Seeding Labs

Instrumental Access Impact Update: COVID-19 Over the course of this year, our metrics and evaluation team connected with 19 Instrumental Access awardees who used their labs and expertise to contribute to their institutional, regional, and national responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Although campus closures, research project delays, and diverted funding disrupted many normal activities, Instrumental Access scientists used their tools and talent for the greater good. Read more at https://seedinglabs.org/2021/08/instrumental-access-impact-update-covid-19/

Improving Global Health: Reclaiming Agency Over COVID-19 in Malawi Because the Malawi University of Science and Technology received a 2018 Instrumental Access award, Dr. Gama Bandawe and his lab already had most of the equipment they needed to join the fight against COVID-19. With additional support, Dr. Bandawe’s lab was able to implement a new diagnostics workflow. He and his team have now processed thousands of COVID-19 tests, filling an important need in Malawi’s pandemic response. Read more at https://seedinglabs.org/2021/03/reclaiming-agency-covid-19-malawi/

Expanding STEM Education: Equipment Brings New Life to a Chemistry Program in Need Five years ago, the Chemistry Department at the Dar es Salaam University College of Education was losing students and outsourcing sample analysis to other facilities. Now, thanks to Instrumental Access equipment, student attrition has dropped by half—and the department has qualified to begin both Masters and PhD programs. Read more at https://seedinglabs.org/2021/04/tanzanian-transformation-dativa-shilla/.