Funded Projects 2020/21
Research/ Initiative Title |
Cambridge & African Collaborators
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African Country |
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| 1 | Paleo-environmental studies, subsistence economy and social complexity in Igbo-Ukwu, Eastern Nigeria (ca. 800-1200 CE) | Dr Abidemi Babalola (Centre of African Studies) & Dr Kingsley Daraojimba (Archaeology & Tourism, University of Nigeria) | Nigeria |
| 2 | Molecular Epidemiology and Population Genomics of Streptococcus agalactiae Isolates from the Microbiome of Pregnant Women and Neonates | Prof Stephen Bentley (Wellcome Trust - Sanger Institute) & Dr Luria Leslie Founou (Centre of Expertise and Biological Diagnostic of Cameroon) | Cameroon |
| 3 | Neuropathological profile of the African Giant Rat brain (Cricetomys gambianus) after natural exposure to heavy metal environmental pollution in the Nigerian Niger Delta | Dr Raymond Bujdoso (Veterinary Medicine) & Prof James O Olopade (Veterinary Anatomy, University of Ibadan) | Nigeria |
| 4 | The Virome of Yam: A Vital Crop in West Africa | Prof John P Carr (Plant Sciences) & Dr Josiah Musembi Mutuku (West African Virus Epidemiology (WAVE) Pôle Scientifique et d'Innovation de Bingerville, Université Félix Houphouët) | Ivory Coast |
| 5 | New photonic approaches for imaging diagnostics of malaria infections | Prof Pietro Cicuta (Physics) & Dr Dickson Mwenda Kinyua (Meru University of Science and Technology) | Kenya |
| 6 | Promoting indigenous underutilized oilseeds as immune boosters | Prof Melinda J. Duer (Chemistry) & Dr Mercy Badu (Chemistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology) | Ghana |
| 7 | International Sustainable Partnership in Inclusive Research & Education (INSPIRE) | Dr Adrian C. Fisher (Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology) & Dr Zipporah N. Bukania ( Centre for Public Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute) | Kenya |
| 8 | Assessment of dried blood spot sampling as a minimally invasive and accessible method to analyse circulating tumour DNA in metastatic breast cancer patients treated at the Uganda Cancer Institute | Dr Davina Gale (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) & Dr Nixon Niyonzima (Uganda Cancer Institute) | Uganda |
| 9 | Will HIV resistance compromise the success of dolutegravir-based ART? | Prof Ravindra Gupta (Cambridge Institute for Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease) & Dr Adam Abdullahi (Institute of Human Virology) | Nigeria |
| 10 | Miocene reptile faunas from western Kenya: Reconstructing equatorial change during deep-time global warming | Dr Jason James Head (Zoology) & Dr Fredrick Kyalo Manthi (Department of Earth Sciences, National Museums of Kenya) | Kenya |
| 11 | Locating Urban Spaces of Climate Mobilities in Sub-Saharan Africa | Dr Irit Katz (Architecture) & Prof Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe (Regional Institute for Population Studies, University of Ghana) | Ghana |
| 12 | This is not a highway: the techno-politics of the JKIA-Westlands expressway in Kenya | Dr Gediminas Lesutis (Geography) & Dr Jethron Ayumbah Akallah (Department of History and Archaeology, Maseno University) | Kenya |
| 13 | Agro-ecological approaches to fall armyworm management in Nigeria: testing strategies, building capacity, and developing collaborations | Dr Sarah Luke (Zoology) & Dr Mobolade Dele Akinbuluma (Department of Crop Protection and Environmental Biology, University of Ibadan) | Nigeria |
| 14 | Establishment of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Training and Research Network for Genomic Surveillance of AMR (SAGESA) | Dr Alice Matimba (Wellcome Genome Campus) & Dr Stanford Kwenda (Sequencing Core Facility, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, South Africa) |
SouthAfrica,Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zambia, Mozambique |
| 15 | Ethnicity and gestational diabetes: improving risk prediction in pregnancy in Africa and the UK | Dr Claire Meek (Wellcome - MRC Institute of Metabolic Science) & Prof Moffat Nyirenda (MRC/UVRI Unit, Uganda & LSHTM) | Uganda |
| 16 | Response of Eragrostis tef to Zn fertilization and its ability to increase grain Zn content | Dr Matthew Milner (NIAB) & Dr Hirut Assaye Cherie (Department of Applied Human Nutrition, Bahir Dar University) | Ethiopia |
| 17 | Unmasking the neglected role and population genomics of non-typhoidal Salmonella in human diarrhoea and bloodstream infections in a typhoid endemic, livestock-dense setting of Nigeria, sub Saharan Africa |
Prof Julian Parkhill (Veterinary Medicine) & Dr Emmanuel Ochefije Ngbede (Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi) | Nigeria |
| 18 | Genetic diversity and drug resistance of Plasmodium vivax in Mauritania | Prof Julian C Rayner (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) & Dr Ambroise Ahouidi (Institute for Health Research, Epidemiological Surveillance and Training, Dakar, Senegal) | Mauritania & Senegal |
| 19 | The modulatory role of curcumin and quercetin on Drosophila GSK-3: a potential therapeutic intervention in Parkinson’s disease | Prof Steven Russell (Genetics) & Dr John Afees Olanrewaju (Ben Carson School of Medicine, Babcock University) | Nigeria |
| 20 | Propagation of rotavirus field strains in cell culture | Dr Caroline Trotter (Veterinary Medicine) & Dr Osbourne Quaye (WACCBIP, University of Ghana) | Ghana |
| 21 | Monolithic nanocatalyst composites: realizing new avenues in wastewater treatment for DAC list countries | Dr Andrew Wheatley (Chemistry) & Dr Adewale Adewuyi ( Redeemer's University) | Nigeria |