Dr Lusisizwe Kwezi (CSIR), CSIR senior researcher

Kwezi holds a PhD in biotechnology, with a focus on plant biotechnology, proteomics, cell signalling and molecular biology. He joined the CSIR in 2014 and is a senior researcher with the primary focus of his research in biopharming of HIV neutralising antibodies for potential use as a post exposure HIV prophylaxis. Through employing biopharming as a production platform, Kwezi is also investigating the production of biosimilar antibody vaccine and other therapeutic antibodies and proteins for the production of therapeutic proteins/antibodies.

Expertise: Plant biotechnology; Proteomics; Biomarkers; Biosimilars; Biopharming; Therapeutic antibodies/proteins; Protein biochemistry; Enzymology
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