Representatives of the Nigerian-American Public Affairs Committee (NAPAC) Foundation, MABO Foundation, and Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) paid a courtesy visit to the Director-General of NIMR Prof. Babatunde Lawal Salako on 21st of June, 2022.
A one-day workshop was organized on the 20th of April 2022 to sensitize junior and middle-level staff of the institute on awareness and the activities of the Anti-corruption Transparency (ACTU) Unit in NIMR.
The team was led by Professor Rosemary Audu.
The Director-General of NIMR, Prof. Babatunde Lawal Salako held a joint meeting with the NIMR Oligosynthesis Laboratory Team and the management of the MTN Foundation represented by the Executive Secretary, Mrs Sanya Odunayo on the 20th April 2022 to give a progress report of Oligonucleotides that have been synthesized in NIMR.
NIMR with the support of Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, Hon. Speaker, Federal House of Representatives, National Assembly, Abuja officially flagged off a project on comprehensive health advocacy and screening of food handlers/consumers from selected local government areas in Lagos State, Nigeria today, 5th May 2022. The project is led by Dr. Raheem Toyosi of the Molecular Biology & Biotechnology Department, NIMR.
LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA.
The use of MGI ATOPlex Technology for Complete
Genome Sequencing and Identification of
SARS-CoV-2 Variants on DNBSEQ-G50* in Nigerian
Institute of Medical Research
NIMR in collaboration with Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD) is evaluating the safety and efficacy of Virucidine, a Nigerian herbal medicine for management of COVID-19.
The DG and Management (NIMR) are grateful to Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCO) for supporting research by donating equipment for molecular techniques to the Centre for Infectious Disease Research (CIDR), Microbiology Department, NIMR facilitated by Dr Adetoun Mustapha (CIDR Adjunct).