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‘Build what you love’ is the theme of the inaugural class at Fiocruz Bahia
By Fiocruz Bahia  Marking the beginning of the academic activities, on March 11th, at 09:00 am, the inaugural class of the graduate programs in Biotechnology in Health and Investigative Medicine (PgBSMI), in Human and Experimental Pathology (PgPAT/ UFBA-Fiocruz Bahia) and in Clinical Research ( PPgPCT ). The lecture entitled  “Build what you...
OpenCon 2016 Project Presentations
By OpenCon OpenCon Project Presentations showcase the quality and breadth of work powered by students and early career researchers in the community. SeeSD's presentation The goal of SeeSD Academy is to create open educational resources through a partnership with universities, K-12 schools, governmental institutions, NGOs and corporations. 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...
OpenCon: the conference that made me realized I was an Open Science and Education advocate!
By OpenCon I get easily bored at conferences. Especially if they are lecture-based and speakers are talking about their published work. I did my K12 education in Senegal, West Africa and it was not hands-on. We just sat and listened all day. After I moved to Europe, and later the US, my education became more interactive. Now, I have developed an...