IMPM – IBHI Lab

November 8, 2024 • prizes

Congratulations to Dr. Mbah Ntepe Leonel Javares for securing a 2024 RSTMH Early Career Grant!

Dr. Mbah Ntepe Leonel Javares, Research officer at the Institute of Medical Research and Medicinal Plant Studies (IMPM), has been awarded the prestigious 2024 Early Career Grant by the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH). This award, valued at £5,000, supports emerging researchers making impactful strides in tropical and global health.

October 21, 2024 • Conference

Hydra Helminths Conference 2024: Advancing Research on Parasitic

The Hydra Helminths Conference 2024 offered Dr Kameni an incredible opportunity to share her findings and engage in thought-provoking discussions with world experts in parasitic helminth diseases, as well as to establish future collaborations in this exciting field.

IBHI Lab Shines at KFokam international Conference with Award-Winning Presentation

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 […]

July 17, 2024 • Forum / meeting / Training / Workshop

Health Personnel training on Blood Culture at Centre Pasteur of Cameroon

On July 10th, 2024, the laboratory manager of the IBHI unit and Merck-funded PhD fellow, Mr. Leonel KAMGUIA, attended a training session on blood culture at the conference room of the Centre Pasteur of Cameroon (CPC) along with 80 healthcare personnel from various health facilities in Yaoundé. This session was organized by the bacteriology-parasitology-mycology laboratory […]

May 23, 2024 • Conference / meeting / Outreach and Networking / Partnership / Schistosomiasis Infection / Visit

Bridging Gaps: IBHI-Lab visited by researchers from Glasgow University i.e. Prof Poppy Lamberton and Dr Sergi Alonso

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 […]

May 6, 2024 • Training / Workshop

Mastering PCR Primer Design: A Hands-On Training Session at IMPM

On Friday, April 26th, 2024, the IMPM conference hall hosted a practical training session on PCR primer design, led by Dr. Emmanuel KAGNING TSINDA, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)-based Cameroonian scientist focused on viral genome sequencing and pharmaceutical quality control.

March 11, 2024 • Training / Workshop

qPCR training is in full swing at the laboratory of molecular biology and biotechnology/IBHI unit

During two consecutive days organized by the Inqaba Biotec CAF team, 10 selected IBHI lab and associated members participated in an enriching training session on real-time Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (rt-qPCR), exploring the theoretical foundations, practical applications, and data analysis techniques of qPCR associated with genetic expression.

October 4, 2023 • Conference

IBHI-lab Participation to the 3rd International Conference, Yaoundé, 25-28 September 2023.

IBHI-lab member participated to the Cameroonian Academy of Young Scientists Conference (CONFCAYS2023).

August 24, 2023 • Conference / Forum / meeting / Outreach and Networking / Schistosomiasis Infection

First Schistosomiasis Day 2023

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 […]

July 24, 2023 • Training

Strengthening research capacities: an intermediate level biostatistics training

The organization EVIDENCE for RESEARCH headed by Mr. Irénée Domkam, conducted a one-week biostatistics hands-on training course from the 10th -14th of July 2023 at IMPM for the members of the Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology and the Unit of Immunobiology and Helminthes Infection. The course commenced with an introduction to descriptive statistics and progressed to inferences in statistics, followed by an in-depth exploration of R programming and data analysis using R Studio. Participants gained essential statistical skills and hands-on experience, enabling them to effectively handle and interpret data for research purposes. The capacity-building initiative is expected to foster the team expertise and enhance the quality of biomedical research results produced locally.

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