April 22 Lab equipment distribution speaker at Mission Bay

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The Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Global Health Sciences will host

Nina Dudnik, the founder and CEO of Seeding Labs (seedinglabs.org), a nonprofit that enables scientific investigation in developing countries through equipment transfers and fellow and ambassador programs. 

Empowering talented scientists in developing countries to conduct life-changing research

April 22 noon to 1pm     UCSF Mission Hall room 1400      550 16th Street, San Francisco

Nina has a PhD in molecular biology from Harvard University and has worked for the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research in Italy and in Cote d’Ivoire where she was a Fulbright Scholar. Nina founded Seeding Labs in 2003, to ensure that scientists in the developing world have the tools, training and network to pursue world-class research. Since 2003, Seeding Labs has provided resources for research to scientists in 16 countries in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa and India. Nina has been named a 2010 PopTech Social Innovation Fellow and TED Fellow and received the 2010 Massachusetts Young Nonprofit Professional award. Seeding Labs has been featured in the Boston Globe, MassHighTech, The Kenyan Standard, and Chemical & Engineering News. Seeding Labs was been named one of the world’s top 10 most innovative not-for-profit companies by Fast Company in 2015. Mission Hall is accessible, just sign in at the front desk, and they will direct you to the conference rooms 1400- 1402. Questions to be directed to Mark Ansel at ucsf