From May 28th to May 30th 2024, IBHI laboratory manager and Ph.D fellow Mr Kamguia Leonel, along with IBHI Lab MSc student Mrs. Noubissi Madeleine epouse Balla, participated in the KFokam international conference. The event focused on promoting youth involvement in the research and development of tools for industrializing and advancing self-reliance in Cameroon. Both Mr […]
From May 12th to 16th, Prof. Poppy Lamberton and Dr. Sergi Alonso from the University of Glasgow visited the Immunobiology and Helminthes Infections Unit (IBHI) and the Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Laboratory at the Institute of Medical Research and Medicinal Plant Studies (IMPM), Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The visit commenced […]
The IBHI Unit and the Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Lab of IMPM conducted their end of year function including a day long filled with scientific presentations on salient projects at IMPM in Yaoundé, Cameroon. This was a time of recollection and progress assessment through reports on 2023 undertakings , faced limitations and shortcomings and proposed […]
IBHI Lab Head, Dr Nono, was selected as a member of the 3rd cohort of the Cameroon Academy of Young Scientists at the 5th anniversary ceremony of the CAYS on December 20th, 2023. The Cameroon Academy of Young Scientists (CAYS) is a non-governmental association. It is an arm of the Cameroon Academy of Sciences (CAS) whose members […]
On July 26th, 2023, Cameroon achieved a significant milestone in the fight against schistosomiasis with the inaugural Schistosomiasis Day at the Institute of Medical Research and Medicinal Plant Studies (IMPM), organized by the Unit of ImmunoBiology and Helminth Infections (IBHI) supported by the Wellcome Center for Integrative Parasitology. The event aimed to raise awareness and […]
The head of the Laboratory visited the Centre for research in Infectious Diseases in Yaounde , Cameroon on January 17th, 2023, and shared his expertise on the Impact of schistosome infection on vaccines efficacy and presented techniques that can be helpful in increasing the efficiency of malaria vaccines.