Drs. Idowu Aimola and Francis Collins (48098942813)

NIH director Dr. Francis Collins speaks with Dr. Idowu Aimola of Nigeria, one of 10 fellows participating in a new program, the African Postdoctoral Training Initiative (APTI). Fellows spend 2 years in the lab of an NIH senior investigator, learning cutting-edge science while working on a research project of mutual interest. The immersion is intended to give the fellows the expertise to become research leaders when they return home and to foster col-laborations between NIH scientists and institutions in Africa.
Dr. Aimola teaches biochemistry at the largest university in Nigeria. Working in Dr. Collins' lab, Aimola will be engaged in high-tech single-cell biology and learning to analyze genomic data. His project will investigate why some people are predisposed to diabetes, a growing problem in Africa.
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