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Elijah Ateka

@emateka

Prof. of Plant Virology and Researcher

 Nairobi, Kenya
jkuat.ac.ke
Joined June 2010
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The 17 #GlobalGoals are the world's best plan for building a better planet with happy and healthy people. Which goal is your favorite? Write your answer πŸ‘‡πŸ“ More info: un.org/sustainabledevelopmen…

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#AfricaHE2018 Higher education can solve society's challenges. But this will only happen with proper funding and great planning.
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Replying to @FAOclimate
@FAOclimate resilient cassava for the region africasciencenews.org/east-a… @emateka @FAOEastAfrica @DiscoverJKUAT @JkuatAlumni @kalromkulima @wakhustephen @ogekearaka @Cavinceworld @timothy_onyinge @EUinKenya
Image from Patrick Amunavi (@AmunaviPatrick)
Image from Patrick Amunavi (@AmunaviPatrick)
Image from Patrick Amunavi (@AmunaviPatrick)
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My alma ......but how??? teapaw.org/vcuonbi/status/1004709…
Vice-Chancellor @ UoNBI (@vcuonbi) profile pictureVice-Chancellor @ UoNBI@vcuonbi7 Jun 2018
UoN @uonbi ranked among world’s top 250 Universities by Times Higher Education (THE)
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Replying to @1DreamNation
@UKenyattah @WilliamsRuto @AMB_A_Mohammed IPUCCF -Inter-Public Universities Councils’ Consultative Forum, how did VCs and DVCs find their way into IPUCCF whose letterheads keep changing, now it TUK then its UON's … any letterhead can do for them … what is this mongrel outfit?
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Lava Kumar@l_lava14 May 2018
Molecular biology reagents & equipment in Africa costs >3x of sale price in US & EU. Dealers hold monopoly, charge hefty price for substandard service and prevent direct buying from the companies. This extortion must stop for R&D progress in Africa. #StopExtortion
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THIS! ALL OF THIS! It has to stop. teapaw.org/l_lava/status/99593391…
Lava Kumar (@l_lava) profile pictureLava Kumar@l_lava14 May 2018
Molecular biology reagents & equipment in Africa costs >3x of sale price in US & EU. Dealers hold monopoly, charge hefty price for substandard service and prevent direct buying from the companies. This extortion must stop for R&D progress in Africa. #StopExtortion
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MIO BAcc@maxIOAcc5 May 2018
#CryToThePresident @UASU_KE i understand Where You come From but i hope This time You dont play the Usual game with our Lecturers of making them go back to Work with Nothing additional on their Accounts..This is causing total paralysis of Tertiary Education every Year!@Asamoh_
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@statnews4 May 2018
After 149 years, Nature, one of the top scientific journals in the world, is getting its first editor-in-chief who’s a life scientist. A geneticist, she reads scientific papers like "page-turners" buff.ly/2HSVpKM
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Grateful!!! teapaw.org/laura_boykin/status/99…
Dr. Laura Boykin Okalebo (@laura_boykin) profile pictureDr. Laura Boykin Okalebo@laura_boykin30 Apr 2018
Very grateful to @CrawfordFund for the support in #sequencing4farmers. Thank you for this beautiful write up about our use of @nanopore to aid farmers in E. Africa. @emateka - we did it! crawfordfund.org/news/news-n…
Novel diagnostic methods for identifying vectors and viruses in farmer’s fields

Novel diagnostic methods for identifying vectors and viruses in farmer’s fields

With thanks to The Crawford Fund, Dr Laura M. Boykin, Senior Research Fellow at The University of Western Australia, travelled to Eldoret and Nairobi, Kenya to conduct a six-day training program.

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President Kenyatta: There is no reason for a potato farmer to struggle with seeds that can only produce 7 bags an acre when our neighbours in Ethiopia are harvesting 21 bags an acre, this is embarrassing. #DevolutionConference2018
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#Climatechange: β€œI am beginning to wonder how many more alarm bells must go off before the world rises to the challenge,” said @antonioguterres. β€œClimate impacts are already upon us.” nytimes.com/2018/03/29/clima…
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Who is we? Whats normancy? I see a quality issue yenyewe. teapaw.org/OuchaAlexander/status/… – at Ruiru, Kenya
Alexander (@OuchaAlexander) profile pictureAlexander@OuchaAlexander6 Apr 2018
Replying to @UASU_KE
We will give you the 2 years and add you few months if you need , BUT once you resume the normancy ,we will also be back on the streets for quality .You shouldnt be forcusing on CBA without mentioning value for the same in one sentence .
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@Nature5 Apr 2018
Researchers have discovered more than 200 previously unknown viruses in a category whose members cause illnesses such as influenza and haemorrhagic fevers. go.nature.com/2JlILoL
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Just watched Mr Tuju state on KTN News that the Judge in the Miguna case discovered he could "not arrest the IG"... a most unfortunate statement !! This saga and its litany of arrogant characters are doing untold damage to our institutions. @WMutunga @dailynation @WehliyeMohamed
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We CAN'T be silent when a Kenyan citizen is confined to no man's land in Dubai. GOK has NO justification, none whatsoever (given all the court rulings) - to subject a Kenyan citizen to indignity and suffering. It is wrong, unconscionable and very shameful!
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Lawyer Steve Ogolla : "The government should not compete with the citizens in breaking the law."
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One of our papers has been stuck with a journal editor for 5 weeks. If anyone wants to officially review our cool paper on Bean Virus Phylogenomics in Kenya- biorxiv.org/content/early/20… DM me so I can pass your name to the journal.
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