At DRTC, we take training to the next level by ensuring that adequate practical sessions are incorporated to achieve learning with understanding.
At DRTC our scientists are professionals. We also ensure that our visiting scientists are specialists in their fields.
Since 2019, DRTC has been empowering and training researchers on the use of Drosophila in Biomedical Research.
With supplies from donors like you, we have been able to provide some of the equipment needed for school outreaches and practical sessions.
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Drosophila Stock Centre
To maintain and keep different Drosophila melanogaster (Fruit Flies) strains and stocks such as the wild type or the transgenic stocks in our facility...
Drosophila for Schools
To initiate and drive the initiative for the use of Drosophila melanogaster in the teaching of the basic concepts of Biology to secondary school students.
Laboratory Spaces
Our laboratory space is conducive for postgraduate students and researchers to carry out their projects at minimal cost.
Seminars, Workshops & Conferences
We organise seminars and conferences from time to time to train scientists on the use of...
Postgraduate Students’ Sponsorship
We sponsor selected postgraduate students to attend/make presentations at international Drosophila meetings annually.
Safety Assessment of Drugs
We offer services to individuals and institutions that may require the use Drosophila as a model to assess safety of their products in Nigeria and Africa.
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We seek to enhance the capacity of scientists in Nigeria and Africa to conduct leading edge research using Drosophila melanogaster as an alternative model.