Clement Ndongmo

Hi,

I'm Clement and I originally come from the Western part of Cameroon. I graduated from the University of Yaounde, Cameroon, with a B.Sc in Biological Sciences; then I moved to the neighboring country of Nigeria where I spent about 3 years to train as a medical laboratory scientist, majoring in Medical Microbiology. After that I returned to Cameroon to spend 2 years as a research assistant at the University of Yaounde Teaching Hospital, where I developed interest in HIV research working on an HIV/AIDS research project. I kept focus on HIV and other infectious agents during my Masters program in International Health at theUniversity of Oslo, Norway. Thereafter, I spent a 3-year research fellowship at the Centers for Disease Control where I worked on a number of HIV epidemiology and genetic diversity projects. I studied among others, the complex genomic structure of HIV variants in Cameroon, using phylogenetic analyses of sequences generated from clinical samples, that reveal as it is well documented the evidence of a remarkable frequency of recombinant viruses.

I joined the Telesnitsky lab to study how these recombinant viruses are generated in single cycle as well as spreading infection recombination assays. I’m particularly interested in non-homologous recombination by transduction of cellular genes. The people in the lab are very nice and interactive, creating a very conducive environment for good and productive science.

My training program at the University of Michigan is ultimately being undertaken as partial fulfillment for my doctoral studies in Norway. The opportunity to work at this top institution is very rewarding for me.