Davita PILLAY

En résumé

Entreprises

• Université de Bordeaux - Post-doctoral Researcher

  Bordeaux 2011 - maintenant * Research project, in the Baltz lab, in collaboration with a Mozambican laboratory and a
  French based pharmaceutical company funded by the Global Alliance for Veterinary Medicine (GALVmed, UK).
  * In charge of the identification of possible diagnostic targets for African animal
  trypanosomosis and the development and validation of an ELISA based diagnostic test.
  * Collaboration with a commercial partner that will allow the development of a prototype
  lateral flow test (currently underway).
  * Aided in the preparation of activity reports, development of a time-line and associated
  deliverables and presented research findings to a board of funders as well as a scientific steering committee.

Formations

• University Of KwaZulu (Pietermaritzburg)

  Pietermaritzburg 2008 - 2011 Doctor of Philosophy (Biochemistry)
  
  * Based at the Université de Bordeaux2 (Baltz Lab) for 1 year. ;
  * Thesis title: Identification and characterisation of novel pathogenic factors of Trypanosoma
  congolense.
  * Contributed to the EU INCO-DEV FP6 project Trypadvac 2.

Réseau

• Cyril MASANTE