A blog post from Nyaboke Omwega, Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Anthropology and member of the GCRF CDT. My research on gender discrimination (Transport as Gendered Employment Practice in Kenya) has led me to look at Kenyan history. It is impossible to discuss female leadership in Kenya without discussing Wangari Maathai (1940-2011). Internationally, she was […]
On the 4th January 2021 an event dubbed as a “Research Dissemination Exhibition”, was launched at the Makerere University Art gallery. Read our interview with the artist and PhD candidate: Could you tell us a bit about yourself? I am an applied sculptor and Lecturer at the College of Engineering, Art, Design and Technology (CEDAT) […]
BSc (special) degree in Microbiology (University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka) with two years of experience as a teaching assistant in Microbiology and Parasitology Departments. Worked as a research assistant on a current project named, Screening of the gut flora of the leishmaniasis vector Phlebotomus argentipes (Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) in Sri Lanka: an approach to assess the feasibility of paratransgenesis as an effective means of control (Faculty of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, UOK, Sri Lanka).
Department of Chemistry
The development of peptidomimetics (peptoids) as therapeutics for treatment of Chagas disease and Leishmaniasis.
Sri Lanka
Dr. Steven Cobb (Department of Chemistry)
Dr Paul Denny (Department of Biosciences)
Dr. Ehmke Pohl (Department of Biosciences)
Prof Ariel Silber (University of São Paulo)
