Mahmoud Bukar Maina

Jul 29, 2024 | thetransmitter.org | Mahmoud Bukar Maina |Grace Lindsay |Angie Voyles Askham |Laura Dattaro

The first known description of cortical structures came from a nearly 5,000-year-old African text—and the continent provides unique opportunities to accelerate neuroscience today as well, with its significant human genetic diversity; diverse ecosystems, flora and fauna; and access to a unique clinical population.

Jul 25, 2024 | thetransmitter.org | Mahmoud Bukar Maina |Alaina G. Levine |Brady Huggett |Chloe Williams

Mahmoud Bukar Maina holds dual roles as junior group leader at the Biomedical Science Research and Training Centre at Yobe State University in Nigeria and in the neuroscience department at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. His team’s research focuses on generating induced pluripotent stem cells from Indigenous African people for open-access biobanking and investigating the molecular mechanisms of tauopathies in the context of African genetic backgrounds.