
About ABIC
Building a collaborative bioimaging community in Africa
The African Bioimaging Consortium (ABIC) is a newly established network of life science researchers throughout Africa with an interest in and use for microscopy. This community-driven initiative aims to unite the African microscopy community and support the development of bioimaging across the continent.
ABIC activities will focus on the following goals:
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To harness the collaborative effort of researchers and experts throughout Africa in strengthening microscopy at both a local and continental level;
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To serve as a central hub for network building, opportunity sharing, and information collection;
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To provide community platforms with which the hurdles facing the bioimaging community in Africa can be identified, understood, and addressed;
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To promote the African microscopy community and boost engagement with the rest of the global microscopy community.
Participation in ABIC is open to all life science PhD students, post-doctoral fellows, early-career researchers, senior scientists, technical scientists, and lab heads from all African countries. We welcome engagement with manufacturers, vendors, and funding bodies as well.
ABIC Leadership
Executive Committee

Menattallah Elserafy
Zewail City of Science and Technology
Egypt

Mahmoud Bukar Maina
BioRTC
Nigeria

Caron Jacobs
University of Cape Town
South Africa

Michael Reiche
Africa Microscopy Initiative
South Africa
Scientific Advisory Board
Gordon Awandare
University of Ghana
West African Center for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens
Teng-Leong Chew
HHMI Janelia
Leonel Malacrida
Institut Pasteur Montevideo
Universidad de la Republica
Michelle Peckham
University of Leeds
Spencer Shorte
Institut Pasteur Korea
Support
The African BioImaging Consortium is proud to be supported by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Expanding Global Access to Bioimaging program.