased at the global event, Sentinel was one of the ten projects that will benefit …

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ACEGID Receives NIH Grant for Antimicrobial Resistance Research

The African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID) has received a grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) of the United States for a data science-based research on antimicrobial resistance in bacteria. The grant is part of NIH’s Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa) …

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Four Takeaways from Our Recent Paper on Tuberculosis in Nigeria

Our scientists recently published a scientific paper reporting the discovery of a severe, drug-resistant form of tuberculosis in Nigeria. The discovery was made using whole genome sequencing (a technique for analysing the entire genome of an organism) and bioinformatics analysis. We share four key highlights of the publication below: 1.   The Beijing lineage of Mycobacterium …

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ACEGID Strengthens National Capacity for Analysis…

PRESS RELEASE: ACEGID Strengthens National Capacity for Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Data EDE, NIGERIA, August 17, 2021 The African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID) has started an intensive hands-on bioinformatics workshop on the analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genomic and contextual data. The two-weeks training aims to equip scientists from 11 public health laboratories …

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