Dr Lowe, Michelle

Dr Michelle Lowe obtained her BSc qualifatoin at the North West University, and her BSc Hons, MSc (cum laude) and PhD qualifactions at the University of Pretoria. Dr Lowe is currently appointed as a Medical Scientist in the Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance and Mycoses (CHARM) at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Her research focuses on the laboratory detection, characterisation, molecular epidemiology and evolution of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in humans and food animals. Her main research scope is on the ESKAPE pathogens (i.e. Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterobacter species) which cause healthcare-associated infections.
Dr Lowe is involved with the supervision of post-graduate students and training of intern Medical Scientists on the application of molecular techniques in the Microbiology laboratory, including techniques related to laboratory identification and characterisation of healthcare-associated pathogens.