Alexander Pym
African Health Research Institute, South Africa
Biography
Alex Pym is an Investigator at AHRI (African Health Research Institute) in Durban, South Africa. Trained in Clinical Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology, and Mycobacterial Genetics he completed his PhD research at the Institute Pasteur, Paris, followed by post-doctoral studies at Stanford University. He has a broad research experience, and has published on Esx secretion systems, recombinant TB vaccines, and population genetics of M.tuberculosis. He subsequently worked in South Africa on clinical drug development of bedaquiline in MDR-TB patients. Now at AHRI, his laboratory is focussed on understanding the biological basis of resistance and persistence in M. tuberculosis and defining biomarkers of treatment response.
Abstract
Abstract : Evolution of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis