Lagos,
Nigeria -- African Biosciences Ltd. today announced a partnership
with Nigerian Institute of Animal Science (NIAS) to provide access to
services of ABL.
This
includes a launch the first ever all-in-one research packages for the
Nigerian academic bioscience research community. African Biosciences
Ltd. Research Project Package (ABL-RPP) provides a convenient package
for molecular biology-oriented research projects and come with flat
rate pricing directed at BSc, MSc and PhD students interested in
serious and meaningful biomolecular research in plants, animals,
humans and microbes. The packages provide project design service,
one-stop access to reagents and supplies, lab-for-rent services where
student performs bench work in our lab, contract research services
where the company performs bench work, provision of up-to-date
literature, and basic data analysis.
This
service continues the vision of providing ground-breaking integrated
bioscience research services through a unique research-design-to-data
analysis platform to achieve bioscience research goals by addressing
some key challenges of performing bioscience research in Nigeria.
With this new service, African Biosciences Ltd. is positioned to be a
key player in the biosciences research market by being a leading
service provider to build technical capacity in biomolecular research
in Nigeria and soon across Africa.
To
benefit from flat rate pricing, students must meet some requirements
such current enrollment in a degree program at an accredited
University or tertiary institution recognized by the relevant
authorities, approval by the supervisor or research committee, and
meet project scope requirement ranging from 2 weeks of lab work for
BSc projects and 1 month for MSc projects to 3 months of lab work for
PhD projects. The company offers a payment plan to help with
affordability, and package pricing allows groups of students to band
together to get additional discounts. Academic departments can get
bulk discount for groups of their students who sign up to use ABL-RPP
and academic institutions who sign long-term Memoranda of
Understanding to access this service receive even deeper discounts
for their students.
Elaborating
on ABL-RPP, Prof. Ikhide Imumorin, Co-founder and CEO of the company
explained that eligible projects for flat rate pricing may include
techniques from among the following: DNA and RNA extraction, PCR
primer design, standard PCR, RT-PCR, Real Time PCR (qPCR), de-novo
SNP identification, SNP genotyping, PCR-RFLP, Sanger DNA sequencing,
basic bioinformatics and molecular data analysis. Additional charges
apply to projects that require ELISA, Western Blots, molecular
cloning, protein expression, in-vitro assays, next generation
sequencing of DNA and RNA, genome editing, advanced bioinformatics
and genome assembly.
This
research project package is first of its kind in Nigeria for modern
bioscience research and is part of the plan of African Biosciences
Ltd. to provide comprehensive private sector solutions to life
science researchers in Nigeria and Africa. For more information,
contact us at:
African
Biosciences Ltd.
88,
Km 6 Ibadan-Ife Road
Ibadan,
Nigeria
Nigerian
Institute of Animal Science
Plot
1882 C13, Kabusa, Okanje District
Wuse,
Abuja, Nigeria.
About
African Biosciences Ltd.
African
Biosciences Ltd. is an innovative life sciences company whose mission
and goals are to provide easy access to bioscience research regents
and supplies through an e-commerce platform, bioscience research
advisory services, bioscience technical training, lab-for-rent and
contract research services in state-of-the-art bioscience research
laboratories in Nigeria and soon across Africa. It is the first and
only vertically integrated biosciences research company providing a
unique research design-to-data analysis pipeline to assist customers
to achieve their research project goals. For more information, visit
us at http://www.africanbio.com.
About
Nigerian Institute of Animal Science
The
Nigerian Institute of Animal Science was established by the National
Assembly Act No. 26 of 2007 under the Federal Ministry of Agriculture
and Rural Development as a regulatory agency for Animal Science
practice with powers to regulate all matters pertaining to Animal
husbandry in Nigeria. Its mission is the regulation of Animal
Husbandry practices for increased profitability to all Stakeholders'
and guarantee improved Animal Husbandry and Production Systems that
will embrace environmental sustainability and ensure high quality and
quantity of animal proteins to Nigerians. Its activities extend to
professional, industry and social mandates. Find more information at
http://www.nias.org.ng.
For
questions or more information, please contact:
Mr.
Calistus Igwilo
African
Biosciences Ltd.
Poatson
House, 4th Floor
142
Oba Akran Avenue
Ikeja,
Lagos, Nigeria
+234
803 341 7102
