Background
1. COVID-19 is no longer a global health emergency, but it is still with us.
● To protect yourself from COVID-19, and several other health conditions, remember to:
● Cover your mouth when you cough.
● Wash your hands often.
● Avoid touching your face.
● Practice social distancing where possible.
● Get vaccinated.
On Thursday, 29th June 2023, we had the unique opportunity to attend an enlightening talk by Prof. Omu Anzala from the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology. This exceptional dialogue emphasized the discovery and implications of a robust immune response against SARS-CoV-2 in the adult Kenyan population.
Introduction
The Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology is hosting a joint webinar with KAVI-Institute of Clinical Research on Limiting HIV Target Cells in the Female Genital Tract by Inducing Immune Quiescence by PhD Student Lucy Mwangi
The Webinar will be hosted on the 7th of July 2022, 07:00-08:00 AM EAT. Join via Zoom here
The Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology is hosting a joint webinar with KAVI-Institute of Clinical Research on In situ Imaging Analysis - A Tool for Mapping Human Mucosal HIV Entry Mechanisms by visit PhD Student Mathias Franzen Boger from the Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.
The Webinar will be hosted on the 20th of May 2022, 07:00-08:00 AM EAT.
Zoom Meeting ID: 970 1428 3576
Passcode: 597724
The Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology will be hosting a webinar on an MSc Project on the prevalence of Malaria and associated risk factors among febrile children under five at Banadir Hospital by Sadia Mohamed.
This webinar will be on Thursday the 12th of May 2022 at 8AM EAT. Join here
The Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology and KAVI-Institute of Clinical Research are co-hosting a Webinar on In-Vitro Antiplasmodial Activity and Phytochemical Investigations of Plant Extracts as part of Euginia Makinia's PhD proposal defence on Friday the 6th of May 2022 at 7am EAT.
You can join this Zoom Webinar here
Department Chair Dr. Marianne Mureithi spoke at the Its Up To Us Public Awareness Webinar whose aim is to enable teachers on the African Continent to be prepared to perform their roles as leaders
This COVID-19 Webinar arranged by African Union, African CDC, MasterCard Foundation, Shule Africa and Global Peace Foundation
The Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology and KAVI-Institute of Clinical Research are hosting a webinar on Blocking Inflammation as a HIV Prevention Tool and other stories hosted by Dr. Marianne Mureithi and Delories Sikuku with guest speaker Prof. Keith Fowke, Chair of the Department of Medical Microbiology University of Manitoba, Canada
The Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology will be co-hosting a webinar on Sex Differences in Antiviral Immunity. The Speaker will be Prof. Dr. Marcus Altfeld, the head of the Research Department of Viral Immunology at Leibniz Institute of Experimental Virology. He is also the Director at the Institute of Immunology at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany.
