Higher Education in the Developing World

1. Higher Education in the Developing World Tom Baden & Lucia Prieto Godino www.TReNDinAfrica.com

2. Diseases of the developing world Tuberculosis Cholera Malaria Scientific research www.worldmapper.org

3. Education in the developing world Primary school Secondary school University / Polytechniques Scientific research www.worldmapper.org

4. Scientific publications from Africa There are some hotspots!

5. How bad is it? It is easy to be fatalistic about science in sub-Saharan Africa. Researchers there face so many systemic problems — poor facilities, lack of funding, corruption and government instability — that it seems impossible for any single willing scientist in the developed world to make a difference for their African counterparts.

6. TReND in Africa gUG „Promoting Neuroscience Education and Research in sub-Saharan Africa“ Teaching and Research in Neuroscience for Development... ...in Africa Key activities: Organise Neuroscience courses at local universities Establish permanent research facilities at local universities Establish fully accredited Neuroscience degrees within Africa www.TReNDinAfrica.com

7. TReND in Africa gUG What is TReND? 1) A bunch of motivated people... 2) An African partner institution... 3) Support from Western Universities, Organisations, Companies and Individual scientists... Slater Fund www.TReNDinAfrica.com

8. Uganda

9. Uganda • - Population: 33 million • Languages: English, Luganda • GNI per capita: 460$ (Germany: 43000$) • 52% below poverty line of 1.25$/day • Enrollment • Primary: 82% • Secondary: 25% • Teritiary: 2%, • doubling every 3 years ~ 60 universities and polytechnics Source: UNICEF

10. Kampala International University, Western Campus

11. 1) Summer schools Students from 6 African countries… Faculty from Europe and USA

12. Summer Schools 2011 • 3 weeks • 15 Students • (Uganda, Nigeria, Kenya, Cameroon, Malawi, Tanzania) • 5 faculty • (3 Postdocs, 2 PIs from Cambridge, Tübingen, Seville, San Diego) • Budget ~10,000 Euros 2012 • 3 weeks • 17 Students • (Uganda, Nigeria, Kenya) • 14 faculty • (2 PhD students, 6 Postdocs, 6 PIs from • U Cambridge, UCL, U Tübingen, MPI Munich, U Lausanne, Karolinska, KIU) • Budget ~35,000 Euros

13. Course content 2012 1st IBRO school on Insect Neuroscience and Drosophila Neurogenetics Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 • Introduction to: • Organisation of the nervous system • Neurophysiology • Drosophila genetics • and • Scientific method and ethics • Statistics • Grant writing • How to run a fly lab • Open source • Choice between modules • Auditory systems • Drosophila as model for disease • Development of the nervous system • Choice between modules • Visual systems • Olfactory systems • How to build your own equipment

14. Theoretical Sessions ~60 hours worth of theoretical lectures/tutorials (3-4h/day)

15. Practical Sessions ~150 hours worth of practical sessions (4-6h/day)

16. Field work Catching some wild insects

17. Creative solutions

18. Feedback www.SALGsite.org

19. 2) Science Equipment for Africa

20. Science Equipment for Africa

21. Science Equipment for Africa Cambridge Tübingen Lausanne Janelia Farm Seattle Step 1: gather donated equipment at a few places around the world

22. Science Equipment for Africa Cambridge Tübingen Lausanne Janelia Farm Seattle Ishaka, Uganda • Step 2: • Equipment will enter online database – African Universities can then receive equipment directly if they pay for shipping • Unclaimed equipment will be shipped to KIU, Uganda

23. Science Equipment for Africa Cambridge Tübingen Lausanne Janelia Farm Seattle Ishaka, Uganda Step 3: - Key equipment stays at KIU - Excess eqipment is shipped locally to other African Universities

24. Institute for Biomedical Research at KIU http://shs.kiu.ac.ug/index.php/institute-of-biomedical-research/about-the-institute

25. Science Equipment for Africa We need: Equipment: almost any working condition and complete equipment - e.g. Laptops, Gel Chambers, Amplifiers, AD boards, PCRs, Sequencers, Centrifuges, Pipettes.... Consumables if they are new (sealed) - e.g. Eppendorf, Pipette tips, Molecular Biology „kits“ Teaching materials - textbooks (hard copy and pdf, but legal copies please) - software packages

26. 3) MSc Neuroscience at KIU • 2nd Neuroscience MSc in east Africa • due to launch in spring 2013 • ~30 students from all over Africa • 1.5 year programme including research project • Core faculty from KIU • Volunteer faculty from Europe/North America

27. What can you do? • Spread the word! • Ask around if anyone has spare equpiment • If you know of funding opportunities, please get in contact • For the keen: • Organise your own course!

28. The future…

29. Thanks to… Partners in Africa Prof. Adedeji Ahmed Dr. Peter Ekanem Dr. Ponchang Wuyep Dr. Kintu Mugaga Dr. Francis Ndagire Dr. Marta Vicente-Crespo Yunusa Garba Alfred Okpanachi Ritah Nabirumbi Jimmy Olusakin Mesole Bulaji Dare Samuel Pascal Twinomugisha TReND Dr. Lucia Prieto Godino Prof. Sadiq Yusuf Alberto Maria Forte, MD Florian Schmidth Amelung Guillermo Prieto Godino Dr. Isabel Peset Martin Dr. Jelena Aleksic Dr. Solenn Patalano Dr. Christian Puller Dr. Stefan Pulver Volunteer Teachers Dr. Alexander Arenz Prof. Mike Bate Dr. Jimena Berni Robin Kemmler Jorge Castillo Quan Dr. Berthold Hedwig Dr. Adria Le Boeuf Dr. Dolores Martin Bermudo Dr. Alex Mauss Dr. Isabel Palacios Dr. Horst Schneider Prof. Abdul Mohammed Dr. Marta Vicente Further Support Abdul Mohammed, Jim Haseloff, Jim Ajioka, Leon Lagnado, Berthold Hedwig, Simon Laughlin, Holger Krapp, Hugh Robinson, Glenn Harris, Mike Bate, Michael Akam, Stefan Pulver, Felix Evers, Paola Cognigni, Adelaine Leung, Jill Pen, Jean-Paul Vincent, Matt Williams, Ana Florencia Silberling, Thomas Euler, Richard Benton, Axel Borst, Stefan Pulver, Linda Partidge, Matthias Gerbering, Philipp Berens, Alexander Eckers, Glen Harris, Horst Herbert, Christine v Hertzberg, Jim Hasseloff, Christopher Zaugg, Martine Trevisan, Christian Frankhausen and many more... www.TReNDinAfrica.com