Fleuriane DJONDJI KAMGA

Ms. Fleuriane DJONDJI KAMGA

Microbiology, Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases, Yaoundé, Centre, Cameroon
PhD student in Molecular microbiology

Biography

Fleuriane Metissa Djondji Kamga was born in Cameroon, in the city of Yaoundé. She completed her Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Ngaoundere in 2013 and her Master’s degree in Microbiology at the University of Yaoundé I in 2018. She was selected in 2020 as a PhD student in Medical Microbiology at the University of Yaoundé I and at the Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases (CRID) on behalf of the Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship in Biomedical Sciences. Using 16S RNA sequencing and cultural methods, her current PhD research examines the role of microbiota in the escalation of pyrethroid resistance in the main malaria vectors. Her main duties comprise fieldwork (mosquito collection), insectary (mosquito rearing, crossing, and bioassays), and laboratory (DNA extraction, 16S RNA sequencing, genotyping of resistance markers, and culture of bacteria in the presence of insecticide) activities. She is a part-time member of the Cameroon Bioscience Society (CBS).

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Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases

Yaoundé, Centre, Cameroon

Microbiology

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