User:BridgetBannerman

Bridget Bannerman is a researcher at the University of Cambridge the Cambridge University Hospitals. Her current research interest is in comparative genomic analysis of kinetoplastid protozoa and related parasites and performing essential literature searches in order to identify novel drug targets in the corresponding parasitic diseases. Bridget has set up a metabolic pathway database (TrypanoCyc) for Trypanosoma brucei, causative agent of African sleeping sickness disease, which currently affects about 60 million people and current treatments are ineffective. This database is now being used by the team of scientists working on the management of this disease. Bridget has been the pioneer of the Science Education Workshops in Freetown, Sierra Leone and now collaborating with esteemed scientists both in Cambridge, UK and the University of Sierra Leone in promoting science education in Sierra Leone.