UNILORIN Wins N120 Million Labs Equipment Grant

The University of Ilorin says its
Department of Chemistry has
secured a Seeding Labs Equipment
grant worth over N120 million.
According to the University of
Ilorin Bulletin issued on Monday,
the department submitted two
research proposals on Cancer and
Cosmeceuticals that eventually
won the grant for the institution.
According to the publication, the
principal investigator, Ezekiel
Odebunmi, said 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 is dedicated to
removing a key barrier to research
and science teaching by making
laboratory equipment available to
universities in low-and middle-
income countries.
According to the report, the
Seeding Labs equipment includes
Mass Spectrometer, Scanning
Electron Microscope (SEM), High-
Pressure Liquid Chromatography
(HPLC), and other consumables
among others.
It said that this will improve the
Department’s research
productivity while enhancing the
training of both its undergraduate
and postgraduate students.
It explained that the Department
won the grant after an
unsuccessful first attempt in 2016.
“The experiences garnered in the
first attempt and the other
previous research acumen, as well
as the commitment and support of
the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Sulyman
Abdulkareem, assisted the team in
pursuing the grant.”
According to the report, the
equipment, which has already
arrived the Lagos Sea Port, would
put the University of Ilorin on the global map
because more quality research outcomes would
emanate from the University.
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“With the equipment, studies by the staff
researchers, postgraduate and undergraduate
students would take a new dimension.
“Samples that were usually being sent outside
for analysis would now be done at the
University with little cost.
“The University would train capable individuals
on how best to operate the equipment,” it said.
(NAN)






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