Ghana Node – Open Bioeconomy Lab

Hive Biolab is a node of the Open Bioeconomy Lab in Ghana that leverages entrepreneurship, open science principles and biotechnology to create alternative solutions in health and disease, agriculture and waste management within Ghanaian communities through research and development (R&D).

The Hive Biolab also serves as a platform for providing contemporary trainings in recent developments in biotechnology like synthetic biology, genetic engineering and recombinant DNA technology to university students, graduates and Ghanaian academics.

Low-cost Enzyme Biomanufacturing

Hive Biolab and the Open Bioeconomy Lab in Cambridge produce enzymes for molecular biology applications including early stage development of molecular diagnostic prototypes using local materials.

Education and Training

Hive Biolab trains Ghanaian university students and graduates in cutting edge technologies for biology research in Ghana e.g. Biomaker Challenge Ghana focuses on low-cost electronics for biology.

Open Science Hardware

The lab can build low-cost science hardware leveraging the Kumasi Hive maker space and a team skill set of electrical/electronic engineering, mechanical engineering and biomedical science.

Ghana Team

Harry Akligoh

Researcher, Ghana

Dr Samuel Sakyi

Low-cost Enzyme Biomanufacturing

Education and Training

Open Science Hardware

Ghana Team

Researcher, Ghana

Research Lead, Ghana

Research Intern, Ghana

OBL Projects in Ghana

Biomaker Challenge Ghana

Local Manufacturing of Enzymes For The Multiplex Diagnosis of Candidiasis and STIs

Open Enzymes Manufacturing Masterclass

AfriDx: COVID diagnostics for Ghana using LAMP

Open Lab Hardware Kits

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