Kenya

Dr Lynette Isabella Ochola-Oyier has received 2 MCDC grants for her research at the Centre for Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, University of Nairobi. Her first study looked at the molecular relationship between drug resistance and merozoite invasion. Now she is working on a project studying the molecular genotyping of Plasmodium species erythrocyte receptors.

Dr Harold Ocholla has completed his MCDC PhD at the College of Medicine - University of Malawi and is now undertaking his Postdoctoral based in the University of Nairobi.