About ABIC

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Building a collaborative bioimaging community in Africa

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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:

• To harness the collaborative effort of researchers and experts throughout Africa in strengthening microscopy at both a local and continental level;

• To serve as a central hub for network building, opportunity sharing, and information collection;

• To provide community platforms with which the hurdles facing the bioimaging community in Africa can be identified, understood, and addressed;

• 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.

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