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Linoleic acid is the most abundant polyunsaturated fatty acid in the Western-style diet and has been implicated in promoting inflammation and cancer. In Science, researchers report a mechanism by which linoleic acid can activate the mTORC1 protein kinase, which coordinates growth and nutrient signals. Learn more: scim.ag/4bxxLSN #SciencePerspective

Five steps to connect genetic risk variants to disease go.nature.com/4an9gGC

Less than 1% of UK professors are black (160 out of 22,855 professors in 2020/21 data). I am incredibly delighted to share that I have accepted an offer to be a full Professor and Chair of Genomic Diversity at the prestigious @QMUL 1/8 qmul.ac.uk/media/news/202…

Diplomics Director Dr Tim Newman explains what 1KSA is all about.

Poster sessions currently ongoing, from varying researchers in diverse fields of pure and applied math within the Mathematical Sciences! #SiyakhulaFestival #AIMS20th #WeAreGrowing

“AIMS started with a very simple vision which was that African youth had amazing talent and would be a very fertile cultivating ground for the future of mathematics.” Prof. Neil Turok, Founder #SiyakhulaFestival #AIMS20th #WeAreGrowing

TWAS provides nine awards to individual scientists who have been working and living in a developing country for at least 10 years. We are currently inviting nominations. Learn more: twas.org/opportunity/tw…

@CrickAfricaNet @TheCrick @MawazoInstitute @AFRICANDIASPOR9

If you're at the @pha4ge conference this week, look out for our Associate Director @mbishop_uk and our Head of Training and Capacity Building @alicepn @eventsWCS Both are intending in person, and happy to discuss all things public health, epidemiology, and training related!

In this recent publication, we document narratives of stigma and sickle cell disease (SCD); Drivers of SCD-related stigma; and strategies for mitigating stigma. Full text oarticle is available at link.springer.com/article/10.100…. @juliemakani #sicklecelldisease, #QualityofLife, #Stigma

🧪🧫🦠 Glad to read about @JaneNjaramba4 and her inspiring and impactful science! 🧪🧫🦠 ilri.org/index.php/news…

Incredibly excited & honored to share that I’ll be joining the faculty @UCBerkeleySPH in Jan 2024 as a TT Assistant Professor in Environmental Justice & Health Equity! This is the 🍒 on top of a big cake… 1/4

📢 Postdoc recruitment event Sept. 25-26 @fredhutch for Immunology, Medicine, and Data Sciences. It is a fully funded, all-inclusive event that is open to internatinonal students (subject to visa reqs)! App deadline: July 15 @MawazoInstitute @AFRICANDIASPOR9 @IDeAL_KEMRI_WT

Failure to effectively control pain remains a challenge in #sicklecelldisease (SCD) patients. This new publication from our Zimbabwe site 🇿🇼 reports on the #pharmacogenetics of SCD patient pain management. #AiBST. doi.org/full/10.2217/p…. @KuonaPatience

The 3rd African Conference of Fundamental and Applied Physics, ACP2023, will be a hybrid event, organized jointly by Nelson Mandela University at George Campus, in George, South Africa, on September 25-29, 2023 indico.cern.ch/event/1229551/

The 3rd African Conference of Fundamental and Applied Physics, ACP2023, will be a hybrid event, organized jointly by Nelson Mandela University at George Campus, in George, South Africa, on September 25-29, 2023 indico.cern.ch/event/1229551/

What a wonderful workshop with such brilliant minds. Congratulations to everyone for making this a buzzing success @eventsWCS @EPHIEthiopia Will miss the twice a day coffee ceremonies @TADG_Creavin @libarbaraa_ @LinzyElton @Shav_R @JdaRocha1 @DrLMJackson @tapfumamashe

We just updated our list of PhD fellowships. There is a myriad of fellowships, beyond the better known NSF-GRFP and NIH fellowships. Our list of 194 fellowships provides description, $ amount, deadline, and eligibility criteria. Download it here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-op…

Congrats to Prof Ambroise Wonkam on being awarded the Human Genome Organisation (HUGO) African Prize for his contribution to #genomics research. Prof Wonkam's multi-disciplinary research focuses on genomics of sickle cell disease & #genetics of hearing loss. @humangenomeorg

We’re live at the #pathogengenomicscapacity workshop warmly welcomed by ⁦@EPHIEthiopia⁩ Director General and team ⁦@eventsWCS⁩ ⁦@COG_Train⁩ ⁦@AfricaCDC⁩