University in Uganda visiting SLU

Vice Chancellor of Makerere University John Ddumba Ssentamu, and Vice Chancellor Lisa Sennerby-Forsse. Photo: Jenny Svennås-Gillner.

Makerere University is one of the African universities which SLU has extensive research cooperation with. Professor John Ddumba Ssentamu, one of the four representatives visiting, is the new Vice Chancellor of Makerere University since August 2012. The delegation was also accompanied by Claes Kjellström from Sida.

During their visit at SLU they met with, among other representatives for SLU, the Vice Chancellor Lisa Sennerby Forsse, Professor Arvid Uggla, director of Agricultural Sciences for Global Development, SLU Global and three researchers, Professor Ulf Magnusson, Senior Lecturer Ewa Wredle and Professor Christina Dixelius who all have a long term involvement in research together with Makerere University. The meeting was an opportunity to discuss how to and take the collaboration between the two universities further.

Program of the Makerere University´s visit to SLU Uppsala:

Welcome
Vice-Chancellor Lisa Sennerby Forsse

Agricultural Sciences for Global Development - SLU Global
Professor Arvid Uggla (Director of SLU-Global)

Short tour of the Uppsala BioCenter
Professor Christina Dixelius

Followed by;

Meeting with researchers working in Uganda at Uppsala BioCenter)
Professor Christina Dixelius, Department of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics
Professor Ulf Magnusson, Department of Clinical Sciences
Senior Lecturer Ewa Wredle, Department of Animal Nutrition and Management