KRISP researchers Upasana Ramphal and Dr. Marcel Tongo scooped two of the three awards at the Wellcome Trust DELTAS SANTHEÂ research day held on the 6 - 7 June 2018 at Crinkly Bottom in Waterfall, South Africa.
KRISP researchers received two of the three awards in this event, including:
- Best Presentation - Upasana Ramphal (Abstract: Measuring HLA-B allele expression levels on differential cell types)
- Best Contribution - Dr. Marcel Tongo.
ÂIn addition, Saiyuri Singh and Upasana Ramphal also obtained two SANTHE travel awards to attend training and execute part of their MSc work at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas under the mentor-ship of Dr Smita Kulkarni and Dr Veron Ramsuran.
News date: 2018-06-07
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KRISP has been created by the coordinated effort of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) and the South African Medical Research Countil (SAMRC).
Location: K-RITH Tower Building
Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, UKZN
719 Umbilo Road, Durban, South Africa.
Director: Prof. Tulio de Oliveira