The course will cover
- Introduction to Developmental Biology and animal models
- Drosophila as a model system for human diseases, with special focus on cancer, wound healing and immune system, infections and behavioural diseases
- The course will give the opportunity to meet other African researchers as well as an international body of faculty and establish collaborative links.
The Faculty
Dr. Ahmed Adedeji - Institute of Biomedical Research, KIU, Uganda
Dr. Alvaro Ferreira - Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia, Portugal
Dr. Acaimo González-Reyes - CABD, University Pablo Olavide, Spain
Dr. Francis Jiggings - University of Cambridge, UK
Dr. Mª Dolores Martín-Bermudo - CABD, University Pablo Olavide, Spain
Dr. Silvia Muñoz-Descalzo - University of Bath, UK
Dr. Isabel Palacios - University of Cambridge, UK
Dr. Marta Vicente-Crespo - Institute of Biomedical Research, KIU, Uganda
Dr. Timothy Weil - University of Cambridge, UK
Dr. William Wood - University of Bristol, UK