ThankGod Echezona Ebenezer

ThankGod Echezona Ebenezer is a Nigerian bioinformatician.

Career

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Ebenezer is from southwestern Nigeria.[1] He earned a Ph.D. from Churchill College at the University of Cambridge.[1][2] He worked as a postdoctoral researcher under Wilfried Haerty at the Earlham Institute,[3] and later moved to the European Bioinformatics Institute.[4]

Professional activities

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While at EBI, Ebenezer served as the first president of the Euglena International Network, an effort to support omics research on euglenoids.[5] He also cofounded the African BioGenome Project, an effort to sequence the genomes of all African eukaryotes.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Makoni, Munyaradzi (15 March 2022). "African effort to sequence continent's biodiversity seeks $1 billion over 10 years". ScienceInsider. doi:10.1126/science.adb2028. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  2. ^ Ebenezer, ThankGod (22 September 2017). The genome of Euglena gracilis: Annotation, function and expression (Thesis). doi:10.17863/CAM.23157.
  3. ^ "ThankGod Ebenezer | Earlham Institute". www.earlham.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  4. ^ Agaba, John (14 February 2023). "Scientists to sequence African species to safeguard biodiversity and secure food supplies". Alliance for Science Blog. Alliance for Science. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  5. ^ Hatch, Victoria (22 November 2022). "Unleashing the biotechnology potential of euglenoids". European Bioinformatics Institute. Retrieved 9 November 2023.