Buluk 2024: A Paleontological dream meets a Meteorological nightmare!
Turkana Basin Institute
by Turkana Basin
3d ago
Hello readers of the TBI Origins Field School blog, providing updates and a recap of this past week are students Maddie, an undergraduate at Stony Brook University, and David, a postgraduate student at Kenyatta University! After a relaxing Sunday at Ileret spent playing football alongside the locals at the nearby village, and some sodas ..read more
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A stormy tale of cladistics and bone identification at Ileret.
Turkana Basin Institute
by Turkana Basin
3d ago
This week’s blog comes from Simone and Sedona, and we’ll be talking about our experiences during the first week of the vertebrate paleontology course, which is also the field school’s first week while staying at TBI Ileret on the east side of Lake Turkana! Simone is a recent graduate from Boston University with a degree ..read more
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Field geology at Lothagam and Napudet
Turkana Basin Institute
by Medina Lubisia
1M ago
In our final week of Geology, Dr. Gathogo took the students out in the field to explore the Miocene and Pliocene sediments in the Turkana Basin. This provided an opportunity for the students to apply their sedimentology skills. An early morning excursion to Lothagam on Tuesday had students practice their geological skills, which ..read more
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The Intricate Beauty of Geology
Turkana Basin Institute
by Turkana Basin
1M ago
Greetings from the hot and sunny Turkwel, Turkana! It's Mishy and Alisa reporting on our first week of the Geology module with Professor Patrick Gathogo. Let’s go through some highlights and key points: On the first Monday, February 5, we were briefed on safety measures (S, H, E) for keeping safe, hydrated ..read more
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An ecological shift: from Mpala to Turkana!
Turkana Basin Institute
by Turkana Basin
1M ago
Hello all, this entry of the blog comes to you from Edmond and Phoebe, two students at the TBI Origins Field School.   On Monday (the day after we had completed the Great Grevy's Rally) we all flew in two groupsout to TBI Turkwel, Turkana County. Once at the Mpala airstrip, the tiny ..read more
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The Great Grevy’s Rally
Turkana Basin Institute
by Medina Lubisia
1M ago
The students spent their weekend at Mpala Research Centre taking part in a unique community science research project. The Grevy’s zebra is a distinctive and endangered species of zebra found in Kenya, but its exact population size is unknown. As a threatened species, knowing how many Grevy’s zebra remain, and their distribution and movements ..read more
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Ecological adventures at Mpala Research Centre, Laikipia County
Turkana Basin Institute
by Medina Lubisia
1M ago
The first week of the semester kicked off with the ecology module at Mpala Research Centre (MRC) led by Dr Dino Martins, who is one of the world’s leading experts in East African ecology. The plants and animals found across the MRC are highly diverse and give students the opportunity to understand how topography ..read more
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The Spring 2024 field school begins!
Turkana Basin Institute
by Medina Lubisia
1M ago
Happy new year! I hope you all had peaceful holidays. The spring 2024 TBI field school is off to a great start. The students arrived in Nairobi on the 18th of January and we spent the first two nights at the amazing Wildebeest Eco camp in Nairobi. There the students had a chance to ..read more
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Ileret Hosts its First Astronomy School
Turkana Basin Institute
by Turkana Basin
4M ago
Between September 24 and October 7, the Turkana Basin Institute site at Ileret hosted for the first time an astronomy school. This school provided training in astronomy and data reduction techniques to 10 South-African and 9 Kenyan students. The initiative is a new collaboration between the Development in Africa with Radio Astronomy (DARA) project and ..read more
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TBI Welcomes a new Chief Operations Officer and Chief Finance Officer
Turkana Basin Institute
by Turkana Basin
7M ago
The Turkana Basin Institute is delighted to welcome our new Chief Operations Officer, Dr. CJ Jones, and Chief Finance Officer, Mr. Daniel Mbugua. Daniel Mbugua, CFO and CJ Jones, COO on a recent trip to Ileret. Daniel has over fifteen years of hands-on expertise in various leadership and management roles having worked in ..read more
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