Katin Eje presents “Classic Night” At the ILRI Enkare Club from 4:30 p.m. till late Join us this Friday, 24th June, 2016 Music by the DJ of the Evening – DEEJAY CRAX Everyone ……… invite your friends Remember………. it is this Friday Cheers!!!!! Mary Atieno Conferencing Administrator/ ILRI Nairobi Continue reading
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ILRI Kenya stores unit closure for 2016 mid-year for stock-take exercise
ILRI Kenya Stores Unit will carry out the 2016 mid-year stock-take exercise from 29–30 June, 2016. During this period, only emergency requests will be attended to. You are therefore kindly requested to submit your Warehouse Order requests through the OCS by mid-day, Friday 24th June 2016. Normal operations will resume on Friday, 1st July 2016. Apologies … Continue reading
2016 Addis Great Run—Notice to CGIAR staff
The first 60 CGIAR staff members who would like to take part in the 2016 Ethiopian great run will be sponsored by ILRI. CGIAR Staff who would like to take part should sign-up at the Zebu club before Tuesday June 22nd, 2016 at the latest. Others who did not get a chance to be in … Continue reading
Aerobics classes at Zebu Club
We are delighted to invite all members to participate in the different aerobics classes (step, insanity and circuit) free of charge until July 31, 2016 with the exception of the Yoga and Zumba classes. We would like to extend THREE free pass YOGA class tickets for the first 10 members who will register at the … Continue reading
Introducing Leah Symekher
Leah has over 10 years’ experience in instruction, training & development and research. A Kenyan, Leah started her career as a research assistant at the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission supporting the Commission’s task forces on various research activities in constitution and constitutional themes. She was further engaged in public policy research in education while … Continue reading
The BecA-ILRI Hub pays tribute to the late professor James Ochanda
Professor James Ochanda, a former coordinator (2004 – 2005) of the Biosciences eastern and central Africa-International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI) Hub, director of the Centre for Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (CEBIB) and strong proponent for the advancement of bioscience research in Africa has died. Until his passing on 27 May 2016, Ochanda was a professor at … Continue reading
Promotions in 2015 of staff in the scientific cadre
Colleagues, Three years ago we changed the titles of scientific positions and put in place a promotion mechanism for the scientific cadre of ILRI. Beyond the post-doctoral category, the three scientific titles were changed from Scientific 1, Scientist 2 and Scientist 3 to Scientist, Senior Scientist and Principal Scientist respectively. Each category has very clear … Continue reading
ILRI Uganda closed (3rd and 9th June)
Please be informed that ILRI Uganda office will remain closed tomorrow Friday 3rd June 2016 in commemoration of the Uganda Martyrs Day. We shall also be closed on Thursday 9th June 2016 for Heroes’ Day. Brian Kawuma | Communication Specialist Continue reading
Seminar presentation by Dr. Awais Khan – CIP Ethiopia
You are invited to attend the presentation on Gene Discovery and Fast Track Breeding for Abiotic Stress Tolerant Potatoes and Sweetpotatoes by Dr. Awais Khan at Konso meeting room at 2 pm on June 03, 2016 (Friday). Dr. Awais Khan is Senior Scientist at International Potato Center (CIP). He is leading the efforts to uncover … Continue reading
Windows Workstation backup update
This information is for staff in Nairobi only (for now) Workstation Data Backup is a critical service provided by the ICT unit to reduce the risk of data loss in the event of an event such as, a computer crash, loss/theft of a computer, etc. Backup is mandatory for institutional devices, to comply with security … Continue reading