The expansion of Bantu-speaking peoples in Africa is one of the most significant events in the continent’s history. This expansion occurred over several millennia, from around 3000 BCE to 1000 CE, and led to the spread of Bantu languages and cultures across a vast region of Africa, including central, eastern, and southern Africa. The genetic...Read More
PhD position (m/f/d) Nutrient cycling and carbon storage in grazed systems Technical University of Munich, Germany 20.04.2023, Wissenschaftliches Personal The aim of our group is to improve the understanding of the trade-offs between production, mitigation and conservation in livestock-based systems, and to identify innovative mechanisms to aid landscape-level management of these systems. We conduct modelling studies and...Read More
Various Opportunities; Higher education, Funding, Webinars, Short Courses, and more! Undergraduate, Honours, Masters & PhD Positions, Post-Doctoral Fellowships *New* Application deadline – 28 April 2023. Africa Union-Africa CDC Pathogen Genomics & Bioinformatics Fellowship Program. For more info, click here *New* Application deadline – 16 May 2023. Graduate training in cancer genomics and genomic data science: Masters and PhD. For more info, click here...Read More
International Range Student Session (Tanzania and USA): Celebrating 13th Tanzania Rangeland Day 2023 To commemorate Tanzania Rangeland Day 2023, the Rangeland Society of Tanzania (RST) invites you to join its International Range Student Session, which will be held on April 24th at 7:00 PM East Africa Time (EAT) and 9:00 AM Mountain Standard Time (MST)....Read More
Opportunity for Master and Ph.D. graduates with Upper Second Degrees in Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, and Biostatistics. The Department of Animal, Aquaculture, and Range Sciences The College of Agriculture, SUA Read More
The Minister of Livestock and Fisheries Hon. Abdallah Ulega (MP), declared improvement of livestock feed is among the top priorities in 2023/2024. Improving livestock feed will have a positive impact on the quality of the animals and livestock products towards sustainable and profitable livestock farming. It is important to note that improving livestock feed requires...Read More
Transmission Zero, a global scientific programme led by scientists at Imperial College London and the Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) of Tanzania, in partnership with the Tanzanian National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), announces the generation of the first transgenic mosquito strain ever to be made in Africa. This strain carries in its genome genetic modifications...Read More
Genome editing is a technology that allows for precise modifications to an organism’s genetic material, such as DNA or RNA. Genome editing works by introducing specific changes to the DNA sequence of an organism. At present, the newly introduced method of genome editing is efficiently done by using CRISPR-Cas9 system. The CRISPR-Cas9 system is a...Read More
One of the most recent work done by Valeli Bugota a Chairperson at Aqua-Farms Organization (AFO) and Dr. Cyrus Rumisha from the Department of Animal, Aquaculture and Range Sciences in the College of Agriculture (SUA), was featured in April Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association Newsletter. A study titled “Low genetic diversity and lack of...Read More
