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UNAM-Porto joint Research Centre

in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources

The TwinLab - Molecular Research and

Service Laboratory

UNAM’s School of Agriculture and Fisheries Sciences non-invasive and invasive sample storages to extraction
through an ongoing twining initiative with the University rooms, including an RNA room, to pre and post PCR
of Porto (Portugal), specifically the Research Centre in rooms, and the sequencer room. The lab has been
Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (CIBIO), is establishing equipped with a state of the art sequence analyzer
a Molecular Research and Service laboratory, which will of comparable caliber to next generation sequencing
be located at the Neudamm Campus. (NGS), a Real Time PCR, UPS, among other instruments.
Ultimately, this facility will build on UNAM efforts to
CIBIO is a leading institution in Europe in this field continuing to serve the Nation and global targets in the
including livestock genetics. Twining with CIBIO was field of biodiversity/natural resources, specifically on the
born from this vast experience accumulated over the management and conservation of genetic diversity of
past decades. The twinning lab objective is to render wild and domestic fauna and flora.
molecular services to a wider audience in Namibia
besides academics and research institutions. It opens
various opportunities for conducting leading research. For more information, please contact:
Dr. Simon Angombe
Targeted services for wildlife and domestic organisms
will include, for example, development and analysis ( +264 61 206 3023/3180
of molecular markers, hybridization studies, paternity Email: sangombe@unam.na
testing, genotyping, sequencing and bird sexing.
Moreover, to fellow member countries in southern Africa
that are part of the TwinLab initiative (e.g. Angola,
Zimbabwe, and Mozambique).

The lab will handle both invasive and non-invasive
biological samples and conduct RNA work. Operations
will occur across seven dedicated rooms ranging from

UNAM PhD Student in
the Namibia TiwnLab
Program

UNAM’s National Capstone Contributions