SesayLabMRCG

State of the art sequencing lab in The Gambia. The only ONT certified service provider in the sub region. Offers sequencing services on a range of sample types.

[Ebrima Bojang @EbRyhmer]

Officially, Dr Ebrima Bojang! I am thankful for every win as I strive for more. This is for every Gambian child with a dream. Yes, you can do it too with hard work, patience, and perseverance!

[MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM @mrcunitgambia]

As part of #PlanetaryHealthWeek, we organised a bring-and-share vegetarian breakfast competition, a fun way to promote healthy eating to protect our planet.

We also visited our on-site biogas plant, an innovative facility to advance our contribution to a healthier environment.

[JAME Kingston Medical and Health Enterprise @JAMEKingstonMHE]

Introducing another strong pillar of The JAME Kingston MHE.

[ACEGID @acegid_igh]

🤝It was a great delight to have Dr. Abdul Karim Sesay with us @acegid. Dr. Sesay is the Head of the Genomics Strategic Core Platform, @mrcunitgambia. He is our collaborator on the #SENZOR project

He presented a seminar on his scientific career & ongoing research work with us.

[SesayLabMRCG @SesayLab]

Congratulations @EbRyhmer. You have made @mrcunitgambia proud 👏. Degree well deserved. Keep flying the flag high.

[JAME Kingston Medical and Health Enterprise @JAMEKingstonMHE]

Join us in congratulating one of our own, a colleague, friend and brother who has successfully defended his PhD thesis last week at the university of Birmingham. His PhD focussed on the effects of the antibiotic vancomycin on macrophage anti-fungal (C. albicans) immunity.

[MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM @mrcunitgambia]

Dive into the Future of Science!

Our current @WANETAM_WAfrica 3 cross-cutting training in Genomics and Bioinformatics in collaboration with @nanopore has brought together young scientists from #Africa to have hands-on training with the ONT MinION platform.

#Innovation

[MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM @mrcunitgambia]

In collaboration with the @MRCClimb, we concluded a Doctoral symposium for PhD Students from MRCG and the MRC funded Doctoral Partnership (MRC DTP).

The symposium aimed to tackle societal threats posed by infections and antimicrobial resistance.

More 👉🏾https://t.co/4lruX77ND3

[SesayLabMRCG @SesayLab]

@oms_saine @LayeNdure Congratulations @LayeNdure for making history and thank you @oms_saine for standing by her and supporting her all through the journey. You deserve husband of the year award 👏.

[SesayLabMRCG @SesayLab]

I can see our @AbdoulieKanteh there. All the best Armel.

[Armel Chérif GNIMADI @armel_001]

Yesterday during the kick-off of the #VEME2023. Participants and lecturer's from > 60 countries in the world. #VirusEvolution #Bioinformatics #CERFIG #MolecularEpidemiology

[Abdoulie Kanteh @AbdoulieKanteh]

It starts tomorrow! #VEME2023 kicks off at @CERI_SU! Preparing to delve into the world of #Bioinformatics, #VirusEvolution, and #MolecularEpidemiology. #Gambia @mrcunitgambia

[Bakary Sanyang @BakarySanyan9]

Final day of @MedResFdn @MedResFdn_AMR #AMR_Training It was a pleasure to talk about my research and also hear about all the interesting work other PhD students across UK are doing to tackle AMR.

[MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM @mrcunitgambia]

Chronic liver disease from hepatitis B is a leading cause of premature death in sub-Saharan Africa.

New research from @gndow & @maud_lemoine has found antiviral therapy can reduce related deaths. 🌍

On #WorldHepatitisDay, they call for urgent action 👇🏾

https://t.co/cocVBJCB1d

[SesayLabMRCG @SesayLab]

Yesterday we had a send off lunch for one of our hardworking youngsters @DamDabiri who has been with us for the past three years. He has been accepted for a masters and a PhD in the United States. Congratulations Dami, hard work pays.

[Adam Peltan @adampeltan]

So pleased to catch-up with the amazing @DocKarim221 and @Ablie_bojang77 in person at #NanoporeConf

[SesayLabMRCG @SesayLab]

London Calling 2023 #Nanopore

[Abdul K Sesay @DocKarim221]

Day 1 at LC2023 and catching up with ⁦@adampeltan⁩ ⁦@ablie_bojang⁩ ⁦@DocKarim221⁩ ⁦@NanoporeConf⁩

[Abdoulie Kanteh @AbdoulieKanteh]

Thanks @andrewjpage Very insightful discussions on how to improve bioinformatics methods in public health!

[SesayLabMRCG @SesayLab]

Good morning twitter, we are happy to bring you updates from a WAHO meeting currently being held in Praia, Cape Verde. @DocKarim221 presenting on genomic sequencing in The Gambia on the 3rd day of the meeting. @mrcunitgambia