Duncan Njenda
Research Specialist
E-mail: duncan.njenda@ki.se
Visiting address: Solnavägen 9, C9, 17165 Solna
Postal address: C1 Mikrobiologi, tumör- och cellbiologi, C1 MTC Rothfuchs, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
- Research Specialist
I enjoy challenges in innovative research and aspire to make significant
contributions that would address the global health concerns around infectious
and non-infectious diseases.
2016 - 2020- *Ph.d Medical Science *in Joint Ph.d program between Karolinska
Institutet, Sweden and Stellenbosch University, South Africa
2013 – 2015 *MSc. Med** **Sc. Medical Virology */(cum laude)/ University
of Stellenbosch, Cape Town South Africa.
2012-2012 *BSc.MedSc.Hons. Medical Virology*, University of Stellenbosch,
Cape Town, South Africa
2011-2011 *ABMA *certificate in Computer Engineering, Species College,
Zimbabwe
2008-2010 *BSc. *University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa.
Research
- *Antiviral and antibiotics research*
/Specialization and current Interests:-/
/- Tuberculosis research:- High Throughput drug screening assays for
Mycobacterium tuberculosis/
/- Coronavirus research/:- /High Throughput drug screening assays for
SARS-Cov-2/
- /Retrovirus research/:- /HIV-1 drug sensitivity and drug-resistance/
Articles
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Article: FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2021;12:801096
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Article: AIDS RESEARCH AND HUMAN RETROVIRUSES. 2020;36(5):450-455
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Article: JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY. 2019;93(9):e00077-e00019
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Article: AIDS. 2019;33(3):588-592
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Article: JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY. 2018;73(10):2721-2728
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Article: AIDS. 2018;32(4):469-476
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Article: GERMS. 2017;7(4):178-185
All other publications
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KI thesis / dissertation: 2020
Employments
- Research Specialist, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-
Degrees and Education
- Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2020