At CHRF, we embrace collaboration in science. In an effort to bring technologies from the global North to the global South and advance global health, 2 young scientists from the Ordovas-Montanes Lab affiliated with Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard University, Jaclyn Long and Faith Taliaferro, came to CHRF to train us in Single-Cell Sequencing and pioneer this new technology in Bangladesh for the first time. 

Before leaving for the US, Ms. Faith and Ms. Jaclyn shared their experience working with us through a talk titled: "One Cell at a Time: Building Global Knowledge of the Pediatric Nose." They provided a brief overview of this emerging technology, its strengths, the questions it can answer, and, most importantly, presented the first nasal single-cell data produced from a sample of a Bangladeshi child, which was collected and analyzed by our Bangladeshi scientists at CHRF! The results made this training a huge success for us.

A huge thanks to the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative for developing the "A Global Pediatric Cell Atlas of Nasal and Oral Mucosa" project, which is the initiative under which CHRF is establishing the single-cell genomics infrastructure in Bangladesh! Additionally, gratitude towards Dr. José Ordovás–Montañés from the Ordovas-Montanes Lab for his support in this groundbreaking endeavour to educate our scientists about this new technology and help us represent data from the global South on the global map of nasal and oral infectious diseases.

We hope this collaboration continues for years. Let's keep sharing knowledge to prevent infections, save lives, and build scientists - together!