genomics Africa Fellow: Ramuth Magalutcheemee

Ramuth Magalutcheemee is a senior clinical scientist (Virology) at the Ministry of Health and Wellness / National Public Health Laboratory / National Influenza Centre (NIC) in Mauritius.

Ramuth Magalutcheemee came to this fellowship at CERI in Stellenbosch University to receive training on SARS-CoV-2 sequencing in order to increase genomics surveillance in Mauritius. 

Duration of the fellowship: 2 to 12 November 2021.

Trained received: Hands-on sequencing on Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) sequencing and bioinformatics analysis.