Biosciences Douala 2020

06.08.2020

Please download the invitation here below:

Flyer-Bioscience-2020ENG.pdf (4.2 MiB)

It is with immense delight that we proudly invite you to the 27th Annual Conference of the Cameroon Bio-science Society (CBS) (Bioscience 2020), to be held at the University of Douala, from December 1st - 5 th, 2020. The theme of the conference is “Efficient Management of Bioresources for Human Wellbeing”, as Bioscience 2020 aims to bring together leading academics, industrialists, research scientists, students and policy-makers from Cameroon and abroad to exchange and share their knowledge, experiences and research results across multiple aspects of Bioscience, with emphasis on the harnessing of bioresources for the alleviation of famine and poverty, as well as improvement of human health. The conference, which will involve motivating Plenary Lectures, Invited Talks, Oral (online / in-situ) and Poster Presentations, MOOCs, Moovies, would be preceded by two-day training workshops on topical issues.

Please download the invitation here below:

Flyer-Bioscience-2020ENG.pdf (4.2 MiB)

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