Postdoctoral Fellows

 

This team of researchers possesses expertise in a wide array of virological and ecological fields. They integrate multidisciplinary approaches to best further research and understanding in their chosen field.

 

Dr. Jessica Coertse

Dept. Medical Virology

Project: Development and evaluation of assays for lyssavirus diagnostics and surveillance.

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Dr. Marike Geldenhys

Dept. Medical Virology

Project: Coronavirus bio-surveillance: Investigating the natural bat hosts and potential spillover species in southern Africa.

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Dr. Marinda Mortlock

Dept. Medical Virology

Project: Behavioural and observational risk characterisation of high-risk communities for potential zoonotic virus exposure and spill-over.

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Dr. Jane Segobola

Dept. Medical Virology

Project: Metavirome analysis for identification and characterisation of viruses in rodents in South Africa.

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Dr. Low de Vries

Dept. Medical Virology

Project: The ecology of the Egyptian rousettus bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) and its association with zoonotic virus infection dynamics.

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Dr. Adriano Mendes

Dept. Medical Virology

Project 1: The development of molecular surveillance platforms to understand the aetiology of febrile disease in Africa.

Project 2: African Network for improved Diagnostic, Epidemiology and Management of common Infectious Agents (ANDEMIA)

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Dr. Terence Scott

Dept. Biochemistry, Genetics, and Microbiology

Project: Dodging the bullet: RNA-based therapies for rabies.

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Dr. Andre Coetzer

Dept. Biochemistry, Genetics, and Microbiology

Project: Rabies surveillance and epidemiology in sub-Saharan Africa using the direct, rapid immunohistochemical test and molecular epidemiology.

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