1. Global Gene Therapy Training
The American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy in collaboration with Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences welcomes you to Join us for the second year of our FREE virtual course
If you’re an academic faculty member teaching at an accredited university or medical school in sub-Saharan Africa, apply for this eight-part course. ASGCT recently earned a Power of Associations Gold Award from the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) for the first iteration of this course.
ASGCT Members will present the course material with the aim of instructing attendees to implement gene therapy education into their own curricula.
Course Topics
(1.5 hours each and available on demand)
September 25: Genetics of human disorders
September 28 & October 3: Gene therapy overview Parts 1&2
October 5: Methods for correcting genetic diseases
October 10: Current status of clinical gene therapy
October 12: Use of gene therapy in cancer treatment
October 17: Ethical issues, regulatory challenges, and the role of patient advocacy groups and international partnerships in implementing gene therapies
October 19: How to Initiate a Clinical Trial
Register for Global Gene Therapy Training here
Applications are due August 17. If you have any questions, please contact ASGCT Global Outreach Manager Samantha Kay at skay@asgct.org.
2. Postdoc Positions in the Hess Lab at UC Davis
Hess Lab at the University of California Davis (UC Davis) is recruiting two postdoctoral fellows to conduct research in the area of Microbial Ecology & Anaerobic Digestion (Position 1) and Microbial Ecology & Bioinformatics (Position 2). The successful candidates will work in the Hess Lab at the UC Davis and will be part of a multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional team that will develop and employ CRISPR genome editing approaches to change the function of complex microbiomes towards low methane-emitting dairy and beef cattle and other anaerobic systems (e.g., digesters).The successful candidate will lead bioinformatic efforts, perform some wet-lab experiments, and work closely with the PI, all members of the Hess Lab, and its collaborators at UC Davis, UC Berkeley, and UC San Francisco.
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see more details on the positions in the attached poster
3. DS-I Africa newsflash July 2023 issue (attached) with more opportunities on funding, grants, webinars, and more!
The Department of Animal, Aquaculture, and Range Sciences
The College of Agriculture, Sokoine University of Agriculture
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