The Department of Chemistry of the University of Ilorin has secured a Seeding Labs Equipment grant worth over N120 million.
According to the University of Ilorin Bulletin issued on Monday 23rd September, 2019, the department submitted two research proposals on Cancer and Cosmeceuticals that eventually won the grant for the institution.
According to the Principal Investigator, Prof. Ezekiel Odebunmi, the Seeding Labs is a US-based Non-Governmental Organisation dedicated to helping scientists make discoveries that improve life and the planet.
He said the NGO was dedicated to removing a key barrier to research and science teaching by making laboratory equipment available to universities in low-and middle-income countries.
The Seeding Labs equipment includes Mass Spectrometer, Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), High-Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), and other consumables among others.
Prof Odebunmi also noted that the grant would improve the Department’s research productivity while enhancing the training of both our undergraduate and postgraduate students.
