Our Laboratory Training Workshops
Through different virtual and hands-on laboratory workshops, we teach scientists in developing countries how to isolate and characterize phages in their own regions
Core Teaching Staff include phage experts from:
Yale University: Dr. Ben Chan (US)
University of Leicester: Drs. Martha Clokie & Janet Nale (UK)
University of Zurich: Dr. Shawna McCallin (Switzerland)
Specific Workshops:
Upcoming: January 2026: East & West Africa (virtual)
Past
July 2017: East Africa (Uganda)
June 2018: East Africa (Kenya)
July 2019: West Africa (Ghana)
January 2020: East Africa (Tanzania)
March 2022: Southeast Asia (Virtual)
May 2023: Southeast Asia (Philippines)
Photos courtesy Dr. Martha Clokie
Partner Universities
Kenya
University of Nairobi
Technical University of Kenya
Institute of Primate Research
Pwani University
Rwanda
University of Rwanda
Tanzania
Sokoine University of Agriculture
National Health Laboratory
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
Uganda
Makerere University
Kampala International University
Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Nigeria
National Veterinary Research Institute
University of Lagos
The Gambia
University of The Gambia
Indonesia
Primate Research Center at Bogor Agricultural University
Malaysia
Asian Institute of Medicine, Science and Technology
Funding Provided by
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Conservation, Food & Health Foundation
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Microbiology Society
Mozilla Foundation
Lions Club of Maarn
Individual Donors
Equipment Loaned by
Epibiome, Inc.
University of California, Berkeley
Bio-Link Depot