Growing a Preclinical Platform: Lessons from the Ground Up
24th Webinar Series for Strengthening Fundamental Research Capacity with Drosophila in Rwanda
Establishing sustainable preclinical drug development pipelines and translational models in Africa
Event Details
About This Webinar
Join us for the 24th installment of the INSTAL Africa webinar series, where we explore the strategic and technical journey of establishing, scaling, and maintaining an indigenous preclinical research platform in Africa.
In this session, Prof. Rose Hayeshi (PhD) shares practical, ground-up lessons from building the Preclinical Drug Development Platform (PCDDP) at North-West University. The webinar will delve into key components of preclinical research, including drug metabolism, pharmacokinetics (DMPK), safety evaluation, and inter-institutional collaborative frameworks required to accelerate drug and vaccine discovery on the continent.
What You'll Learn
- Key foundational steps and infrastructural requirements for establishing preclinical drug development platforms
- Principles of drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics (DMPK) in early-stage candidate screening
- Conducting robust in vitro and in vivo safety and efficacy studies in resource-conscious settings
- Building interdisciplinary, inter-institutional consortia for drug and vaccine co-development
- Leveraging model organisms and translation pipelines to de-risk African biomedical discoveries
Who Should Attend
- Pharmacologists, toxicologists, and medicinal chemists
- Biomedical scientists, biochemists, and molecular biologists
- Clinical researchers, pharmacists, and drug discovery teams
- Postgraduate students, PhD scholars, and early-career investigators in life sciences
- Institutional leaders and policymakers shaping African pharmaceutical R&D capacity
Speaker
Prof. Rose Hayeshi, PhD
Professor and Director, Preclinical Drug Development Platform (PCDDP)
Faculty of Health Sciences, North-West University
Prof. Rose Hayeshi (PhD) is a distinguished Professor and Director of the Preclinical Drug Development Platform (PCDDP), Faculty of Health Sciences, North-West University. She holds a PhD in Biochemistry with specialized research expertise in drug metabolism, pharmacokinetics, and non-clinical safety evaluation. Prof. Hayeshi collaborates extensively within interdisciplinary and inter-institutional consortia dedicated to drug and vaccine development, championing sustainable African preclinical pipelines.
Registration & Access
FREE EVENT — Open to all researchers, students, clinicians, and pharmaceutical professionals worldwide.
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About INSTAL Africa
Innovation Science and Technology for Action and Learning in Africa (INSTAL Africa) is a flagship scientific initiative led by the Foresight Institute of Research and Translation (FIRAT-Rwanda). INSTAL Africa is dedicated to building sustainable fundamental research capacity, strengthening laboratory networks, and driving biomedical breakthrough discoveries in Rwanda and across Africa.
Organizing Partners
- Foresight Institute of Research and Translation (FIRAT Rwanda) —
- University of Rwanda (UR)
- DrosAfrica
- Collaborating partner institutions
Previous Webinars
This is the 24th webinar in our ongoing series dedicated to strengthening fundamental research capacity and animal model development across Africa. Previous editions have featured international pioneers covering neurovirology, coronavirus spike protein disease models, synaptic neuroscience, cancer genetics, and computational genomics.
