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Japan donates $450,000 electron microscope to Legon Zoology
Department
Accra, Feb. 28, Ghanadot/GNA-The Japanese
Embassy on Thursday presented a $450,000 Scanning Electron
Microscope machine and its accessories to the Zoology
Department of the University of Ghana in Accra.
The main functions of the equipment are for the analysis and
examination
of structures of biological specimens and total quality
management in the industrial sector.
The equipment was provided under the Japanese Cultural Grant
Aid which started in Ghana in 1988 with the aim of
contributing towards the promotion of education and cultural
activities.
Mr. Yutaka Nakamura, Deputy Head of Mission at the Japanese
Embassy, said a number of organizations accessed the
facility under the scheme to improve their operations.
Mr. Nakamura said the equipment would be useful to
institutions such as the Food and Drugs Board, the Police
Forensics Laboratory and School of Health Sciences.
Professor Clifford Nii Boye Tagoe, Vice Chancellor,
University of Ghana, noted that the equipment would be an
important tool for the investigation of internal structures
of biological, medical and engineering specimens.
“It is useful for quality control and management as far as
local and imported products are concerned,” he said.
He expressed gratitude to the Embassy and appealed to other
corporate institutions to also come to the aid of the
university.
GNA
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