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SANA'A UNIVERSITY

Biology Department

(Sana'a, Yemen)

Established in 1970, the University is home to the first Faculty of Science and Arts in Yemen (est. 1974). Approximately 100-120 students are accepted each year, 75% of which are female students. Due to lack of state funding, students are forced to undertake very basic projects that do not require equipment or analytical software.

PROVISIONAL TEACHER

TRAINING COLLEGE

Science Club

(Kampot, Cambodia)

The Provisional Teacher Training College is an institute of 200 trainees. All science is taught as theory, as there is no equipment for hands on learning. So students in high school and even in colleges memorize, for example, chemical combinations and their results.

Ion channels in nervous, muscular and cardiac disorders

(Nice, France)

Led by Saïd Bendahhou, the group seeks to characterize naturally-occurring mutations in ion channels that lead to periodic paralysis, myotonia, paramyotonia congenita, and Andersens syndrome.

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AL-AZHAR UNIVERSITY

(Cairo, Egypt)

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NAMIK KEMAL UNIVERSITY

(Tekirdag, Turkey)

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Sanaa University
SANA'A UNIVERSITY (Yemen)Established in 1971, Sana'a University is drivien by three guiding principles that is upheld in all of its faculties and departments: 1- Teaching 2- Research and 3- Social Services to its local communities.The first faculty in Yemen was Faculty of Science and Art. The current Biology department consists of 3 divisions - Plant, Zoology and Microbiology - that are mainly committed to undergraduate studies. The majority of the students are mainly from Yemen and some other countries like Egypt and Iraq. Approximately 100-120 students are accepted each year, 75% of which are female students. Upon finishing their second year, the students are divided into the 3 divisions. Undergraduates must complete a 2 credit graduation research project. This is mainly composed of 1-2 simple experiments; however, due to the lack of facilities, students are grouped with 4-5 individuals to share the costs of reagents and experiment materials. We also try to collaborate with other departments and faculties as well as hospitals, governmental institutions and sometimes private institutions for implementation of these experiments. These collaborations fill the financial gaps existing in most of our departments. During the last 5 years we began accepting 5-7 master students from our best graduates. The Masters program requires the students to finish 8-10 course before starting their thesis research. Those students usually follow one path in their research topic from on of the 3 divisions. For example, in Microbiology, a student's masters research would involve the characterization of microorganisms (they differs only in the type of microorganism under investigation). In Zoology, they usually focus on anatomy and staining; whereas, in the Plant division, most of our projects are concerning in phenotypic flora and other plant natural population assessment and evaluation for either land restoration, conservation atc. On the other hand, the chemistry and physics departments are less interested in providing a Masters degree, because they require more materials and equipments. Research topics are directed by the financial capacity and not by the necessity for either the students or development of research. There are several companies in Yemen providing small amount of funding to some of the graduate students, but this is not available for all of us as funding is determined by the companies' strategies. Unfortunately, the Faculty of Science is the worst. As it is the oldest faculty located in the old campus of Sana'a University, the faculty has never been renewed or supported with new infrastructures. Moreover, it is far from new campus where the Agriculture and Medicine faculties are located, so sharing facilities is very difficult. Even when we talk about Molecular Genetics and modern Biotechnology, those well equipped faculties have nothing to do for us as this field of Science is almost new for Yemen. That is why we are asking for your help. By helping us invest in our research and academic programs at the Faculty of Science, you can help us empower not just our students and the Yemeni scientific community, but our people so that together, through science, we may bring greater opportunity to our country.We thank you very much.Dr. Adnan Al-AsbahiAssistant Professor, Plant Biology

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Teacher Training College
PROVISIONAL TEACHERTRAINING COLLEGE (Kampot, Cambodia)90% of teachers were killed during the Pol Pot regime in the 1970's. The education system had to be rebuilt from scratch. It is now undergoing major changes but still has a long way to go. Most students drop out after 6th grade. Only 15% of the population attends high school. Training new teachers and equipping them with a deeper knowledge and better methods is a priority. Charlene Bredder works with the Provincial Teacher Training College in Kampot, along the coast of Cambodia. There are 200 trainees at the college. These students are high school graduates and study at the college for 2 years. After two years, they earn teaching certificates and are then placed in rural primary schools in the province. All science is taught as theory, as there is not much equipment of any type anywhere. So students in high school and even in colleges memorize, for example, chemical combinations and their results, without ever seeing how science is done or these results are actually determined. "Last year, 3 advanced chemistry students from the best university in the country (The Royal University of Phnom Penh) came with a foreign supervisor and gave a workshop for our students on hands-on experiments using simple materials. It was phenomenal. Then some of the students from the teacher training college formed a science club and taught their peers these experiments. Some of those trainees then used those experiments in the primary schools they did their practice teaching in. It was very exciting. This was the first time any of them had even seen an experiment. To give you an idea of the basic level of experiments: we had "cornstarch puddy", ballons and gas, air pressure using plastic water bottles and a bicycle pump, soap bubbles (surface tension), acids and bases, and copper and aluminum interactions and baking powder and water (gas). All supplies are locally available in the markets. This year, the science club will form again and the second year students will teach the new first year students the experiments. We also have a volunteer from Japan whose area of expertise is science. He is supporting trainers to design and do simple experiments. He is also designing experiments for the trainees to conduct with their primary school children. In addition, I am helping to design resources that match the primary school curriculum in order to make science more interactive. For the first time, we have enough rooms now to have a dedicated science room. The Japanese volunteer is helping to set this up. Supplies can now be stored and more appropriate experiments can be done. The school will have tables in the room soon (we are really starting from the very beginning). If we had microscopes (extremely extremely basic ones that are easy to take care of ), the trainers could conduct lessons and experiments instead of looking at drawings in the text books. It is to support basic exploration and familiarity with scientific equipment, basic lab exercises and basic knowledge of biology. In addition, it is to encourage students to explore science on their own as well."Charlene Bredder

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Bendahhou Group

Ion channels in nervous, muscular and cardiac disorders

(Nice, France)

Led by Saïd Bendahhou, the group seeks to characterize naturally-occurring mutations in ion channels that lead to periodic paralysis, myotonia, paramyotonia congenita, and namely Andersens syndrome.

Andersens Syndrome (AS) is a rare autosomal disorder, linked to the KCNJ2 gene that encodes for the strong inward rectifier K+ channel Kir2.1. Over 30 mutations have been identified on the KCNJ2 gene, which have been shown to lead to a loss of function of the channels activity. Our research looks at the molecular mechanism by which these channels become not functional and to look at how the these mutations affect normal cell function in skeletal muscle tissues.

http://www.unice.fr/MasterSVS/tianp/tianp-gb/php/group_bendahhou.php

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Namik Kemal University

NAMIK KEMAL UNIVERSITY

(Turkey)

Established in 2006, NKU is located in Tekirdag, Turkey. Focusing on agricultural and mechanical engineering, NKU fosters scientific education and research in rural northwestern Turkey.

http://www.nkuen.nku.edu.tr/
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Al-Azhar University

(Cairo, Egypt)

Founded in 970 A.D., Al-Azhar is the world's second oldest degree granting university in the world.

In 2009, Al-Azhar officially established a new Marine Biology Department out of its former branch in Zoology. The institute is in need of scientific equipment for teaching and research facilities.

http://www.azhar.edu.eg/
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