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 DirectorEmail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Dr Segenet Kelemu is Director of the BecA Hub. A native of Ethiopia, she has experienced the challenges and successes associated with African agriculture first-hand, from field to high-tech laboratory. Under her leadership since 2007, BecA Hub research capacity, staff, facilities, fund ... more |
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 Technology ManagerEmail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Dr. Appolinaire Djikeng is the Technology Manager at the BecA Hub and leads various teams focusing on 1) the acquisition and management of laboratories technologies, 2) provision of research related services and overall laboratory management, and 3) research activities in the areas ... more |
 Gbemenou Joselin Benoit Gnonlonfin, PhD Post Doctoral ScientistEmail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Dr Gbemenou Joselin Benoit Gnonlonfin is a Post Doctoral Scientist in the BecA-CSIRO-AusAID partnership project: "Capacity and Action for Aflatoxin Reduction in Eastern Africa (CAAREA)". Benoit holds an MSc in Applied Microbiology from the University of Botswana ... more
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 Plant Biosciences Research ScientistEmail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Dr Jagger Harvey joined the BecA Hub as a Plant Biosciences Research Scientist in January, 2009. Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, he speaks English, French and Creole. He is a molecular biologist with particular interest in plant genetics and plant-microbe interactions. His life’s ambition i ... more |
 Research ScientistEmail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Dr Rob Skilton is a Research Scientist, responsible for research-related services and capacity building at the BecA Hub. He is a molecular biologist with emphasis on molecular parasitology, and the development of diagnostic tests and vaccines for livestock diseases. Dr Skilton has a k ... more |
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 ScientistUnit: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Dan Kiambi is a Senior Scientist at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT, Regional Office for East and Southern Africa). He is currently based at ILRI, (BecA-ILRI) Hub and has been conducting his laboratory related research activit ... more |
 Post Doctoral ScientistUnit: IITA Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Ismail is Post Doctoral Scientist with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). He is a population geneticist and plant breeder whose research interest includes the application of genomic tools in the improvement of cassava. He is currently working on the first S ... more |
 Molecular ImmunologistUnit: Imaging and Cytometry Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Jan Naessens got his training in immunology at the Free University of Brussels where he also obtained his Ph.D. At ILRI, he has used flow cytometry since the early ‘80’s when he used the Becton Dickinson FACS II for identification of leukoc ... more |
 ScientistUnit: International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Kassa Semagn is a Maize Molecular Breeder at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), based at the Biosciences eastern and central Africa/International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI) Hub, Kenya. He has a wide range of experience in the application of molecular markers in geneti ... more |
 ScientistUnit: International Potato Centre (CIP) Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Marc is senior biotechnologist at the International Potato Center (CIP) with four leadership roles. First, as a biotechnology advisor, he counsel senior management on policy and regulatory issues related to biotechnology and intellectual property rights; organize international, regional, and national courses, seminars, and ... more |
 ScientistUnit: IITA Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Morag is a plant molecular geneticist with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). She works mainly on cassava, particularly in relation to genetic diversity, tolerance to cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) and drought tolerance. She is now applying the newly available ca ... more |
 ScientistUnit: Biotechnology Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Morris Agaba is a scientist at ILRI, where he is investigating the innate biological processes of mammals that affect survivability of infectious disease. He graduated from Makerere University (Uganda), received his PhD in molecular genetics from Brunel University (United Kingdom) and subs ... more |
 Associate ProfessorUnit: Cornell University, USA Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Rebecca Nelson is an Associate Professor in two departments at Cornell University, USA, Plant Pathology & Plant-Microbe-Biology; and Plant Breeding & Genetics, and is a leading researcher in the field of International Agriculture and Rural Development. She also serves as Scientific Direct ... more |
 ScientistUnit: International Crops Research Instititute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Santie de Villiers is a scientist with ICRISAT, based in Nairobi. ICRISAT, in collaboration with national program partners in Africa, is building capacity in plant biotechnology, focusing specifically on genetic engineering and marker-assisted breeding applications in sorghum, millet, pigeonpea, chickpea and groundnut ... more |
 ScientistUnit: Biotechnology Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Steve Kemp is a molecular geneticist particularly interested in the mechanisms of innate resistance to disease in livestock and mouse models. He is a visiting scientist at ILRI and Professor of molecular genetics at the University of Liverpool, UK. Steve's current research cove ... more |
| Bioinformatics Unit |
 Bioinformatics Group LeaderUnit: Bioinformatics Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Dr Etienne de Villiers is a Scientist at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi, Kenya; the ILRI-BecA Bioinformatics Group Leader and EMBNet Specialist Node Manager. He is a molecular biologist by training that developed an interest in computing and ventured i ... more |
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 Research TechnicianUnit: SegoliP Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Ben Kiawa is a research technician with training in the following areas:
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 Research TechnicianUnit: Segolip Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Francis Wamonje is a research technician in the Segolip Unit providing technical support in genotyping and sequencing. He joins the Hub from CDC, Nairobi where he was attached to the International Emerging Infections Programme. At CDC, he worked in the BSL3 laboratory and ... more |
 Research TechnicianUnit: SegoliP Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Inosters Nzuki is a research technician at the BecA Hub providing technical support in genotyping and sequencing, including the 454 sequencing technology. He joined the Hub from International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), where he was a senior research technician and was instrumen ... more |
 Research TechnicianUnit: SegoliP Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Lucy Muthui is a Research Technician attached to the Sequencing, Genotyping, OligoSynthesis and Proteomics (SegoliP) Unit, formally Sequencing Unit. The unit offers support services to core research projects at the International Livestock Institute (ILRI). It also extends these services to other research i ... more |
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- German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits the BecA Hub, 20 July 2011.
- Transcript of the speech from Kenya's President, His Excellency, the Honorable Mwai Kibaki for the official opening of Biosciences eastern and central Africa Hub, 5 November 2010.
- Transcript of the speech from Honorable Mohammed Abdi Kuti, Minister for Livestock Development, for the official opening of the Biosciences eastern and central Africa Hub, 5 November 2010.
- Notes from the speech of His Excellency, David Collins, Canadian High Commission to Kenya at the official launch of the Biosciences eastern and central Africa (BecA) Hub, 5 November 2010.
