Set up a Biology lab in Cameroon: Needs, Challenges and Strategies for sustainability
1. Set up a Biology lab in Cameroon:
Needs, Challenges and Strategies for sustainability
MIT Biosummit 2018
Thomas Hervé Mboa Nkoudou
www.mboalab.africa
2. The Initial support
• Local advantages
• Local community
• My Own space
• International network
• Advices
• Overseas Lab and events
• Fundings
3. Local Advantages
Mboalab has its own space Embedded in school (I am the owner)
Mboalab has some links with The
Higher Institute of medical Technologies
6. Challenges
• Be locally useful
• Access to equipment to foster DIYBio
• Training users to DIY and Making practices
• Access to chemical reagents
• Find volunteers
• Find the best business model
7. • Bacteria Dyes with Roland, Winnie,
Arthur in Amsterdam
• The idea was to reproduce the same
protocol with rural women in
Cameroon.
8. Strategies
• Be locally useful:
• Align our activities with the needs of local
populations
• Access to equipment to foster DIYBio:
- National networking
- Be resourceful
• Training users to DIY and Making practices:
- Classes
• access to chemical reagents
• Find volunteers
• Find the best business model