SPONSORED CONTENT: Looking for a reliable lab to conduct study? Try MKU Research Centre
MKU's Directorate of Research, Grants and Endowments during an Ethics Review Workshop. Researchers and students from other institutions are trooping to the MKU facility located at its main campus in Thika. PHOTO | MKU
What you need to know:
- Mr Onyancha further says that the university would like to see research results or ideas translated into products.
- He says the university has allocated the facility more space, enabling it to accommodate more laboratories than previously.
- The facility has competent resource persons who assist students and researchers to get quality results within the scheduled time
Serious researchers and science students will always desire to complete their work on time.
Hence, to avoid being delayed, they would want to conduct their study in well-equipped laboratories or research centres with convenient access and flexibility, and the necessary support.
The head of the Mount Kenya University (MKU) Research Centre, Mr Jared Onyancha, explains that this is why researchers and students from other institutions are trooping to the MKU facility located at its main campus in Thika.
“Our research centre is open throughout the week, including during odd hours, weekends and early hours, based on arrangements with the users,” he says.
“So, researchers are able to complete their work early as is common in the developed countries.”
PRODUCTS
Mr Onyancha further says that the university would like to see research results or ideas translated into products that can be prepared for large-scale production after incubation.
He adds: “We are working towards making the research centre a centre of excellence in the country in the areas of quality control, research and drug development, and innovation.”
He continues: “We plan to explore collaboration with other research centres within and outside the country to enhance our centre’s status.”
MORE SPACE
Mr Onyancha, who was appointed to head the MKU Research Centre last August, says the university has allocated the facility more space, enabling it to accommodate more laboratories than previously.
It has well-equipped laboratories that support research in the following areas: Ethnomedicine and drug development, drug analysis, molecular and biological assays, chemical assays and other laboratory extensions, including the botanical garden, herbarium and animal house.
The strength of the MKU Research Centre lies with its state of the art laboratory equipment, including High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), gas chromatography, Ultraviolet and Visible Light (UV/Vis) spectrometer, and Fourier Transform Infra-red (FTIR) spectrometer.
“Currently, the university has a budget for additional equipment, reagents and other consumables,” Mr Onyancha says.
Moreover, the facility has competent resource persons who assist students and researchers to get quality results within the scheduled time.
