South African PhD students trained in the Netherlands

Caitlin Macintyre (picture: second on the left) and Elise Bonnet (second on the right) visited Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (Lelystad, the Netherlands) from July 28th until August 9th. They were trained in the production of viral proteins using the baculovirus expression system, reverse-genetics of alpha- and bunyaviruses and diagnostic assays. Their training was provided by PhD student Judith Oymans (first on the right) and research technician Sophie van Oort (first on the left).

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