Project News

2012

March 1:

• Project commencement

April 4:

• Visit by Mr. Okaya, Director of Research Partnership for Sustainable Development Division, JST

May 25:

• Visit by the President of the International Development Journal Co., Ktd.

June 8:

• Project kick-off meeting in Nairobi, Kenya (PDF/233KB)

July 31:

• Visit by the team of Centre for Public Relation Strategy, Nagasaki University

August 14 – September 14:

• Researcher sent to Japan for training (virus isolation techniques)

September 11 – 12:

• 6th Workshop for P3 laboratory training in NUITM-KEMRI, Nairobi, Kenya

September 11 – 14:

• Poster presentation at the 11th Awaji International Forum on Infection and Immunity in Hyogo, Japan

October 8 – December 7:

• KEMRI staff sent to Japan for training (immunochromatography diagnosis methods)

October 25:

• The first Joint Coordinating Committee (JCC) meeting held in Nairobi, Kenya (PDF/130KB)

November 13 – 15:

• Oral presentation given at the 60th The Japanese Society for Virology conference in Osaka, Japan

October 18 – 19:

• Oral and poster presentations given at the 2nd Medical & Veterinary Virus Research Symposium (MVVR-2) in Nairobi, Kenya

December 10:

• Poster presentation at the 6th Nagasaki Symposium on Tropical and Emerging Infectious Diseases and the 11th Nagasaki-Singapore Medical Symposium in Nagasaki, Japan

2013

January 22 – 23:

• Poster presentation at the Asian-African Research Forum on Emerging and Re-emerging Infections 2013 in Tokyo, Japan

January 29 – February 2:

• Poster presentation at the Prince Mahidol Award Conference 2013 (PMAC 2013) in Thailand

February 7:

• Oral and poster presentations given at the 3rd KEMRI Annual Scientific & Health (KASH) Conference in Nairobi, Kenya

March 25:

• Completion of phase I renovation of the KEMRI-Alupe Centre laboratory

March 28:

• Oral presentation given at the 4th East African Community Annual Health Conference (1st East African Epidemiology Symposium) in Kigali, Rwanda

April 18:

• Oral presentations given at the JICA-JSPS Vector Borne Disease Project Workshop in Lilongwe, Malawi

April 26:

• Visit by Dr. Abe, Vice-Minister of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Japan (GoJ)

May 16:

• Oral presentation given at the 2nd National Science, Technology, and Innovation Workshop in Nairobi, Kenya

May 31:

• Completion of phase II renovation of the KEMRI-Alupe Centre laboratory

June 5:

• Second Project Steering Committee (PSC) meeting in Nairobi, Kenya (PDF/115KB)

June 6:

• Visit by Japanese officials from the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for inspection of facilites and activities

June 7:

• KEMRI-Alupe Centre laboratory opening ceremony and workshop in Busia, Kenya (PDF/540KB)

June 20:

• Opening of DNA and protein electrophoresis laboratory facilities at KEMRI-Production Department