Zakaria Hmama
Universirty of British columbia, Canada
Biography
Zakaria received a PhD degree from the University Claude Bernard (Lyon, France) in 1993. He is currently Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia and was the recipient of Scholarship Awards from the Michael Smith Foundation of Health Research and the TB Vet Foundation. Ongoing research in Zakaria’s lab focuses on developing novel gene manipulation technologies to upgrade the current BCG vaccine in order to maximize the induction of protective TB immunity. Of equal importance to the vaccine project, a biology-based study of Mtb persistence has revealed important virulence factors that represent attractive drug targets that could be used for TB treatment.
Abstract
Abstract : Improving the efficacy of the Tuberculosis vaccine M. bovis BCG