Kumitaa said the R0 numbers change with place and time and are used to predict whether a particular disease is spreading, levelling or diminishing.
She is also involved in Covid work, and enjoys volunteering and giving science-based talks to the public during her free time.
A guide in lentiviral vector production for hard-to-transfect cells, using cardiac-derived c-kit expressing cells as a model system.
All participants gave informed consent, and patients identity was anonymized and delinked before analysis.