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It takes a village: an interview with Willias Masocha on the importance of networking in science

Willias Masocha is a Professor in the Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics at Kuwait University where he studies the pathophysiology and treatment of neuropathic pain. Professor Masocha obtained a Bachelor of Pharmacy Honours from the University of Zimbabwe followed by a PhD in Pharmacology...

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Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8134420/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34011967
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02157-3
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description Willias Masocha is a Professor in the Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics at Kuwait University where he studies the pathophysiology and treatment of neuropathic pain. Professor Masocha obtained a Bachelor of Pharmacy Honours from the University of Zimbabwe followed by a PhD in Pharmacology at the University of Granada before undertaking his postdoctoral training and International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) fellowship at the Karolinska Institutet. He began his independent research career at Kuwait University in 2006. In this Q&A he tells us about his current work and his perspectives on neuroscience research in the Middle East and Africa. He also shares tips for young scientists—particularly those based in Africa.
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spelling pubmed-81344202021-05-24 It takes a village: an interview with Willias Masocha on the importance of networking in science Commun Biol Q&A Willias Masocha is a Professor in the Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics at Kuwait University where he studies the pathophysiology and treatment of neuropathic pain. Professor Masocha obtained a Bachelor of Pharmacy Honours from the University of Zimbabwe followed by a PhD in Pharmacology at the University of Granada before undertaking his postdoctoral training and International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) fellowship at the Karolinska Institutet. He began his independent research career at Kuwait University in 2006. In this Q&A he tells us about his current work and his perspectives on neuroscience research in the Middle East and Africa. He also shares tips for young scientists—particularly those based in Africa. Nature Publishing Group UK 2021-05-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8134420/ /pubmed/34011967 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02157-3 Text en © Springer Nature Limited 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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It takes a village: an interview with Willias Masocha on the importance of networking in science
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title_fullStr It takes a village: an interview with Willias Masocha on the importance of networking in science
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8134420/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34011967
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02157-3