Bio and Emerging Technology Institute - BETin

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ኢትዮጵያ ከደቡብ አፍሪካ ጋር በመተባበር በተለያዩ ዘርፎች ላይ የሚካሄዱ ፕሮጀክቶችን ስራ ለማስጀመር የሚያስችል የበይነ-መረብ የምክክር መድረክ አካሄደች፡፡ ======================== የኢኖቬሽንና ቴክኖሎጂ ሚኒስቴር እና የባዮና ኢመርጂንግ ቴክኖሎጂ ኢንስቲትዩት ከደቡብ አፍሪካ የሳይንስና ኢኖቬሽን ተቋም ጋር በመተባበር በኢትዮጵያ በተለያዩ የምርምር ዘርፎች ላይ በጋራ ለመስራት በበይነ-መረብ የምክክር መድረክ አካሄደዋል፡፡ የኢኖቬሽንና ቴክኖሎጂ ሚኒስትር ዴኤታ ክቡር ባይሳ በዳዳ (ፒ.ኤች.ዲ) የሀገራችንን ኢኮኖሚ ለማጎልበት በምርምርና በፈጠራ ዘርፍ ለዘላቂነት እድገት በትብብር ለመስራት ከሚፈልጉ ሀገራት ጋር ለመስራት የሚያስችሉ ምቹ ሁኔታዎችን ለመፍጠር ያላሰለሰ ጥረት እየተደረገ መሆኑን ገልፀዋል፡፡ በተለይ ከደቡብ አፍሪካ የሳይንስና ኢኖቬሽን ተቋም ጋር የምናደርገው የትብብር ስራዎች ለሀገራችን ኢኮኖሚ እድገት ሁለንተናዊ ሚና አላቸው ያሉት ክቡር ሚኒስትር ዴኤታው ከግብርና ምርምር ካውንስል ጋር በመተባበር በኢትዮጵያ የማንጎ ምርትን ለማሳደግና በሁለቱ ሀገራት ሳይንቲስቶች መካከል በዋጋ ሊተመን የማይችል የእውቀት እና የልምድ ልውውጥን ተግባራትን እናከናውናለን ብለዋል። ለታዳሽ ሃይል ከባዮማስ እና ከማዕድን የተውጣጡ የላቁ ቁሶችን በማዘጋጀት በምርምር ግንባር ቀደም ነን። ይህ ተነሳሽነት ዘላቂ የሀብት አጠቃቀምን በማስተዋወቅ ወደ አረንጓዴ የወደፊት ጉዞ ያደርገናል። ከጆሃንስበርግ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ጋር ያለን ትብብር ማዕድን እና ከኤሌክትሮኒክስ ቆሻሻ የሚመነጩ አዳዲስ የብረታ ብረት ቁሳቁሶችን ማዘጋጀትና ከብሔራዊ አይኪዎች እና ከፍሪ ስቴት ዩኒቨርሲቲ ጋር በመተባበር ለስኳር በሽታ ጥቅም ላይ የሚውሉ የመድኃኒት ዕፅዋትን በመመርመር ባህላዊ እውቀትን ከዘመናዊ ሳይንሳዊ እድገቶች ጋር በማዋሃድ፣ አስቸኳይ የጤና ችግሮችን በብቃት ለመቅረፍ ዋነኛ አላማችን መሆኑን ጠቁመዋል።

Bio and Emerging Technology Institute (BETin)  with Foldscope donated by ICGEB held the first Foldscope Training on March,05,2024 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The training covered basic microscopy skills, parts of the microscope and the importance of using foldscope in scientific exercise at school level.  In his opening remark  Kassahun Tesfaye (PhD), Director General for BETin, said the training on Foldscope for high school girls is a wonderful opportunity  to empower young girls in the field of Life Sciences. The training aimed at inspiring school girls to explore their surrounding and also promot STEM at school. Foldscope is a low-cost paper microscope that allows students to explore the microscopic world around them.   Institute researcher Ms. Genet Degene and  others have been involved in this first round training and demonstrated how to assemble a Foldscope and  use it.  Overall, the training on Foldscope for Temenja Yazh and Yewuket Fana Grade 7th and 8th junior school girls was a success, inspiring the students to explore the world of microscopy and sparking their interest in life sciences. It is noted that Bio and Emerging Technology Institute is closely working with the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB ) in various areas of Research Collaborations, and this foldscope was also donated by BiotechNet Project funded by Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (@AICS).

Join us at this exclusive seminar, a side event of African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) Conference 2023 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre 📆 Thursday, 14th December 2023 ⌚ 6.30 – 8.00 pm SAST We’ll be sharing ground-breaking results from the COVID-19+ project and sparking discussions on advancing the accessibility of diagnosing (re)emerging pathogens in Africa through innovative and handy technologies like RT-LAMP, currently optimized for detecting arboviruses. More information on the seminar: https://lnkd.in/dRBG7KnN Further information on the Conference: https://lnkd.in/dZCmvHU4 #ASLM2023 #HealthcareInnovation #RTLAMP #PathogenDetection #LabGeneAngola IRSS Burkina Faso Chantal Biya Research Center (CIRCB) #iressef_senegal #TMRIsudan Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) #institutpasteurcotedivoire #UMTHnigeria #nmrlzimbawe Bio and Emerging Technology Institute - BETin #NMRLzimbabwe

Bio and Emerging Technology Institute - BETin Bioplastic Project has been selected and featured along with 100 projects at the competition’s exhibition at Jumeirah Emirates Tower-Dubai as part of the COP28 Exhibition. Under the broad theme of “Climate and Society”, the 2023 edition of Prototypes for Humanity selected 100 most innovative and impactful projects with transformative potential. BETin`s prototype has been chosen out of more than 3,000 applications made by 710 universities/research institutions across the global. The exhibition is open and expected to be visited by high level officials, business leaders, consultants, researchers, students and general public. The resulting 100 shortlisted projects were developed by graduates from universities including Yale, Stanford, Oxford, Princeton, Berkeley, MIT, Harvard, Cambridge and Bournemouth. It is indeed a privilege and honor for BETin to have a prototype with global standard along with products developed by the best universities in the world. Congratulations Dr. Firew Tafesse, PI of the Project and Potato Bioplastic Research Team at BETin for the innovative project.

Dr.Kassahun Tesfaye, Director General of Bio & Emerging Technology Institute (BETin) recounts the collaboration with ICGEB and the BIOTECHNET project. Funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation to enhance the scientific competencies of researchers and research institutions from Ethiopia and Djibouti in the field of Life Sciences, Dr. Kassahun recounts the impacts of the project and the importance of membership in the ICGEB. Dr. Kassahun Tesfaye is the ICGEB Appointed Governor for Ethiopia and the incoming Vice President of the Board of Governors of the Organization.

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