ThankGod Echezona Ebenezer

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ThankGod Echezona Ebenezer is a Nigerian bioinformatician. [1]

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Career

Ebenezer is from southwestern Nigeria. [2] He earned a Ph.D. from Churchill College at the University of Cambridge. [2] [3] He worked as a postdoctoral researcher under Wilfried Haerty at the Earlham Institute, [4] and later moved to the European Bioinformatics Institute. [5]

Professional activities

While at EBI, Ebenezer served as the first president of the Euglena International Network, an effort to support omics research on euglenoids. [6] He also cofounded the African BioGenome Project, an effort to sequence the genomes of all African eukaryotes. [2] [7]

References

  1. ↑ Independent, The. "Why African scientists are studying the genes of African species, how they do it". The Zimbabwe Independent. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
  2. 1 2 3 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.
  3. ↑ Ebenezer, ThankGod (22 September 2017). The genome of Euglena gracilis: Annotation, function and expression (Thesis). doi:10.17863/CAM.23157.
  4. ↑ "ThankGod Ebenezer | Earlham Institute". www.earlham.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Hatch, Victoria (22 November 2022). "Unleashing the biotechnology potential of euglenoids". European Bioinformatics Institute. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  7. ↑ "Harnessing genomics data for improving Africa's biodiversity and agriculture | Science for Africa Foundation". scienceforafrica.foundation. Retrieved 2025-04-16.


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