This is Gabriel Ataguba, from the Department of Fisheries & Aquaculture, University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Nigeria. I quite agree with Dr Danlami Moses Ogah (Message 30). Training and equipment are the necessary tools we as young scientists in developing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa need to enable us to grasp this technology. I do research in fish breeding and genetics and I have tried to get laboratories to help me carry out basic DNA work (PCR - RAPD, AFLP) but I could not get any to get it done. We as young scientists in developing countries urgently need the support of the FAO and any other organisation that cares in funding, training and laboratories as pointed out by Dr Danlami Moses Ogah. Ataguba, Gabriel Arome Dept. of Fisheries & Aquaculture, University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Nigeria. e-mail: gabynotepad (at) yahoo.co.uk [To contribute to this conference, send your message to [log in to unmask] For further information on this FAO Biotechnology Forum, see http://www.fao.org/biotech/biotech-forum/] ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the Biotech-Room3-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=Biotech-Room3-L&A=1