Outreach
Lola Martin-Bermudo is one of the founders of the DrosAfrica Trust.
The organisation aims to build an African biomedical research community
using Drosophila melanogaster as a model system.
The impact that research has on shaping the future of societies is perhaps as significant as never before. However,
African researchers produce only around one percent of the world's research. The DrosAfrica project was founded to
contribute to changing this by training and establishing a connected community of researchers using Drosophila as a
model system to investigate biomedical problems in Africa. Since founding, the project has trained eighty scientists
from numerous African countries, and continues to grow. We believe DrosAfrica has lighted the fuse for the use of
Drosophila by African researchers as a model system to help scientists to pursue competitive and groundbreaking projects.
Let´s work together to expand the wick and create a robust African Drosophila community.
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