KRISP Newsletter - May 2018 - KRISP learning about innovation in Boston as part of South African delegation to BIO and new services area


KRISP on the official South African delegation of the BIO international convention in Boston, Global SPARK meeting, new services and online quote section of website, genome detective, inovation breakfast and talks.

KRISP newsletter May 2018, KRISP on the official South African delegation of the BIO international convention in Boston, Global SPARK meeting, new services and online quote section of website, genome detective, inovation breakfast and talk

This issue's highlights are:

BIO International Convention: KRISP is invited to take part of the official South African delegation to attend the BIO Convention 2018

Services: Precision medicine, cancer genomics, exomes, microbial whole genomes and drug resistance in Africa

Innovation: Durban SPARK Innovation Breakfast - Diagnostic Innovations: Gaps & Opportunities, 6 June 2018

News: KRISP learn about Intellectual Property when Fostering Innovation and Entrepreneurship

KRISP Toys: Equipment available for collaborative research, training, diagnostics & sequencing services

KRISP Tools: Genome Detective: An Accurate, Fast and Automated System for Virus Identification from High-throughput NGS data./a>


We hope you enjoy it and find it informative. We welcome any feedback about content or format.

The concept behind this newsletter is that anyone with 15 minutes to spare can learn about the work of the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP), which is hosted at University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), Durban, South Africa

KRISP wants to want to challenge the status quo and create a scientific environment in South Africa that drives innovations in global health and reverses the brain drain. A critical function of KRISP will be to make genomics, epigenetics and bioinformatics accessible to academic, industrial and commercial users.

News date: 2018-06-05

Links:

http://www.krisp.org.za/manuscripts/KRISPnewsletter_5_2018.pdf


KRISP has been created by the coordinated effort of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) and the South African Medical Research Countil (SAMRC).


Location: K-RITH Tower Building
Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, UKZN
719 Umbilo Road, Durban, South Africa.
Director: Prof. Tulio de Oliveira