Recent summer projects completed by MSc Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases students
MSc Medical Microbiology (MM) Summer Projects 2010
Investigation of the role of Camplylobacter jejuni outer membrane vesicles in bacterial secretion of virulence factors
Analysis of Human Antibody Responses to a Novel Polymorphic Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Protein from the Antigenic Rich Region of Chromosome 4
Shigella sonnei plasmid structure and evolution in Ho Chi Minh over 15 years
Molecular Detection of Emergent Third Generation Cephalosporin resistance among Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates in South Africa
Investigation of the efficacy of hydroxychloroquine against intracellular BCG lux
Purification and characterisation of the E6 and E6* proteins of oncogenic human papillomaviruses
Dependence of human influenza viruses on their neuraminidase for replication in tissue culture
Investigation of Protein Glycosylation of Cj0114 Orthologues in a Range of e-Proteobacteria
Investigation into the Role of a Serine Threonine Protein Phosphatase in Streptococcus mutans
Comparison of the efficacy of ordinary and thorough handwashing in the removal of faecal bacteria
Expression and purification of HIV Gag protein and wild-type and mutant RNAs to study their association and impact on virus packaging and assembly
Analysis of human antibody responses to antigenic variants of a novel Plasmodium falciparum duffy binding-like merozoite surface protein (PfDBLMSP)
Evaluation of Multi-angle light scattering (MALS) for detection of changes in Mycobacterium smegmatis due to mycobacteriophage infection
Blood levels of atovaquone and biguanides as an explanation for malaria treatment failure
An in vitro model of human mycobacterial-induced granulomas
The use of shared hand washing bowls in the spread of diarrheal disease
The Metabolic responses of macrophages to anti-leishmanial drugs
Molecular genetic analysis of hybridisation in leishmania
Investigating the transition of Campylobacter jejuni from spiral to coccoid form under different conditions