Michael Frimpong

Lecturer - Molecular Medicine @KNUSTGH| Lead@MolecularDiagnostics | @AREF_Africa Fellow #Pathogen genomics #AMR #SkinNTDs

[African Academy of Sciences @AASciences]

Research Spotlight💡
Michael Frimpong, #APTI Fellow & #Molecular #Immunologist from #Ghana is working on the microbiome of skin Neglected Tropical Diseases #SkinNTDs to inform treatment and control strategies.
Learn more👉https://t.co/CEXDbqozNg
@Fogarty_NIH
@GatesAfrica
@KNUSTGH

[African Academy of Sciences @AASciences]

Addressing #NTDs requires investing in research and development #R&D for better treatments and diagnostics. By #InnovatingTogether, we can bring the best #science to the most neglected.

#AASciences #BeatNTDs
@Fogarty_NIH
@gatesfoundation
@WHOAFRO
@DNDi

[African Academy of Sciences @AASciences]

Dr Frimpong #AfricanResearcher from #Ghana based at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology @KNUSTGH is using his #APTI fellowship to conduct research on microbiome, respiratory infections & #bioinformatics.
#GlobalHealth #ScienceLeadership
@Fogarty_NIH @GatesAfrica

[Michael Frimpong @Mfrimpong]

Let continue the fight against NTDs during this difficult period of COVID-19 pandemic..

[EDCTP @EDCTP]

Reflecting on #WorldNTDDay2022 we celebrate the progress made

Dr Michael Frimpong’s experience in #NTD diagnosis was used in Ghana’s COVID-19 response

His fellowship on buruli ulcer was briefly halted but now successfully completed ✅
@Mfrimpong @KNUSTGH
https://t.co/bGViXJceOG

[Michael Frimpong @Mfrimpong]

Dr Michael Frimpong - Follow the Fellow in times of COVID-19 https://t.co/MJb4B4HUtb via @YouTube @KNUSTGH @afri_dx @skin_africa @BU_LabNet

[Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology @KNUSTGH]

Dr. Michael Frimpong, a Molecular Immunologist lecturer at the Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry, KNUST has been named among the Ten grantees of the 2020 African Postdoctoral Training Initiative (APTI). Read more: https://t.co/Krb21ux6IX

[Fogarty at NIH @Fogarty_NIH]

The African Postdoctoral Training Initiative #APTI will soon welcome its 2nd cohort of 10 fellows from 7 African countries to @NIH. @AASciences @gatesfoundation & #NIH are partners. @NIHClinicalCntr @NIAIDNews & @genome_gov will host fellows. https://t.co/0ldd2TLOUz

[Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease MDPI @TropicalmedMDPI]

#TropicalmedMDPI @UniLeipzig, @KNUSTGH Special Issue "#Point of #Need #Testing of Infectious Diseases"
More details：https://t.co/FFKPZNs2en
Submission deadline: 31 October 2021

[Michael Frimpong @Mfrimpong]

AddThis | Home https://t.co/spwb4y7CFd

[Michael Frimpong @Mfrimpong]

Kudos to the team

[Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease MDPI @TropicalmedMDPI]

#TropicalmedMDPI Michael Frimpong et al. @KNUSTGH, @UnivofGh, @eCampus_unigoe, @UniLeipzig Multiplex #Recombinase #Polymerase #Amplification Assay for Simultaneous Detection of #Treponema #pallidum and #Haemophilus #ducreyi in Yaws-Like Lesions
https://t.co/eDvbXrfwGa

[Skin Health Africa Research Programme @skin_africa]

In a new paper from @skin_africa member @Mfrimpong @KNUSTGH describes validation a new Recombinase Polymerase Assay for #Yaws https://t.co/xGCr2CLUcI Test had promising sensitivity and specificity & might be a useful tool to support #yaws eradication efforts in Ghana & elsewhere

[Michael Frimpong @Mfrimpong]

Multiplex Recombinase Polymerase Amplification Assay for Simultaneous Detection of Treponema pallidum and Haemophil… https://t.co/psYjYOFo3U

[Michael Frimpong @Mfrimpong]

Glad to be part of this network, time to deepen south-south cooperation

[Skin NTD Laboratory Network @Skinntd_LabNet]

First WHO Meeting of the Network of Buruli ulcer PCR Laboratories in the WHO African Region
21-24 October 2019, Centre Pasteur of Cameroon, Yaoundé

[Michael Frimpong @Mfrimpong]

Rifampicin and clarithromycin (extended release) versus rifampicin and streptomycin for limited Buruli ulcer lesions: a randomised, open-label, non-inferiority phase 3 trial https://t.co/EpTGLoAaij

[James Drake @jamesjpdrake]

Let’s be grateful for the tireless work of scientists worldwide in tackling #coronavirus. The US National Pubmed website lists over 650 references to papers on coronavirus, which dwarfs the comparable literature on previous viral epidemics.
https://t.co/rI8j2z835G

[Michael Frimpong @Mfrimpong]

The unprecedented gains we have made against NTDs show what is possible when a diverse group of partners rally around a common goal. Together, we can #beatNTDs.

[Michael Marks @dr_michaelmarks]

Excited announce @officialNIHR collaboration @LSHTM @KNUSTGH @NMIMR_UG @AHRI_ETH Tackle Skin #NTDs & stigma Ghana & Ethiopia https://t.co/DSGwb3BqRz

[Michael Marks @dr_michaelmarks]

Excited to be talking #Scabies @KnustNews Kumasi Ghana - Next week #beatNTDs

[Michael Frimpong @Mfrimpong]

#mdpidiagnostics Rapid Extraction Method of Mycobacterium ulcerans DNA from Clinical Samples of Suspected Buruli Ulcer Patients https://t.co/Mgr10ZEg8W @diagnostic_mdpi