Staff Profiles

1. PhD Medical Microbiology (Molecular Mycobacteriology), UCT, (2016-2021)

2. Msc Medical Microbiology, Surrey (2011-2013) 

3.BHSc (Medical Laboratory Science), UOIT (2006-2009)

I graduated in 2009 with BHSc (Hons)  with a major in  Medical Laboratory Science from the University of  Ontario Institute of Technology ( Canada). Upon completion of my first degree I started my career as research assistant at the Botswana Harvad aids institute partnership, Where I was involved in a study on the prevalence of HIV/AIDS among pregnant women in Botswana.  I then become a  Medical Scientific Officer at Bokamoso Private Hospital in Botswana where I was working in a diagnostic  laboratory. I became interested in  tuberculosis while I was working at Bokamoso Private Hospital where I became acutely aware of  the prevalence of tuberculosis in Botswana.I started my MSc studies at the University of Surrey ( UK) in 2011. My MSc research project involved studying the metabolism of M. tuberculosis. During this  research project, I obtained extensive training in applying molecular-biology techniques in  studying metabolism of M. tuberculosis. It also gave me an insight into the pathogenesis of  tuberculosis. I wanted to expand my experience by studying this important pathogen at a  doctoral level. Therefore I did my PhD studies at the university of Capetown from 2016-2021.  My PhD research involved studying the intrinsic resistome of mycobacteria with the aim of finding new drug targets that will render the bacteria susceptible to existing drug treatments.  

Medical Microbiology

- Virology

- Clinical Bacteriology

- Molecular Biology

Medical Microbiology related research including

- M. tuberculosis research

- Antimicrobial drug research

- Molecular diagnostics

- bacteriology

-Virology

Medical Microbiology related research including

- M. tuberculosis research

- Antimicrobial drug research

- Molecular diagnostics

- bacteriology

-Virology

1. Basu, P., Sandhu, N., Bhatt, A., Singh, A., Balhana, R., Gobe, I., ... & Beale, M. H. (2018). The anaplerotic node is essential for the intracellular survival of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 293(15), 5695-5704.

2. Gobe, I., Koto, G. F., Molebatsi, K., Mokomane, M., Kasvosve, I., & Motswaledi, M. S. (2020). Vaccination for some childhood diseases may impact the outcome of covid-19 infections. medRxiv.

3. Timothy, J., Gobe, I., Mhlanga, M. M., & Warner, D. F. (2018). CRISPRi-Seq for the Identification and Characterisation of Essential Mycobacterial Genes and Transcriptional Units. BioRxiv, 358275.

4. Basu, P., Sandhu, N., Bhatt, A., Singh, A., Balhana, R., Gobe, I., ... & Beale, M. (2019). When the metabolic model says NO: untangling the Gordian knot of TB’s intracellular metabolism. Access Microbiology, 1(1A), 160.