From the 3rd to 7th of August, ILRI’s Biotechnoly Theme’s ‘improving the utilization of farm animal genetic resources’ (BT03) team will be hosting Prof. Jan Philipsson of SLU-Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Prof. Hans Solkner of BOKU–University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna, Austria. The aim of this visit is: To review … Continue reading »
Monthly Archives: July 2011
Biotech News Roundup
Below is summary of Biotech related research news highlights published in ILRI Clippings and ILRI News blog between June and July 2011. Australian TV program highlights research in race against time to save Africa’s ‘hairless sheep’ and other native breeds Catalyst, the Australian Broadcasting Company’s well-regarded science television program, yesterday (14 Jul 2011) broadcast an episode … Continue reading »
Up close with Biotech: Improving livestock disease control and product safety (vaccines and diagnostics), BT01
Up close with Biotech, is a blog series that will feature frequently asked questions about the Biotech theme at ILRI. In this series we feature BT01, vaccines and diagnostics. Vaccines and Diagnostics This is a research group within the ILRI Biotech theme that is led by Phil Toye and made up a team of scientists … Continue reading »
An exciting day in the ILRI labs
On Tuesday this week, the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel and her delegation visited ILRI, Nairobi. Among the places the Chancellor visited, included the laboratories where the Biotech staff had done quite a lot of preparations and were looking forward to her visit, in addition to others, a special demonstration by Anne Fisher, Absolomon Kihara, Christian … Continue reading »
The identification of 2 genes that convey resistance in livestock for trypanosomiasis
A video illustrating the collaborative work between the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) scientists and their international partners in identifying 2 genes that convey resistance in livestock for trypanosomiasis Continue reading »
Up close with Biotech: Improving characterization of livestock and pathogens (BT02)
Up close with Biotech, is a blog series that will feature frequently asked questions about the Biotech theme at ILRI. In this series you will get to know more about our research teams: Improving livestock disease control and product safety (BT01) Improving characterization of livestock and pathogens (BT02) Improving utilization of farm animal genetics resources … Continue reading »
