In January 2024, we were privileged to host Dr Rao Malla, the program officer for NIH-funded Uganda Schistosomiasis Research Centre(U-SMRC) at the Uganda Virus Research Institute.
Our scientists, Dr. Gyaviira Nkurunungi and Dr. Moses Egesa supported by our laboratory team members, Emmanuella Driciru and Gary Anguandia, were delighted to give Dr Malla a tour of the laboratories at the institute.
The tour began with a visit to our Category 2 Immunology laboratory from where Dr. Malla explored our Flow Cytometry laboratory.
Dr Nkurunungi taking Dr Malla through the flow cytometry laboratory.
Dr Malla in the snail laboratory with Dr Egesa, Ms. Emmanuella Driciru and Mr. Gary Anguandia
He also visited the MRC/UVRI immunovirology and molecular biology (and sequencing) laboratories and the central clinical diagnostics laboratory.
Dr Malla finally visited the freezer houses and the on-site liquid nitrogen storage. These laboratories contribute to our work under U-SMRC.
After the laboratory tours and discussion, the team had a lunch get together with U-SMRC Principal Investigator Prof Alison Elliott and the Uganda administration team (Victoria Bukirwa, Raymond Muganyizi, Moses Kizza).
Through this comprehensive tour, the team had an opportunity to showcase the central role that our laboratories play in schistosomiasis research.
