Building networks through international exposure
DELEGATES: Dr Cecil Weale, Dr Don Matshazi, Prof Rajiv Erasmus (IFCC board member and Ms. Abegail Tshivhase and Dr Saarah Davids.
Monday, 24 July 2023
Four representatives from the SA Medical Research Council/ CPUT Cardiometabolic Health Research Unit recently presented their research at the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC) and the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) WorldLab-EuroMedLab Conference 2023,
Postdoctoral fellows, Dr Don Matshazi and Dr Cecil Weale, PhD student Abegail Tshivhase and unit manager and researcher, Dr Saarah Davids presented their research during poster presentations at the congress, which was held in Rome, Italy.
In addition, Matshazi was a speaker at the Young Scientist Forum, while at the main congress, Tshivhase was a speaker at the session on microRNAs. Matshazi, and Tshivhase both received the IFCC travel grant while Weale received the African Federation of Clinical Chemistry (AFCC) travel grant. All four delegates received CPUT ConfCom funding to attend the congress.
More than 11 500 delegates, exhibitors and guests from 118 countries attended the five-day congress.
Weale said the scientific programme of the conference boasted a Young Scientists Forum, which took place on the first official day of the congress.
“This forum laid the foundation for early-career scientists, such as myself, to interact with other emerging researchers in my niche, forging relationships and discussing potential collaborations.”
He said the main conference boasted a wide array of intriguing symposiums, roundtable discussions and plenary talks by leading scientists.
“I am extremely thankful to the African Federation of Clinical Chemistry (AFCC) for awarding me their travel scholarship, which assisted greatly in contributing towards the travel expenses. I was one of eight individuals to have been awarded the scholarship, out of the pool of applications from young researchers across the continent. In addition, the trip was also supported by the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust, which assisted greatly in funding my travels for the conference.
“I am extremely appreciative to these distinguished bodies to have been awarded such prestigious grants, allowing me to attend this gathering of acclaimed clinical biochemist researchers, and present my research findings, in the form of a poster presentation, entitled “The association between altered miR-486-5p and miR-novel-chr1_40444 expression patterns and dysglycaemia in South African individuals”.
Written by Ilse Fredericks
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