ACE for Genomics of Infectious Diseases
Redeemer´s University, Ede
- Center Leader(s):
Prof. Christian T. Happi / Dr. Onikepe A. Folarin - Email:
happic@run.edu.ng / folarino@run.edu.ng - URL:
http://acegid.run.edu.ng
Discipline
- Health
Key Academic Partners
National and international partners including:
- Universite Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal.
- University of Sierra Leone.
- Noguchi Institute, University of Ghana
- University of Buae, Cameroon.
- Harvard University, USA
- Tulane University New Orleans
- Global health Institute, Duke University, North Carolina USA.
Existing Industry/Private Sector Partners
- Kenema Government Hospital
- Broad Institute
Existing Industry/Private Sector Partners
The ACEGID will be equipped with a state-of-the-art laboratory for teaching and genome sequencing of microbial infections and will serve as an international hub for academic and research excellence in microbial and human genomics. Redeemers has played an integral role during the recent Ebola crisis in Nigeria as the go to place for testing the Ebola virus as well as supporting the response in Sierra Leone.