Four top young immunologists from emerging countries were selected to receive travel awards from the American Biotechnology Giant BioLegend to present innovative biomedical research work in the symposium on "Global Immunology Challenges for Young Investigators" at the International Congress of Immunology in Melbourne Australia on August 24th 2016.

They are from the four corners of the globe: China, Russia, Argentina and Cameroon.

The Cameroonian recipient is Dr. Justin Nono Komguep, a research Officer at the Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation (MINRESI) of Cameroon and a Sydney Brenner Fellow of the Academy of Science of South Africa. Dr. Nono has received this accolade for the bilateral work he is currently conducting between Cameroon and South Africa on Schistosomiasis, mentored by Professor Frank Brombacher (University of Cape Town, South Africa) and Professor Colonel. Roger Moyou-Somo (MINRESI, Cameroon).

Dr. Nono and the other awardees will participate in a panel discussion that will focus on the challenges of building a career in global immunological research to solve the problems facing developing nations…