Mr. Frank Kato holds a BSc. Biotechnology and MSc. Bioinformatics from Makerere University. He worked with the International Aids Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) project at the MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit. Here, he utilized Single genome Amplification, Sequencing and Bioinformatics approaches to identify the near full length HIV-1 Transmitted/Founder viruses in key populations from the Good Health for women project (Uganda), IAVI's Protocol B (Kenya), N (Kenya), Kiligoris study (Uganda) and the PrEPVacc Trial (Uganda, Tanzania and South Africa). Also, he has trained several interns from Uganda and scientists from Centre Pasteur du Cameroon, KAVI, and Aurum institute on SGA, sequencing and bioinformatics approaches for HIV-1 T/F identification and characterization. Currently, he serves as a Bioinformatician/Senior Laboratory Technologist for the Crick Africa Network HIV Reservoirs Kinetics project at the MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit. Besides, his role, Frank is a Phd student at the London School of Hygiene Tropical Medicine.