Meet the team: #CIDRITeam PhD student Rudranil Hazra is "investigating the macrophage-specific role of PKCδ for potential therapeutic target against M. tuberculosis."
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Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have a profound impact on sexual and reproductive health worldwide. Syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and trichomoniasis are four currently curable STIs. However, ...
Meet the team: former #CIDRITeam PhD student Dimitri Griffault "elucidat[ed] the role of the putative DnaQ and DnaQ-UvrC proofreading proteins in mycobacterial genome maintenance."
Meet the team: former #CIDRITeam PhD student Avuyonke Balfour examined "the role of mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells in long-term resistance to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) infection in healthcare workers with sustained occupational exposure to TB."
Meet the team: former #CIDRITeam postdoc Dr Pia Stiegler "[characterised] antibody responses to different disease outcomes of M. tuberculosis infection."
Meet the team: former #CIDRITeam postdoc Dr Hygon Mutavhatsindi "[investigated] immunological signatures of the TB spectrum from infection to disease."
Meet the team: #CIDRITeam postdoc Dr Alltalents Murahwa investigated "prevalence and distribution of vaccine and non-vaccine [HPV] genotypes in a cohort born HIV positive, HPV vaccinated adolescents 5-10 years post implementing the Gardasil quadrivalent vaccine in Zimbabwe."
Meet the team: former #CIDRITeam postdoc Dr Roxanne Mohunlal conducted "an investigation into the trafficking of lipids in the malaria parasite and their influence on haemozoin formation."
Meet the team: former #CIDRITeam postdoc Dr Kudakwashe Mhandire "[decoded] host genetic determinants of susceptibility to pulmonary TB and treatment outcomes in African populations."