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We are thrilled to present another edition highlighting the Feed the Future Striga Smart Sorghum for Africa (SSSfA). This collaborative, multi-institutional project in Kenya and Ethiopia leverages genome editing (GEd) technology to develop robust resistance against Striga, commonly known as 'witchweed', which poses a severe threat to sorghum and other cereal crops in sub-Saharan Africa.
This month's video highlights the SSSfA project's efforts, through the Africa Biosciences Hubs (AfriBIOHubs) initiative, to reduce the cost of conducting biotechnology research by promoting the domestic biomanufacturing of essential laboratory reagents. Particularly, these efforts are primarily geared towards enhancing the local capacity for routine GEd research and commercialization.
Our story of the month features Rediet Guta, a Master's student at Addis Ababa University, who participated in the Ethiopia edition of the Enzyme Manufacturing Masterclass (EMM2024) course, organized under the partnership of the SSSfA project at the Bio and Emerging Technology Institute (BETin) in Addis Ababa. Rediet recaps how the two weeks of hands-on biomanufacturing training expanded her molecular biology technical skillset and ignited a newfound passion for real-world applications of science.
From our newsroom, we share highlights of various activities within the AfriCenter portfolio, including updates on the ongoing 5th International Workshop on Regulatory Approaches for Agricultural Applications of Animal Biotechnologies.
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