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World Day and Month for the fight against HIV/AIDS: UCRC in the spotlight!
On the occasion of the launch of World Day and the month for the fight against HIV/AIDS in Mali, the SEREFO infectious diseases laboratory of the University Clinical Research Center (UCRC) received a visit from the Minister of Health and Development Social, Mrs Diéminatou Sangaré. She was accompanied by the executive secretary of the High National Council for the Fight…
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Donald Krogstad Award for Early-Career Malian Scientists
Applications for the next Donald Krogstad Award will be available February 2023. Donald Krogstad, MD, FASTMH, had a distinguished career as a physician-scientist and malaria researcher starting in the 1960’s. He was a dedicated member and past president of the ASTMH. Donald Krogstad Award for Early-Career Malian Scientists provides funding of $25,000 total for up to two-years for scientists from…
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At the end of the mission in Mali: His Excellency Dennis B. Hankins chose ICER-Mali for his last visit
English version – The U.S. Ambassador to Mali, H.E Dennis B. Hankins, bid farewell to the world of Malian biomedical research on Wednesday, September 21, 2022. It was during a ceremony organized by the University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB). In an emotional atmosphere befitting these types of farewell meetings, the speeches magnified the human and professional…
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“Data Sciences and the Covid-19 crisis”: Studying the biology of the virus, its epidemiology and proposing a treatment
The African Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics (ACE-B) held on Monday, June 6, 2022, its third symposium. This symposium, held in the meeting room of the laboratory of the University Clinical Research Center (UCRC), will be followed by five days of virtual training workshop, on the theme “Data Sciences and the Covid-19 crisis”. It contributes to strengthen the analytical capacities…
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Projects examine sex, behavior differences that impact men’s health
Certain infectious diseases prevalent in low- and middle-income countries affect men in greater numbers than women. Such is the case with tuberculosis (TB), a public health concern in West Africa where incidence among men averages two to three times higher than among women. “The field of sex-based biology is rapidly expanding with strong evidence showing that men and women respond…
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U.S. Contributions to the COVID-19 Response in Mali
The story of U.S. leadership in the global battle against Covid-19 is a story of days, months, and decades. Every day, new U.S. technical and material assistance arrives in hospitals and labs around the world. These efforts, in turn, build on a decades-long foundation of American expertise, generosity, and planning that is unmatched in history. The United States provides aid…
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Retirement ceremony: Ousmane Danté said goodbye to his colleagues, with tears in his voice.
The University Clinical Research Center (UCRC) organized a ceremony on Tuesday December 21, 2021 to mark the retirement of a Driver Ousmane Danté. It is to immortalize the event that all the staff in Bamako, gathered in the UCRC Laboratory meeting room, in the presence of the UCRC Director, Professor Seydou Doumbia, close friends, in order to pay tribute to…
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Fight against tropical diseases: The exploitation of two Malian scientific heroescelebrated
The US Embassy to Mali celebrated the exploitation of two Malian scientific heroes in the fight against tropical diseases. It’s about Professors Abdoulaye Djimde and Mahamadou Diakite. During a ceremony the Thursday, December 9, 2021, Ambassador Hankins awarded Professor Djimde the Joseph Auguste LePrince of @ASTMH (American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene). He congratulated Professor Diakite on his brilliant…
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2021 TWAS-Abdool Karim Award. Dr. Dabitao selected as recipient
Dr. Djeneba Dabitao, Chief of the ImmunoCore Laboratory at the University Clinical Research Center (UCRC) has been selected as the recipient of the 2021 TWAS-Abdool Karim Award. The award recognizes women scientists in Low Income African countries for their achievements in Biological Sciences. The award ceremony took place on-line on the occasion of the forthcoming TWAS 15th General conference, on…
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The Attractive Target Sugar Bait (ATSB): An UCRC delegation visited the research sites, from June 22 to 24, 2021
The university Clinical Research Center (UCRC), in its vision of promoting scientific research has recently developed, the research project called “the Attractive Target Sugar Bait (ATSB) in partnership with the Innovative Vector Control Consortium (IVCC). This technological innovation in the malaria control, aims to reduce the intensity of mosquitoes responsible for the malaria transmission. The “the Attractive Target Sugar Bait…
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