Pamela Ncube

Stellenbosch University, South Africa

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Research Keywords:

Animal TB, Persistence, Latency, Active TB

Biography:

Pamela completed her BSc in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, BSc Honours in Microbiology, and MSc in Molecular Biology through Stellenbosch University in 2015, 2016, and 2020 respectively. Currently she is a shared PhD student of the Host-Pathogen and Animal TB research groups and her PhD project aims to validate the in vitro acid stress model on M. bovis, explore macrophage infection models, and examine molecular mechanisms involved during these stress conditions. Understanding M. bovis persister formation will build fundamental knowledge on whether latency (an asymptomatic state of tuberculosis) exists with animals or not.

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