Eduard Roos

I am an avid and curious lover of the natural world since an early age. I completed my undergraduate studies in Zoology at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Here I had the opportunity to be part of a mentorship program in my final year, under the guidance of Prof Armanda Bastos, working on African swine fever under BSL-3 conditions. My next step in becoming a researcher was when I moved to the University of the Free State (UFS) where I completed a BSc. Hons. Zoology at the Qwaqwa campus. The project’s focus was on the phylogenetic relationships of haemoparasites in the local crag-lizard population. Thereafter I started my MSc. Molecular Biology at Stellenbosch University under the supervision of Prof Michele Miller and Dr Sven Parsons in 2015 and in 2016 upgraded the project to a PhD. The main focus of the project was to identify different molecular diagnostic methods that could be used to detect Mycobacterium bovis (Bovine TB) infection in Phacochoerus africanus (Common Warthog) as well as looking at the phylogenetic relationship of the bacteria. I finished my PhD in 2018. During my Postdoc I investigated antibody cross reactivity, in order to develop novel bio-imaging reagents for various viral diseases in cattle at The Pirbright Institute. I am now a Specialist in Research and Development for Clinomics (Pty) Ltd where I am developing novel therapeutics and diagnostics for the veterinary health industry.

May 2023