brendon mann
Dr Brendon joined the Division of MBHG as a postdoctoral fellow in 2021. He obtained his BSc Honours degree in environmental sciences, and MSc degree in Microbiology at the North-West University of Potchefstroom, working on environmental antimicrobial resistance. He did his PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the DSI/NWU Preclinical Drug Development Platform (PCDDP) also at the North-West University, focussing on the human respiratory microbiome and its response to tuberculosis treatment, while also working on the development of a novel molecular TB diagnostic system. His current focus is to assess in-host M. tuberculosis genomic diversity to determine how this relates to treatment response and oversees the development of laboratory protocols for M. tuberculosis cellular and DNA enrichment from direct patient.