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Melissa Dalcina Chengalroyen
Country of origin: South Africa Currently in: South Africa, Cape Town General field of specialization: Structural, Cell and Molecular Biology-
Degrees
2011 Doctorate Structural, Cell and Molecular Biology -
Current Research Activities
Other
Mycobacteriology
Publications resulting from Research:
Chengalroyen M.D., Beukes G.M., Gordhan B.G., Streicher E.M., Churchyard G., Hafner R., Warren R., Otwombe K., Martinson N. and Kana B.D., (2016). Detection and quantification of differentially culturable tubercle bacteria in sputum from tuberculosis patients, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, DOI:10.1164/rccm.201604-0769OC
Hadebe S., Chengalroyen M., Guler R., Nakedi K., Koch A., Makatsa M., Shey M., Parihar S.P., Bryson B., Marakalala M.J., Ndlovu H. (2020). Intervening along the spectrum of tuberculosis: meeting report from the World TB Day nanosymposium in the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine at the University of Cape Town. Gates Open Res. 3:1491. doi: 10.12688/gatesopenres.13035.4
Kieswetter N.S., Ozturk M., Jones S.S., Senzani S., Chengalroyen M.D., Brombacher F., Kana B., Guler R., (2021). Deletion of N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanine amidases alters the host immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Virulence. 2021 Dec;12(1):1227-1238. doi: 10.1080/21505594.2021.1914448
Chengalroyen M.D., Jordaan A., Seldon R., Ioerger T., Franzblau S.G., Nasr M., Warner D.F., Mizrahi V., (2020). Biological Profiling Enables Rapid Mechanistic Classification of Phenotypic Screening Hits and Identification of KatG Activation-Dependent Pyridine Carboxamide Prodrugs with activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Front Cell Infect Microbiol, 13;10:582416. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.582416. PMID: 33282750; PMCID: PMC7691319
Current profession
Current professional activities type:Research
Workshop and Conference Attended
2019 Cape Town, South Africa World Tuberculosis Day Nano Symposium