Dr. Ify Aniebo Rhodes-Vivour
@IfyAniebo
Associate Professor of Genomics and Molecular Biology| Clinical Medicine and Infectious diseases PhD| @uniofoxford @harvard @lshtm alumna|Member @oxfordunion
Activism in Nigeria means using one hand to fight the government, and the other hand to protect yourself from being attacked by the people you are fighting on behalf of.
Lessons from Kenya: Criminalising indigenous seed sharing and exchange but approving the use of GMO seeds.
Kenya is worried about “food security” but also criminalising indigenous seed sharing and exchange - a practice thats money-free, and cost-effective for any smallholder farmer. Indigenous seeds are naturally adapted to the environment, and restricting their use puts…
Lessons from Burkina Faso
Burkinabe farmers speak out about #gmo cotton failure. Nigerian agric policies shld be evidence based youtube.com/watch?v=KsPkBi… via @youtube
You always stay on the topic, you don't wander about and you don't allow uninformed persons to derail you.
From the archives: on glyphosate.
Glyphosate and lawsuits.
Seven years later, i am still not over the fact that Bayer, a pharmaceutical company, acquired Monsanto, a pesticide company. Bayer has faced numerous lawsuits and settlements related to Roundup- Monsanto’s herbicide which has been linked to cancer. As of May 2025, Monsanto has…
Jiankui is known for his controversial first use of genome editing in humans in 2018. He edited the genes in human embryos to try to make them immune to HIV. He succeeded but at a cost. His research activities were suspended by the Chinese authorities and a Chinese district…
The three babies are normal, healthy, free of HIV. They are living a happy life. That's the proof that what I've done is ethical.
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bbc.com/news/articles/… Only my sister @IfyAniebo could make this as simple to understand as possible. 3 DNA, 1 Baby. The future is Genetics. I’m not concerned about my future…anymore 😂.
Happy 64th birthday to H.E @PeterObi may God continue to grant you favour, wisdom and keep you in good health. AMEN
People are happiest when focused.
You're not depressed, you just need a quest.
Never underestimate mankind’s tendency towards inhumanity to maximise self-interest.
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Biopython has not been a walk in the park. #computationalbiology
Another year, another throwback to when GRV spoke about plans to address flooding in Lagos but nobody cared to listen. This tweet was a year ago 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
GRV spoke about the flooding issues in Lagos and what he planned to do. Bad decisions and poor planning over the last few decades in Lagos are to blame. Another flooding event is taking over Lagos now…
There is simple ignorance, not knowing, and willful ignorance that refuses to know, that covers the light of knowledge with the dark blanket of bias.