TReND is a charity supporting scientific capacity building across Africa, running cutting-edge biomedical training courses, providing universities with scientific equipment, running academic volunteering and outreach schemes, and supporting and work with African researchers.
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Baden T, James B, Zimmermann M, Bartel P, Griseels D, Lagnado L* and Maravall M* (2018). Spikeling: a low-cost hardware implementation of a spiking neuron for neuroscience teaching and outreach. PLoS Biology doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2006760. (bioRxiv version). direct link. pdf.
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Chagas AM, Prieto Godino LL, Arrenberg AB and Baden T (2017). The 100 Euro Lab: A 3-D Printable Open Source Platform For Fluorescence Microscopy, Optogenetics And Accurate Temperature Control During Behaviour Of Zebrafish, Drosophila And C. elegans. PLoS Biology. direct link. (bioRxiv version). pdf.
Forman CJ, Tomes H, Mbobo B, Burman, RJ, Jacobs M, Baden T, Raimondo JV (2017). Openspritzer: an open hardware pressure ejection system for reliably delivering picolitre volumes. Scientific Reports. 7:2188. direct link. (bioRxiv version). pdf.
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