Dr. Rachel Aye
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Dr. Francis Ndung’u
Dr. Francis Ndung’u
Email : FNdungu@kemri-wellcome.org Francis did his earlier education in Nairobi, Kenya, before proceeding to the National Institute for Medical Research, London, UK, where he did his PHD in immunology with Dr Jean Langhorne and Prof Kevin Marsh. He was awarded the PHD in 2005, after which he took up a post-doctoral training position at the same institute, and was successful at implementing a new programme of research in quantifying antigen-specific memory B cells in a mouse model of malaria. He moved back to Kenya in 2008 as post-doctoral researcher, with the aim of obtaining own funding to start and build a research group. His main areas of interest are: (i) immunological memory to malaria in historically infected individuals, and, (ii) hosts factors responsible for increased susceptibility to P falciparum malaria in a small proportion of children that experience excessively more malaria than expected.
Racheal Aye is an immunologist working as a Postdoctoral Fellow at KEMRI-Wellcome Trust (KWTRP). In this role, Racheal aims to elucidate the reasons as to why the malaria vaccine efficacy is low at only 30%. Specifically, she will characterize antigen specific B cells in children living in malaria endemic areas following vaccination.
Prior to joining KWTRP, Racheal was a doctoral student at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) working on identifying antigens that inhibit host-pathogen interaction. She holds a PhD in Bioscience Engineering from the Catholic University Leuven, Belgium.
Racheal varied background in Veterinary Medicine and Bioscience Engineering has provided the perfect foundation for her to pursue a career as an immunologist.
Racheal’s research interest is in the area of infectious disease pathogenesis and immunology
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