A group photograph of MGI, Spain Biomedical Engineer: Dr. Pablo, Sanchez Velasco (MD, PhD, EngTc EMEA FAS & FSE) and technical team members of the Central Research Laboratory (CRL with the Director-General / CEO, NIMR: Professor Babatunde Lawal Salako after successful installation and functional validation of the newly acquired automated DNA Library Preparation (MGSSP-100) and Next General Sequencing (NGS) (DSBSEQ-D50) equipment by the Institute.

The Institute HB has now created a Central Sequencing Laboratory for genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 variants in Nigeria.