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Emilyn Costa Conceicao

Dr Emilyn Costa Conceicao joined the Stellenbosch University Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics as a postdoctoral fellow in 2021. Her current research focuses on precision medicine and precision public health through WGS as part of “Sequencing Mycobacteria and Algorithm-Determined Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment (Smartt) Trial”, PARR-TB/GenPath Africa consortium and REVIGET-Brazil. Emilyn is a Biologist (Federal University of Para), holding a masters degree in Infectious Disease (State University of Para) and PhD in Microbiology (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro/Paris-Sud University). Emilyn has experience in clinical trials and routine diagnostics with a focus on molecular biology applied to MTBC, NTM and Mycobacterium leprae. She is interested in epidemiology, genomics, drug-resistance, bioinformatics and science education​.