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July 13, 2022 • Forum

IBHI Lab head as JMU (University of Wuerzburg, Germany) ambassador for change

IBHI Lab Head, Dr Nono took part in the DAAD-forum creating change from July 1st to July 7th 2022 an theThe topic of sustainable living, working and researching. Dr Nono, inducted as an Alumni of JMU (University of Wuerzburg, Germany) by Prof. Dr. Paul Pauli (President of the University of Wuerzburg) gave a talk on ‘Creating Change, Enacting Sustainably Good Health and Well-being (SDG-3)’, vowing to act henceforth as an ambassador of change for its Alma mater.

February 24, 2022 • Non classé

Inauguration of the IBHI Unit in Cameroon by high-level officials from the Institute of Medical Research and Medicinal Plants studies in the presence of heads of the National Control Program for the Fight against Schistosomiasis and Intestinal Helminthiases, the Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases and EPICENTRE – MSF Cameroon

Dr Nono presented on the new Unit for the research on ImmunoBiology and Helminth Infections. The objectives, mission, vision and achievements so far. A project made possible with the support of Merck KgaA, The Uk Royal Society and the African Academy of Sciences.
23 February 2022

December 12, 2021 • Schistosomiasis Infection

Praziquantel Treatment of Schistosoma mansoni Infected Mice Renders Them Less Susceptible to Reinfection.

Nono JK, Mpotje T, Mosala P, Aziz NA, Musaigwa F, Hlaka L, Spangenberg T and Brombacher F. We report here, with experimental proof in a murine tractable model of high transmission, the added benefit that deworming with praziquantel might have for achieving elimination of schistosomiasis by fostering the development of resistance to reinfection in the […]

November 22, 2021 • prizes

2021 ASTMH Young Investigator Award for IBHI work

Dr Severin Donald Kamdem (IBHI Lab former postDoc) secured a Young Investigator award at the prestigious 2021 American Society for Tropical Medecine and Hygiene (ASTMH) meeting presenting IBHI Lab work on ‘
Hepatic fibrosis biomarking by plasma cytokine profiling during Human Schistosomiasis’
17-21 November 2021

Latest updates about the lab

IBHI Lab head as JMU (University of Wuerzburg, Germany) ambassador for change

Praziquantel Treatment of Schistosoma mansoni Infected Mice Renders Them Less Susceptible to Reinfection.

2021 ASTMH Young Investigator Award for IBHI work