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Early-career scientists bring energy, talent and diversity to leadership roles

By Kendall Powell on Ecopdecade.org Alfredo Giron-Nava didn’t spot many peers at the inaugural meeting of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Sciences for Sustainable Development. The postdoctoral researcher was one of only six junior scientists at the event, held in Copenhagen in May 2019. Four of them began discussions on how to boost the...

How Senegal’s Dr. Khadidiatou Sall is Providing a Hands-On Approach to STEM Learning

Published on Leversinheels.comDr. Khadidiatou Sall was born in Dakar, Senegal. At age 19, she moved to France to pursue a Bachelor’s degree in Biology, and a Masters degree in Biochemistry. She later obtained a PhD in Biochemistry in the United States, before returning to Senegal.Dr. Sall is a GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms) researcher and...

African Science Week: the presence of UVS marked by an exhibition – demo of four students from M.A.I.

By Mamadou Alpha SANE for UVS.SNFour students from Université Virtuelle du Sénégal (UVS) enrolled in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science animated, on the occasion of the African Science Week at the Place du Souvenir in Dakar, the institution’s stand with an exhibition on connected objects.Their names are Papa Thiam SY, Daddy DIENG, Mamadou...

Science in Africa: Diaspora perspectives

By Dom Byrne on nature.com Two scientists whose careers took them away from Africa share thoughts on how to support colleagues back home. Molecular biologist Khady Sall returned to Senegal in 2018 after setting up Science Education Exchange for Sustainable Development (SeeSD), a non-profit organization she founded while a PhD student in the...