Since the Centre for Plant Medicine does not have certain facilities that we need, Nick, I, and one of the pharmacologist Mr. Fafa traveled to The University of Ghana (The Harvard of Ghana) to do some of our research at the Noguchi Centre.
You may notice that Noguchi does not sound Ghanaian at all, and you may also notice that it sounds Japanese. The Noguchi centre is completely funded by the Japanese government. The short story is that a Japanese man named Noguchi was researching Yellow Fever here, actually contracted it when a monkey in the experiment bit him, and died. They then built the Noguchi research center in his honor.
The center is completely state of the art, and much more high tech than the biology lab I worked in freshman year at U of M. We were doing RNA extraction there. In order to get into the lab, we had to change into some slippers (as to drag no dirt into the room), go through a UV radiation screen (to kill any bacteria), pass our things through a UV radiation chamber, and then change slippers again and put on special lab coats, masks and gloves. The lab room was pressurized, kept at 25 degrees C exactly, and filled with the most high tech lab equiptment. I seriously felt like I was in Tokoyo as all the lab equiptment was Japanese. The only thing reminding me I wasn't was the brilliant Ghanaian researcher Mr. Kofi Boni who assisted us with our work. It took us 9 hours straight from 9 AM to 3 PM, but the whole thing was facinating and amazing and flew by so fast.
Nick and I just realized that we have been here 6 1/2 weeks and only have 4 1/2 left. OMG! I am really going to miss this place and can't imagine how different it is going to be going back.
AO
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ReplyDeleteWe love reading all the latest in Ghana....Have a great visit with your Dad!!!
I went to Dorney Park with the kids today and thought of you! We are in summer mode and keeping plenty busy.
Uncle Chris talked to your mom today...something about a horse and the space shuttle....I have know idea except I could here your mom laughing across the room!
We miss you. Stay healthy and keep posting!!!
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