VISITING COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS

Our teams travel around the world to collaborative work, present at conferences and training events

Stanford, USA

A team of four members from CERI and CLIMADE program lead by Dr. Houriiyah Tegally were in Stanford University to present multiple results at the 2024 Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID) Conference and to engage and develop collaboration with global colleagues on ecology, modelling and evolution of Infectious Diseases The pre-conference started with Dr. Monika Moir and Graeme Dor (PhD student at CERI, Stellenbosch University) participating in two workshop tracks. The workshop was entitled: Disease Ecology in a Changing World: Quantitative Tools to Applied Solutions, that is split into two tracks.

Madison, USA

Tulio de Oliveira, renowned for his pivotal role in identifying COVID-19 variants and variants of other viruses including HIV, dengue, chikungunya, hepatitis, and yellow fever, recently led the Steenbock Lectures hosted by UW–Madison’s Biochemistry Department and the Global Health Institute (GHI). De Oliveira’s visit incorporated engagements with multiple units on campus which reflect the breadth and depth of scientific and public health expertise at UW–Madison. From the state-of-the-art Cryo-Electron Microscopy Research Center (CEMRC) and National Magnetic Resonance Facility at Madison (NMRFAM), to the pioneering interdisciplinary partnerships at the Data Science Institute