{"id":95,"date":"2018-08-03T08:47:48","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T08:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labtechco-demo.pbminfotech.com\/?page_id=6700"},"modified":"2025-02-10T18:20:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T18:20:50","slug":"faq","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ighresearch.org\/en\/faq\/","title":{"rendered":"Faq"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"95\" class=\"elementor elementor-95\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f940918 elementor-section-stretched ts-col-stretched-none ts-bg-color-over-image elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f940918\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e15d6a2 ts-bg-color-over-image\" data-id=\"e15d6a2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-704c7cd ts-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-ts_heading\" data-id=\"704c7cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ts_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ts-heading-subheading  animation-style4\"><h3 class=\"ts-custom-heading ts-custom-heading-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\tWhat is the Institute of Genomics and Global Health (IGH)?\n\n\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87f5642 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"87f5642\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>IGH is a leading center for genomic research, capacity building, and innovative health solutions aimed at addressing global health challenges.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2023e8 acoordion-style-modern acoordion-style-modern-faq elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"b2023e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1861\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1861\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">What are the research areas of ACEGID?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1861\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1861\"><p>ACEGID uses genomics as a tool to study infectious diseases. Our research covers pathogen identification and characterization, immunology, diagnostics development and zoonotic surveillance of infectious pathogens. We are constantly exploring new research areas and are always looking for new opportunities to collaborate with other researchers.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1862\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1862\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Do you offer postgraduate courses?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1862\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1862\"><p>Yes, ACEGID offers Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Molecular Biology and Genomics, in partnership with the Department of Biological Sciences, Redeemer\u2019s University, Ede. Our programs are accredited by AQAS and are equivalent to programs undertaken in Europe. Find out information about our postgraduate programs at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cpgs.run.edu.ng\/\">website of Redeemer\u2019s University College of Postgraduate Studies<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1863\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1863\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Do you accept interns?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1863\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1863\"><p>Yes, we accept interns. However, we do not have space to accommodate interns at the moment.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1864\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1864\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">What are the hours of operation?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1864\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1864\"><p>The laboratory is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. However, the laboratory is often open at later hours and on weekends for research projects that require extended hours.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1865\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1865\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">What about safety at ACEGID?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1865\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1865\"><p>ACEGID has a strict safety policy in place to ensure the safety of all personnel and our community. Scientists are not allowed to work in our lab until they have undergone our laboratory safety course. All personnel must wear appropriate safety gear, such as lab coats, goggles, and gloves, as appropriate when working in the laboratory. We have worked through several epidemics (Ebola, Lassa fever, Yellow Fever, Covid-19, etc.) without any incident of laboratory-induced infection.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1866\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1866\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">What are the resources available to researchers in ACEGID?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1866\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1866\"><p>The laboratory has a number of resources available to researchers, including cutting edge equipment, automated wet lab workflow stations and state-of-the-art sequencing platforms,<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1867\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1867\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">How can I contact the laboratory?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1867\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1867\"><div id=\"content\" class=\"site-content\"><div class=\"ast-container\"><div id=\"primary\" class=\"content-area primary\"><main id=\"main\" class=\"site-main\"><article id=\"post-67155\" class=\"post-67155 page type-page status-publish ast-article-single\"><div class=\"entry-content clear\"><div class=\"elementor elementor-67155\" data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"67155\"><section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a0a7762 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a0a7762\" data-element_type=\"section\"><div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\"><div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f2f5587\" data-id=\"f2f5587\" data-element_type=\"column\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\"><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5dd472 elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"c5dd472\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><div class=\"elementor-accordion\"><div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\"><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2077\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix elementor-active\" role=\"region\" data-tab=\"7\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2077\"><p>You can contact us by email: info.acegid[at]run.edu.ng. You can also contact us on Instagram (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/acegid_lab\/\">@acegid_lab<\/a>) and Twitter\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/acegid\">@acegid<\/a>)<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/article><\/main><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"hfe-before-footer-wrap\"><div class=\"footer-width-fixer\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><footer id=\"colophon\" class=\"site-footer\"><div class=\"site-primary-footer-wrap ast-builder-grid-row-container site-footer-focus-item ast-builder-grid-row-4-lheavy ast-builder-grid-row-tablet-4-equal ast-builder-grid-row-mobile-full ast-footer-row-stack ast-footer-row-tablet-stack ast-footer-row-mobile-stack\" data-section=\"section-primary-footer-builder\"><div class=\"ast-builder-grid-row-container-inner\"><div class=\"ast-builder-footer-grid-columns site-primary-footer-inner-wrap ast-builder-grid-row\"><div class=\"site-footer-primary-section-1 site-footer-section site-footer-section-1\"><aside class=\"footer-widget-area widget-area site-footer-focus-item\" data-section=\"sidebar-widgets-footer-widget-1\" aria-label=\"Footer Widget 1\"><div class=\"footer-widget-area-inner site-info-inner\">\u00a0<\/div><\/aside><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/footer><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the Institute of Genomics and Global Health (IGH)? IGH is a leading center for genomic research, capacity building, and innovative health solutions aimed at addressing global health challenges. What are the research areas of ACEGID? ACEGID uses genomics as a tool to study infectious diseases. Our research covers pathogen identification and characterization, immunology, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ighresearch.org\/en\/faq\/\" class=\"more-link\" title=\"Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Faq<\/span>&#8220;>Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Faq<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":20,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-95","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ighresearch.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ighresearch.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ighresearch.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ighresearch.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ighresearch.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ighresearch.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":391,"href":"https:\/\/ighresearch.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95\/revisions\/391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ighresearch.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}