Tracy Wanjiku Maina

<p>Research Project: Elucidating the horizontal transmission routes of Anopheles Symbiont Microsporidia MB</p> <p>Research interest: To evaluate different transmission routes and transmission rates of the symbiont Microsporidia MB in Anopheles arabiensis.</p> <p>Research goals: Exploring Microsporidia MB as a possible biocontrol tool for Malaria</p> <p>Host project and funding:&nbsp;Symbiovector</p> <p>Supervisors: Dr Jeremy Herren and Dr. Tullu Bukhari (ICIPE)</p> <p>Bio: I joined ICIPE in November 2019 as an intern under the symbiovector team.I completed my undergraduate studies in Medical Microbiology in 2019 and i am currently doing a masters in Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics in JKUAT.</p>