Mante Thobejane

Supervisor: Dr Sandiswa Mbewana 

I completed my BSc and honours degree at the University of Witwatersrand. My honours project was about determining the expression of ethylene response factors in cassava cultivars infected with the South African cassava mosaic virus. I am currently part of the Biopharming Research Unit at UCT enrolled for MSc under supervision of Dr Sandiswa Mbewana. My project is about developing mRNA vaccine candidates against Influenza A and B using Nicotiana benthamiana plants.