Capacity-Building : EMERGENTS-ICEMR Genomics Training Strengthens Malaria Surveillance in Africa

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From January 19 to 30, 2026, the NIH funded EMERGENTS-ICEMR- project (International Centers of Excellence for Malaria Research – Enhancing Malaria Epidemiology Research through Genomics & Translational Systems Biology) hosted an intensive genomics training at CRID. The program focused on Nanopore Amplicon Sequencing and Molecular Inversion Probes (MIPs) for Plasmodium analyses, equipping scientists with cutting-edge…

TENDER NOTICE – NATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER

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Open National ITB No. CRID/CMR/AVECGEN/ITB/26/0001 Supply of Desktop Computers and Laptops The Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases (CRID), Yaoundé, invites bids for the supply and delivery of desktop computers and laptops to CRID premises, in line with the tender technical specifications. Eligibility: Open to Cameroonian companies legally registered in Cameroon (valid Commercial Register and…

Publication: Breakthrough Discovery of DNA Marker for Insecticide Resistance in major Malaria Mosquitoes

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Scientists from the Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases (CRID), in collaboration with the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), have achieved a major milestone in the fight against malaria. For the first time, researchers have identified a DNA marker linked to metabolic pyrethroid resistance in west and Central African population of Anopheles gambiae, one…