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Lerato Hlaka

Membership since: 2025
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Awards
April 2016 SAMRC Internship Scholarship Programme
March 2017 WhiteHead Scientific Travel Award
June 2017 Mail and Guardian’s Top 200 Young South Africans
September 2017 Travel, accommodation and attendance Scholarship by SAIS to attend 6th South African Immunology Society Conference
September 2017 Attendance scholarship by SAIS 7th African Flow Cytometry Workshop
October 2018 Keystone Symposia Global Health Travel Award
December 2018 L'Oreal-Unesco For Women in Science PhD Scholarship
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Other Memberships/Affiliations
South African Women in Science and Engineering
South African Veterinary Council

Degrees:

2015
Master     Structural, Cell and Molecular Biology
2011
Undergraduate     Structural, Cell and Molecular Biology
2019
Doctorate     Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences

Publications resulting from Research
Lerato Hlaka*, Michael-Jon Rosslee*, Mumin Ozturk, Santosh Kumar, et al. Evaluation of Minor Groove Binders (MGBs) as novel anti-mycobacterial agents, and the effect of using non-ionic surfactant vesicles as a delivery system to improve their efficacy. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. (2017).
Fraser J. Scott, Ryan J.O. Nichol, Abedawn I. Khalaf, Federica Giordani,…..Lerato Hlaka…et al. An evaluation of Minor Groove Binders as anti-fungal and anti-mycobacterial therapeutics. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 136. 561-572. (2017).
Justin Komguep Nono; Hlumani Ndlovu; Nada Abdel Aziz; Thabo Mptoje; Lerato Hlaka; Frank Brombacher. Interleukin-4 Receptor Alpha is still required after Th2 polarization for the maintenance and the recall of protective immunity to Nematode infection. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 11. 1-17. (2017).
Justin Komguep Nono; Hlumani Ndlovu; Nada Abdel Aziz; Thabo Mptoje; Lerato Hlaka; Frank Brombacher. Host regulation of liver fibroproliferative pathology during experimental schistosomiasis via interleukin-4 receptor alpha. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.11.1-22. (2017).

Integrating Metabolism and Immunity (E4), Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology
2025
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Host-directed therapeutic strategies for infectious diseases. International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology.
2025
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6th South African Immunology Society Conference
2025
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TB Science: The 50th Union World Conference on Lung Health
2025
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TB Science: The 50th Union World Conference on Lung Health
2025
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Integrating Metabolism and Immunity (E4), Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology
2025
icon-pin-location Dublin, Ireland
6th South African Immunology Society Conference
2025
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7th African Flow Cytometry Workshop,
2025
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Host-directed therapeutic strategies for infectious diseases. International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology.
2025
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Parasitological Society of Southern Africa
2025
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