Alma Truyts
Research Associate - TB Afrigen Biologics PTY Ltd, South Africa Email: alma.truyts@afrigen.co.za
VALIDATE Role: Network Associate
Research Keywords: TB, mRNA Vaccines
Biography: Dr Alma Truyts is a Research associate at Afrigen Biologics and Vaccines in Cape Town working on scaling up the production, developing and performing associated analytical and in vitro testing for two mRNA vaccine candidates for TB for proof-of-concept pre-clinical testing. Her MSc and PhD degrees were awarded by the University of Pretoria for developing a point-of-care diagnostic for tuberculosis while working at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in South Africa. This work demonstrated proof-of-concept for serological diagnosis of TB applying recombinant anti-mycolic acid antibodies.
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