by Taryn Roll | Feb 2, 2021 | Spotlight
Gabriel Muhire Gihana, Ph.D. posing for a picture. Co-founder and Director of Afrisnet, Gabriel Muhire Gihana, Ph.D. has received the Damon Runyon Fellowship Award. Dr. Gihana was given this award because of his postdoctoral exploration in translational cancer...
by Ben Atkinson | Jul 17, 2020 | Spotlight
Dr. Aimable Uwizeye poses for a picture in Rome, Italy. Dr Aimable Uwizeye is interested in global change towards a sustainable livestock sector. He is a Livestock Policy Officer at FAO in Rome, Italy. He has more than ten years’ experience in livestock...
by Ben Atkinson | Jun 19, 2020 | Spotlight
Alexander Kwakye poses for a picture in his research laboratory at Florida Atlantic University. Alexander Kwakye will start his PhD in Genetics at Stony Brook University in the Fall of 2020. Currently, Kwakye is undertaking a master’s thesis on gene expression in...
by Ben Atkinson | May 29, 2020 | Spotlight
Armin Moczek, a long-time friend and supporter of Afrisnet, is most well-known for his groundbreaking research in the origins of novelty and diversity in development and evolution utilizing Onthophagus taurus, a species of dung beetle, as a model system. His research...
by afrisnet | May 27, 2019 | Spotlight
Dr. Ashimatey is currently a postdoctoral scholar-research associate at the Roski Eye Institute in the Keck School of medicine of the University of Southern California, USA. He received training as an optometrist from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and...
by afrisnet | May 27, 2019 | Spotlight
Dr. Lea Nyiranshuti is from Rwanda (Africa), and she is currently a post-doctoral associate in the Department of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Dr. Nyiranshuti’s current research focuses on the development of radiotracers targeting immune...