{"id":1388,"date":"2021-01-18T13:43:31","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T13:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/mbhgblog\/?p=1388"},"modified":"2022-05-06T08:44:55","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T08:44:55","slug":"1388","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/mbhgblog\/2021\/01\/18\/1388\/","title":{"rendered":"[:en]MBHG Scientist awarded coveted L\u2019Or\u00e9al-UNESCO For Women in Science grant[:]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[:en]<em>Congratulations Dr Charissa Naidoo<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dr Charissa Naidoo, a postdoctoral researcher in the Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics at Stellenbosch University&#8217;s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, is one of six South African researchers who were recently awarded a grant from the L&#8217;Or\u00e9al-UNESCO <em>For Women in Science<\/em> South African National Young Talents Programme.<\/p>\n<p>Created in 1998 and led by the Fondation L\u2019Or\u00e9al in partnership with UNESCO, the For Women in Science programme aims to improve the representation of women in scientific careers, strong in the conviction that the world needs science, and science needs women.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Naidoo\u2019s research, as part of the Clinical Mycobacteriology and Epidemiology (CLIME) Group within the MBHG Division, shows how \u2013 even before antibiotic treatment \u2013 patients with TB have a unique gut microbiome: this could lead to innovative diagnosis tools and more accessible treatments.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story of her award <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sun.ac.za\/english\/Lists\/news\/DispForm.aspx?ID=7945\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.[:]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[:en]Congratulations Dr Charissa Naidoo Dr Charissa Naidoo, a postdoctoral researcher in the Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics at Stellenbosch University&#8217;s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, is one of six South African researchers who were recently awarded a grant from the L&#8217;Or\u00e9al-UNESCO For Women in Science South African&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10949,"featured_media":1389,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[72184],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grant-awards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/mbhgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/mbhgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/mbhgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/mbhgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10949"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/mbhgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1388"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/mbhgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1391,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/mbhgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388\/revisions\/1391"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/mbhgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/mbhgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/mbhgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/mbhgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}