Research Interest: Bacteria of the genus Staphylococcus, in particular the species S. aureus and virulence factors produced by this species. In the so far carried out research, the results of which were published in several peer-reviewed journals I analyzed:

1.The influence of leucocytotoxic and superantygenic virulence factors produced by S. aureus strains isolated from milk of cows with mastitis on the cytokine production and gene expression in bovine leukocyte cultures in vitro;
2. the impact of staphylococcal exotoxins on the process of phagocytosis in vitro;
3. the efficacy of treatment of mastitis by staphylococcal autovaccine;
4. the profile of resistance to methicillin of coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from animals;
5. the profile of the genes encoding superantigens in S. aureus and S. xylosus isolates collected from cows;
6. the possibility of transfer of genes encoding superantigens between staphylococci occurring in the same mammary gland;
7. genetic relatedness of staphylococci isolated within a herd of animals;
8. the biological activity of staphylococcal exosecretions against leukocytes in vitro;
9. the impact of staphylococcal virulence factors on the morphology of leukocytes in vitro.
I also analyzed and published in the GenBank several new 16S rRNA gene sequences of bacteria representing different species of staphylococci, identified by PCR-RFLP analysis of gap gene. Furthermore, as a contributor I published in the GenBank the 16S rRNA gene sequences of bacterial isolates, which were unidentified based on the polymorphism of gap gene, of which at least two isolates represent new species or subspecies of the staphylococci.
The second direction of my research concerns the use of magnetic fields, in particular the rotating magnetic field to modify the functional parameters and pathogenicity potential of different species of microorganisms. At the present, I’m analyzing the influence of magnetic field on metabolic processes in microorganisms, both at the cellular and molecular level. As a continuation of my first research mainstream microorganism used in these studies is primarily S. aureus.

Research Interest: Allergy, Allergens, Carbohydrates, cross-reactive carbohydrate deteminants
Immunomodulation, Antibody engineering, Molecule design, Molecular biology and biochemistry
Recombinant technologies.

Research Interest: Allergy test in clinical diagnosis, Immunotherapy and in vitro cell assay, Anti-inflammatory properties of natural compounds, Allergy and vaccination, Basophil activation tests.

Research Interest: Public Health and Health Technology Assessment, particularly for vaccines. 

Research Interest: Virology/Microbiology, Biochemistry, Clinical Diagnostics, Molecular Biology, Protein Chemistry.

•    Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Botswana, Gaborone, August 2021-Present

•    Senior Consultant (Covid-19), Botswana Harvard AIDS Partnership, Gaborone, March 2020-Present

•    Mentor/Advisory (Undergraduate Students), University of Botswana, Gaborone, January 2017-Present

•    Research Laboratory Scientist, Botswana-UPenn Partnership, Gaborone, February 2015- July 2021

•    Intern, UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, January 2013- July 2013

•    Research Laboratory Assistant, UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, October 2012- December 2013

Research Interest:  Pharmacokinetics/genomics in HIV and Malaria, HIV infection on the distribution of human papillomavirus genotypes, Pathogenesis of persistent cervicovaginal infections of oncogenic HPV genotypes, Host epigenetic changes associated with cervical cancer progression, Clinical trials work to improve meningitis outcomes in Botswana, Examining the utility of novel diagnostics to improve outcomes in HIV-associated meningitis patients, Molecular Surveillance of Plasmodium falciparum Drug Resistance Markers and Plasmodium falciparum multi drug resistance gene 1 mutations in symptomatic patients.

Grants: Identification of differential expression of host genes in cervical cancer, U54-, U54, Co-PI and Graduate Student, 05/24/17-05/28/21 and Human papillomavirus infection in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected women from Botswana and Kenya: HPV genetic variation by phylogenetic type. Project Leader, 2019 to 2021.

Research Interest: Protein Engineering, Adjuvant and Vaccine Delivery Systems, Vaccinology, cGMP Quality Management, Immunology.

Research Interest: Pediatric Immunology: Primary Immunodeficiencies (particularly their autoimmune manifestations), Early-onset Autoimmunity, Human Thymus, Mother-Infant Immunological Relationships (focusing Placental and Milk Antibody Transfer).

Research Interest: Cancer immunology, vaccines, cancer, antigen-presenting cells and viral immunology.

Research Interest: HTA and to new communication strategies with people about vaccination, especially in consideration of the rising phenomena of anti-vaccination movements.

Research Interest: The keywords of my research interest: Reproductive immunology, Thymic stromal lymphopoietin, The costimulatory signal, Trophoblast, Gamma-delta T cell, CD4+CD25bright regulatory T cell, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, The maternal-fetal immune.

Research Interest: Microbiology and Immunology, Malaria Pathogenesis

Research Interest: Her project here focused on the development of a novel therapeutics for the treatment of immune and inflammatory skin diseases such as psoriasis using a skin epidermal Langerhans cell model.

Research Interest: A specialist in pediatrics and epidemiology.

Research Interest: Inflammation, Immunology, Innate immunity, Infection, Antimicrobial peptides
Lipid mediators.