ONE-DAY WORKSHOP FOR CLINICIANS, SCIENTISTS AND COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS ON SARS-COV-2 MONITORING AND PREVENTION

CERID, in conjunction with the Department of Community Medicine, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso, organised a one-day workshop for clinicians, scientists, community health workers, and postgraduate students. The SARS-CoV-2 monitoring and pandemic prevention workshop was held on Monday, December 5, 2022. It was aimed at strengthening Nigeria's surveillance capacity to combat COVID-19 and other emerging diseases. Heightened awareness, active disease surveillance, and early diagnosis are crucial components of controlling the spread of diseases with epidemic and pandemic potentials.

Presents

Hands-on Workshop on Molecular Diagnostic Techniques

Date: Tuesday 26th - Friday 29th July, 2022

Venue: College of Health Sciences CERID-LAUTECH, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria.

Training Outlines:

1. Pipetting
2. DNA Extration from different materials
3. Gel electrophoresis
4. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and Real time PCR
5. Introduction to Nanopore sequencing
6. Introduction to Basic Bioinformatics

Facilitators

• Prof. D.O. Ojurongbe, LAUTECH, Nigeria
• Prof. O.A Olowe, LAUTECH, Nigeria
• Prof. O.O. Opaleye, LAUTECH, Nigeria
• Prof. T.P Velavan, Tubingen, Germany
• Prof. Mohammed Osman, Sudan
• Dr. Strinivas Reddy Palleria, Tubingen, Germany
• Dr. A. Ayoola-Akinboboye CERID, Nigeria
• Dr. Roland Funwei, Babcock, Nigeria

Training Fees:

N40,000
To cover for workshop materials, tea break, lunch and certificates.
(Subsidized by Humboldt-Bayer Foundation Research Hub grant)

Register here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf3JM7XLf0EP9tFjhJo1SUpgQ0Uq2ZbZnq8XYjOCc_WlE7Egg/viewform