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Biosciences Needs Assessment

A needs assessment is required to help shape BecA activities to the biosciences research and capacity-building needs of the region, and to enhance linkages between research and training organisations.

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Key person contact details

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First name

Last name

Gender

Nationality

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Name of Organization

Department

City

Region / State / Province

Country

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Telephone (office)

Telephone (mobile)

Telephone (skype)

Fax (office)

E-mail address

Web site address

Highest qualification

Other qualifications

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Job title

Own activities / responsibilities

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Activities / responsibilities of the Organization

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Area of expertise

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Other relevant information

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In which subject areas does your organization work? (tick all that apply)

Please list the animal / crop / microbe species on which your organization works:

Animal species

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Crop species

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Microbe species

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Biosciences technical capacity

Which of the following techniques can be performed at your organization?

DNA extraction and agarose gel electrophoresis

Polymerase Chain Reactions (PCR)

DNA sequencing

Genotyping (please specify below e.g. SSR, SNPs, AFLP, RAPD)

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Transformation (please specify below whether plants or bacteria)

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Protein methods (please specify below e.g. western blotting, ELISA, protein purification)

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Other (please specify)

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Plant facilities

Which of the following plant facilities do you have at your organization?

Glasshouse or growth chambers for phenotyping under very controlled conditions

Access to a good field site for phenotyping under natural conditions

A glasshouse for conducting transgenics experiments

Other (please specify)

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Bioinformatics

Briefly describe the bioinformatics capacity at your organization:

How many computer terminals do you have that could be used for bioinformatics?

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Connectivity: Do you have Intranet / LAN?

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Connectivity: What is your Internet bandwidth and reliability?

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Training

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Have you received any training in biosciences or bioinformatics in other institutions (national, regional or international) other than your own institution in the last five years? If yes, please indicate the area of training and the name of the institution:

Training received

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Institute

What are your organization's or personal training needs?

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Subject

Approximate number of staff requiring training

Describe level of training required

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What are your organization's equipment needs?

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Equipment

Approximate number of equipment required

Funding

Please list any funding available to help support your/your organization's training and/or research conducted at the BecA-ILRI Hub:

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Constraints

Please list the major constraints to biosciences research and training at your organization:

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Regional / national capacity

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If known, please give details of any relevant biosciences research and training at institutes within your region:

Institute

Research / training

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Had you previously heard of BecA?

Yes

If yes, how did you hear about us? (please tick appropriate box):

Website

Email message

Conference / workshop

Personal communication

Publication

Media

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Yes

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