Francis Mkemngo

Postdoctoral Researcher
Texas Biomedical Research Institute

Francis Nkemngo is a postdoctoral scientist at Texas Biomed Research Institute. His role on the P01 grant is to generate CRISPR/Cas9 knock out and SNP editing to functionally validate candidate genes as well as contribute to nanopore sequencing of parasite clones for QTL mapping. His research interest is in understanding and exploiting the genetic basis of multi-drug resistance evolution in malaria parasites to improve treatment/surveillance and interrogating the consequences on fitness and transmission.