Omar Janneh, Science Co-ordinator from Sinchu Baliya Lower Basic School, is visiting the UK this summer.

He visited the MICROSCIENCE exhibition and conference at Excel in London. (Microscience website) There he was presented with his bursary for the Royal Microscopical Society (RMS) Light Microscopy Summer School, which is being run at York University during July. Omar is the first recipient of this Developing World Bursary, which is to be offered annually from now on. It provides all-expenses funding for a student or educationalist to attend one of the RMS courses in UK. In addition to the presentation, Omar spent a wonderful day at the Exhibition, where he was able to look at a variety of samples in a wide range of both light and electron microscopes. Expert assistance was on hand from several RMS members and Omar was particularly pleased to be able to examine some soil samples he had brought with him from The Gambia. He really enjoyed it all - he says he has to keep pinching himself to make sure he is not dreaming!