Genomics Africa Fellow: Lucious Chabuka, Malawi
Authors: Lucious Chabuka, Malawi - 2021-10-12
Summary:
Lucious Chabukas is a Laboratory Technologist at the Public Health Institute of Malawi. Lucious Chabukas came to South Africa to receive training in SARS-CoV-2 sequencing in order to set up their own sequencing laboratory in Namibia to help to identify variants.
Duration of the fellowship: 11 September to 26 September 2021
Trained received: Hands-on sequencing on Oxford Nanopore Technology (ONT) and Bioinformatics analysis.
Genomics Africa Fellowship: A program of CERI and partners at Stellenbosch and UKZN in collaboration with the Rockefeller Foundation and the Africa Centre for Diseases Control (Africa CDC)
More information visit: Genomics Africa Genomics Africa.
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