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Turkwel Laboratory October 2010

The TBI Turkwel campus construction is still in progress. The sixth cottage is being fitted with doors and is being painted. The TBI Turkwel campus construction is still in progress. The sixth cottage is being fitted with doors and is being painted. A constructed wall of the big laboratory.  Construction continues at TBI Turkwel and [...]

2017-01-04T18:05:38+03:00November 15th, 2010|General|Comments Off on Turkwel Laboratory October 2010

TBI launches new video channel

The Turkana Basin Institute is pleased to share our new TBI video channel on YouTube. The Turkana Basin Institute is pleased to share our new TBI video channel on YouTube. Our new video channel is designed to bring you interesting and educational videos of lectures, interviews, symposia, television programming and more, relating to the various [...]

2017-01-04T18:05:38+03:00November 14th, 2010|General|Comments Off on TBI launches new video channel

Leakeys give presentations in U.S. from east to west coasts

In October, Richard, Meave and Louise Leakey spent time making public appearances, lecturing, and visiting with old friends and new across the United States. In October, Richard, Meave and Louise Leakey spent time making public appearances, lecturing, and visiting with old friends and new across the United States. Richard Leakey speaks at the Greenwich Public [...]

2017-01-04T18:05:38+03:00November 5th, 2010|Events, General|Comments Off on Leakeys give presentations in U.S. from east to west coasts

The Ileret Pipe Line

The TBI Ileret borehole is located some 8 kilometers from the camp. The water needs to be piped to the field center so that construction work can begin at the beginning of next year. This is a brief report of the work in progress from the Ileret water pipeline. The TBI Ileret borehole is located [...]

2017-01-04T18:05:38+03:00October 30th, 2010|General|Comments Off on The Ileret Pipe Line

Walls heading upwards

The laboratory at Turkwel now has some walls in place. Kyalo has just sent these images to me from the site. With a lot more construction to do on this building there will be several posts to follow. The laboratory at Turkwel now has some walls in place. Kyalo has just sent these images to [...]

2017-01-04T18:05:38+03:00October 30th, 2010|General|Comments Off on Walls heading upwards

More progress on laboratory

Construction continues at Turkwel on the large laboratory. The basement slab has been laid and walls are going up. The foundations for the main part of the laboratory are being dug as the images sent this morning from the TBI Turkwel campus show. Construction continues at Turkwel on the large laboratory. The basement slab has [...]

2022-08-15T18:38:29+03:00October 6th, 2010|General|Comments Off on More progress on laboratory

Beginnings of the second laboratory at Tukwel.

The construction at TBI Turkwel continues and foundations are going in for the second large laboratory. The construction at TBI Turkwel continues and foundations are going in for the second large laboratory. The foundations of the second large laboratory currently under construction at TBI Turkwel. Work began on this at the beginning of August 2010, [...]

2017-01-04T18:05:39+03:00September 20th, 2010|General|Comments Off on Beginnings of the second laboratory at Tukwel.

TBI postdoc receives grant for Holocene research in Turkana

TBI postdoctoral fellow Amanuel Beyin recently received a grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation in the amount of $20,000 to conduct field research in the western Turkana Basin region this fall. TBI postdoctoral fellow Amanuel Beyin recently received a grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation in the amount of $20,000 to conduct field research in the western [...]

2017-01-04T18:05:39+03:00August 27th, 2010|General|Comments Off on TBI postdoc receives grant for Holocene research in Turkana
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