Research and Community Symposium

Thursday, 20 October 2022

Wolfson Pavilion, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, UCT

Lunch and coffee included

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09:00 to 10:45 – Session 1

Prof. Valerie Mizrahi (Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, UCT)

Dr Teng-Leong Chew (Howard Hughes Medical Institute Janelia, United States)

Dr Mike Reiche (Africa Microscopy Initiative Imaging Centre, UCT)

Dr Jan Ellenberg (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany)

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10:45 to 11:05 – Tea and coffee break

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11:05 to 12:30 – Session 2

Dr Mahmoud Maina (Biomedical Science Research and Training Centre, Nigeria)

Prof. Michelle Peckham (University of Leeds, United Kingdom)
Dr Leonel Malacrida (Institut Pasteur Montevideo, Uruguay)
Flash Talk #1

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12:30 to 13:30 – Lunch

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13:30 to 14:55 – Session 3

Flash Talk #2

Dr Izzy Jayasinghe (University of Sheffield, United Kingdom)

Dr William Wasswa (Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda)

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14:55 to 15:15 – Tea and coffee

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15:15 to 16:40 – Session 4

Dr Cosnet Lerato Rametse (Division of Immunology, UCT)

Dr Suliana Manley (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland)

Dr Spencer Shorte (Institut Pasteur Korea, South Korea)