Recent findings about SARS-COV-2 virus have shown promising compounds that work by two distinct mechanisms, one is inhibiting viral cell entry to human cells and the other is inhibiting viral RNA replication and transcription process of the virus. These findings are important for the development of potent antiviral molecules. Coincidentally, some of the reported compounds in the […]
Prof. Hulda Shahidi Swai (CREATES Centre Leader) said to the students not be scared on difficult things because they give them opportunity to struggle more. Good things do not come easily you have to study hard and make the best use of the time available, she said during the opening remarks of the Students Empowering […]
Dr. Richard Alward, who spent about 6 moths at CREATES, NM-AIST, between 2019 and 2020, donated a drone worth more than 11,000 USD to CREATES for research activities in March 2020. The drone has a high resolution multispectral camera for vegetation assessment and will help students assessing wildlife and habitat properties in cultivated and protected […]
The Data Driven Innovation (DDI) Incubation Centre is a newly established Incubation Centre in the Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) Region. The Centre is hosted by the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST) based in Arusha Tanzania through the African Centre for Research, Agricultural Advancement, Teaching Excellence and Sustainability (CREATES) which is based […]
AFRICAN WOMEN IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (AWARD) is a career development program initiated in 2008, to strengthen and sharpen the research and leadership skills of African women in agricultural science. It is aimed at further empowering them to contribute more effectively to accelerating agricultural gains in Africa. AWARD fellows benefit from a two-year fellowship […]
The Nelson Mandela Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST) through CREATES, was honored to host the 10th International Conference of the African Material and Research Society (AMRS) from December 8th – 13th, 2019. Themed “African Materials for African Development”, the conference attracted 336 attendees from premier science and research institutions across four continents and 39 […]
INVITATION TO ATTEND A PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES BY OUR SOIL SCIENTIST COLLABORATORS FROM GERMANY March 19th– 20th and 25th -26th, 2019 Dear Colleagues, This is to kindly invite NM-AIST students and staff members to participate in the public lecture series organized by The African Centre for Research, Agricultural advancement, Teaching Excellence and Sustainability (CREATES) and […]
Understanding the atomistic or molecular level of biomolecules such as protein, DNA, polymers for drug delivery is of great importance. Development of drugs or understanding of illness such as cancer etc requires a molecular insight of the cell machinery. Analysis of biological networks is used to describe biological systems. Unfortunately, to some extend it is […]
Dear invitee, The African Centre of Excellence, CREATES (Centre for Research, Agricultural advancement, Teaching Excellence and Sustainability) at the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST), in collaboration with the Cooperative State University of Heidenheim, Germany (DHBW), invites you to a one-day workshop at NM-AIST in Arusha, Tuesday, 26 February, 10.00 am – […]
Ms. Never Zekeya is a PhD student at the School of Life Sciences and Bio-engineering at the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST). Her research is funded by the Africa Centre for Research, Agricultural Advancement, Teaching Excellence and Sustainability (CREATES). She has developed a formulation of a fungal based bio-pesticide (FBB) for […]
