2022

  1. The creation of the University of Buea Center for Drug Discovery (UB-CeDD) is endorsed by the University of Buea Council.
  2. Chantal Emade Nkwelle is awarded a J1 Guest Scholar training at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia, USA.
  3. Fidele Ntie-Kang is an invited speaker to the Drug Discovery Africa 2022 Conference at Afe-Babalola University Adi-Ekiti, Nigeria.
  4. Cyril Namba-Nzanguim and Conrad V. Simoben are invited participants to the Drug Discovery Africa 2022 Conference at Afe-Babalola University Adi-Ekiti, Nigeria.
  5. Fidele Ntie-Kang is awarded a J1 Guest Scholar training at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia, USA.
  6. Fidele Ntie-Kang is attending the Grand-Challenges Annual Meeting in Brussels, Belgium.
  7. Fidele Ntie-Kang and Wolfgang Sippl receive the Alexander von Humboldt Research Group Linkage Grant (55,000 EUR).
  8. Maloba M. M. Lobe is appointed Assistant Lecturer of Chemistry, University of Buea, Cameroon.
  9. Lucas Paul receives the PhD degree from Nelson-Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha, Tanzania.
  10. Construction of the University of Buea Center for Drug Discovery (UB-CeDD) building is approved by the Vice-Chancellor and construction begins.

2021

  1. The Book Chemoinformatics of Natural Products: volume 2, advanced concepts and applications is available in print.
  2. Fidele Ntie-Kang is awarded the Calestous Juma Science Leadership Fellowship, worth 1 Million US Dollars by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
  3. Conrad V. Simoben is awarded the PhD in Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry from Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg.
  4. Joelle Ngo Hanna is awarded the PhD in Chemistry from University of Buea, Cameroon.
  5. Smith B. Babiaka is promoted to Senior Lecturer of Chemistry, University of Buea, Cameroon.
  6. Joelle Ngo Hanna and Maloba M. M. Lobe are awarded the African-German Network for Excellence in Science (AGNES) PAWS Junior Researcher Grants (JRG) worth 1,000 EUR each.
  7. Fidele Ntie-Kang is re-invited to lecture at the Tanzanian Summer School of Biomolecular Simulations.
  8. Smith B. Babiaka is awarded the Georg Forster Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the University of Tuebingen, Germany
  9. Pascal Amoa Onguéné is promoted to Senior Lecturer of Chemistry at the University Institute of Wood Technology, Mbalmayo, Cameroon.
  10. Fidele Ntie-Kang receives the German Habilitation from Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg.

2020

  1. The Book Chemoinformatics of Natural Products: volume 1, fundamental concepts is available in print.
  2. Fidele Ntie-Kang is awarded a Guest Professor position at the Technische Universitaet Dresden, Germany.
  3. Fidele Ntie-Kang is invited speaker at an International Conference on Drug Discovery at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
  4. Pascal Amoa Onguéné is appointed Assistant Lecturer of Chemistry at the University Institute of Wood Technology, Mbalmayo, Cameroon.
  5. Smith B. Babiaka is appointed Assistant Lecturer of Chemistry, University of Buea, Cameroon.

2019

  1. Fidele Ntie-Kang is appointed Adjunct Professor at the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha, Tanzania.
  2. Fidele Ntie-Kang is invited lecturer to give a lecture series of lessons on Computational Drug Design during the School on Biophysical Approaches to Macromolecules and Cells: Integrated Tools for Life Sciences and Medicine (smr 3323) in Arusha, Tanzania, 16-18 September 2019.
  3. Fidele Ntie-Kang to give a lecture on the identification of bioactive compounds by use of pharmacophore-based methods during the Tri-Sustain Summer School in Halle (Saale), Germany, 20 September 2019.
  4. Fidele Ntie-Kang is awarded the Alexander von Humboldt Return Fellowship, accompanied by Boris D. Bekono and Joelle Ngo Hanna.
  5. Wolfgang Sippl and Fidele Ntie-Kang as Guest Editors on a "Special Issue "Structure–Activity Relationships (SAR) of Natural Products" in the Journal Molecules (IF 3.098).
  6. Dr. Smith B. Babiaka and Dr. Sergi H. Akone, two nominess of F. Ntie-Kang are  awarded the African-German Network of Excellence in Science (AGNES) Junior Researcher Grant (JRG) for 2018.
  7. Dr. Smith B. Babiaka is invited to give an Oral Presentation at the Humboldt Kolleg in Yaounde, Cameroon.
  8. Fidele Ntie-Kang is Editor of the Book "Chemoinformatics of Natural Products" Published by Degruyter, Berlin.
  9. Fidele Ntie-Kang is Appointed Associate Editor for Chemistry of the pan-African journal Scientific African.

2018

  1. Aurelien Moumbock is awarded the DAAD full scholarship to carry out his PhD studies in Freiburg, Germany.
  2. Fidele Ntie-Kang is Guest Professor/Research in the Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies, University of Primorska, Slovenia.
  3. Pascal Amoa Onguene, a nominee of Fidele Ntie-Kang, is awarded the African-German Network of Excellence in Science (AGNES) Junior Researcher Grant (JRG) for 2016.
  4. Derrick Neba and Simeon Akame accompany F. Ntie-Kang to the Summer School on Atomistic Simulations at Nelson-Mandela Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Arusha, Tanzania.
  5. Fidele Ntie-Kang is awarded the ChemJets Fellowship at the University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Czech Republic.
  6. Fidele Ntie-Kang is awarded the Alexander von Humboldt Equipment subsidy

Molecular modeling expert (Computational chemistry, computational biology, computational physics)