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On May 20, the launching ceremony of the Zhejiang University Innovative Institute of Basic Medical Sciences and the 1st Hangzhou International Pharmaceutical Source Innovation Forum were held in Linping District, Hangzhou City. Cooperation agreements

On May 29, 2021, Governor Nyesom Ezenwon Wike will celebrate the successful completion of six years as the Governor of Rivers State

One out of ten E. coli samples contained variants that are resistant to several kinds of antibiotics, a new analysis on Norwegian blood samples revealed. The proportion of multi-resistant E. coli bacteria doubled from 2002-2009 to 2010-2017.

Date Time New research sheds light on brain’s GPS system Grid cells are the brain’s GPS system. But do they use brain waves to gather information about speed and direction? Researchers at the University of Oslo resolved the question. Part of the research team behind the new study on whether brain waves provide the brain’s GPS system with information about speed and direction. From the left, Professor Marianne Fyhn, Mikkel Elle Lepperød and Kristian K. Lensjø, all at the University of Os...

Punch Newspapers Sections Olatunju Oladejo Olatunju Oladejo Published 8 May 2021 It is gratifying to note that all over the world, countries are known for greatness through efforts of their patriotic citizens who positively impacted their immediate environment and the world at large; people whose efforts will be remembered by generations. These people at one time or the other were confronted with challenges but they were capable of putting them off. One of such people is the 11th Vice-Chancel...

Life sciences company GeniPhys adds president and CEO, and board chair WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — GeniPhys Inc., a life sciences company focused on developing and commercializing proprietary collagen material technology developed in Purdue University professor Sherry Harbin’s laboratory, announced Tuesday (May 4) that Andrew S. Eibling has been appointed president and CEO and that attorney R. Matthew Neff has been appointed as chairman of the board of directors. Eibling brings 35 years of leade...

UNILAG announces dates, ceremonies for 51st Convocation A pre-convocation news conference that will herald activities lined up for the ceremony has been slated for June 30. ADVERTISEMENT The University of Lagos on Thursday announced June 30 to July 9 as days set aside for activities lined up for its 51st Convocation ceremony (2019). This was contained in a statement by Nonye Oguama, principal assistant registrar , Corporate Affairs of the institution and issued to newsmen in Lagos. According to...

The event was organised by ING in conjunction with the International Brain Research Organisation (IBRO) at the University of Ilorin. According to him, the upsurge in the incidence of mental disorder in the country is being aided by substance abuse and increase in the burden of neurological diseases. The don appealed to government at all levels to make more budgetary provision for the health sector, saying that the two per cent allocation often set aside for the health se...

[FILES] A telecommunications firm has planned to hold a health talk series with the theme “COVID-19 and the New Normal: Staying Mentally Healthy in the face of the Challenges Prof. Bamidele Owoyele, the President, the Ilorin Neuroscience Group (ING) says one out of every four Nigerians suffer one form of mental disorder or the other. Owoyele, a Professor of Physiology at the University of Ilorin, said this at the maiden Global Engagement and Advocacy Programme on Monday. The event was organis...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 13 March 2021 Three hundred students of Chrisland University, Abeokuta, Ogun State, matriculated at a virtual ceremony to kick-start the 2020/2021 academic session. The students, who were sworn in on the university campus, were admitted into three colleges – College of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Natural and Applied Sciences, and College of Arts, Social and Management Sciences. Speaking at the sixth matriculation ceremony, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. ...