Speaker: Dr Caron Jacobs [IDM Microsopy Platform]
Host: Prof Digby Warner [IDM Director]
Dr Caron Jacobs is a cell biologist and imaging scientist in the IDM Microscopy Platform.
Caron obtained her PhD from University College London in 2018, where she used super-resolution imaging to study viral-cell infection processes, before returning to South Africa to pursue post-doctoral research in the IDM. She was awarded a Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Imaging Scientist fellowship in 2021, for work focusing on the democratization of bioimaging for infectious disease and biomedical research in Africa. This includes her work in the recently established IDM Microscopy Platform and research focusing on assay development and advanced imaging for host-pathogen interactions.
She also works with the Africa Microscopy Initiative and the African BioImaging Consortium, which she co-founded with African researchers in 2021, to increase access to bioimaging resources, infrastructure and education across the continent. |