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SUMMARY:Capacity Building in Chemistry in Africa - Dr Steven Lancaster: Fo
 under and Managing Director of the Foundation for Analytical Science &amp\
 ; Technology in Africa - FASTA
DTSTART:20150210T180000Z
DTEND:20150210T190000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Pauline Essah
DESCRIPTION:There is a pressing need for advanced analytical instrumentati
 on in African universities. *Foundation for Analytical Science & Technolog
 y in Africa* (FASTA) is a charitable company that was established in 2005 
 in response to a request to provide instrumentation to the Jomo Kenyatta U
 niversity of Agriculture & Technology (JKUAT) in Nairobi\, Kenya. FASTA wa
 s founded by Steve Lancaster of Domino Printing Sciences and Barrie Nixon 
 of Mass Spec Technologies Ltd. The objectives of the organisation are to s
 upport scientific education\, analytical research and the preservation of 
 the environment in Africa via capacity-building and technology transfer.\n
 \nThis presentation will describe how these aims are achieved and sustaine
 d. It will discuss the fundraising activities\, installation\, maintenance
  and training in analytical instrumentation in the Chemistry Department at
  JKUAT. It will also describe how this equipment is facilitating postgradu
 ate research and analysis of a wide range of samples including environment
 ally important samples. A case study on the use of analytical chemistry fo
 r the preservation of African vultures will be presented.
LOCATION:Wine Room\, King's College\, Cambridge\, CB2 1ST
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