The goal of this RSF project is to assist UDSM AMU in creating a center for biotechnology and microbiology teaching excellence in Africa. AMU already has the committed teachers, the eager students, and the classrooms/labs to achieve this goal; but it needs some assistance with textbooks and lab supplies. In 2004, RSF sent several hundred pounds of textbooks to AMU, along with lab supplies including micropipets, pipet tips, and chemicals. Additional shipments of similar teaching supplies have already begun in 2005.
Tanzania is located on the East
coast of sub-Saharan Africa.
Dar es Salaam is the largest
city and it is located on the coast.
Close up view of the Applied Microbiology Unit (AMU) building on the
the University of Dar es Salaam campus.
AMU courses in
microbiology, and
AMU courses in
biotechnology
are taught here.
Distance view of the Applied Microbiology Unit (AMU) building is on
the University of Dar es Salaam campus.
AMU biotechnology student loading
DNA onto a
gel for electrophoresis to analyze DNA.
Molecular biology
lab protocols are carried out in extremely small
volumes, necessitating the use of very precise
micropipets shown here in
use. RSF supplied 17 additional micropipets to AMU in 2004 so that
the students could get more hands-on experience.
AMU DNA lab is used by post-graduates who are engaged
in independent projects, the final step of the biotechnology program.
AMU DNA lab
PCR thermocycler machine
amplifies small segments of DNA.
The AMU lab needs more
thermocyclers.
These AMU undergraduates doing DNA work in the Applied Biotechnology course
that is run in parallel with a
course at Hamline University in the USA.
The ice bucket contains small tubes of
restriction enzymes
for analyzing DNA. These reagents must be stored
at low temperatures. The AMU lab needs a generator to provide backup power
for refrigeration during frequent blackouts.
New AMU biotechnology laboratory for teaching the
undergraduates in the B.Sc. Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (MBB)
program.
All Photos copyright 2004 by Dr. Kenneth Hosea, AMU .
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