DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
This is the news blog for the Division of Molecular Biology & Human Genetics and the Division of Immunology
The African Tuberculosis Bioinformatics Training Program (hereafter Training Program) is a collaborative educational and capacity development program that will develop and establish a two-year structured Masters of Science (MSc) degree in Bioinformatics, at Stellenbosch University (SU), South Africa. The Training Program is a collaboration between the Division of Molecular Biology…
Dr Gabriel Mashabela, a specialist scientist with the SAMRC Centre for TB Research housed within Stellenbosch University’s Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, recently received the Grand Challenges Africa Award from the Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa (AESA). Read more at www.bit.ly/3pzzRel
Congratulations Prof Craig Kinnear We would like to congratulate Professor Craig Kinnear, SAMRC Specialist Scientist and head of the SAMRC Genomics Centre as well as c0-head of the TB Host Genetics Research group at MBHG, on his promotion to FULL professor! This promotion is well-deserved and a testament to your outstanding…
Congratulations to the African-European Tuberculosis Consortium (AETBC), lead by our head of Division Distinguished Professor Gerhard Walzl, for winning the 2020 European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) Outstanding Research Team Prize. EDCTP awarded its prizes for research excellence and the Pascoal Mocumbi Prize at the Tenth EDCTP Forum that…
The Oxford-run VALIDATE Network has received $1.5 million in funding for its tuberculosis vaccine work from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Worldwide, tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the top 10 causes of death, killing around 1.4 million people per year. An effective vaccine for TB is one of the…
Congratulations Prof Marlo Möller We would like to congratulate Professor Marlo Möller, head of the TB Host Genetics Research group at MBHG, on her promotion to FULL professor! This promotion is well-deserved in light of your dedication to your team, research, students, and community!
Congratulations Prof André G Loxton We would like to congratulate Professor André Loxton on his promotion to Deputy Director of the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) Centre for Tuberculosis Research housed within the MBHG Division. This promotion is indeed a huge honour and very well deserved. Well done to…
Congratulations to Dr Fanie Malherbe on the award of the SA Medical Research Council Silver Medal at the SAMRC 7th Scientific Merits Award Ceremony! The South African Medical Research Council strongly supports excellence in health research and has established a set of medal awards to recognise world-class science. The Awards…
Congratulations Dr Charissa Naidoo Dr Charissa Naidoo, a postdoctoral researcher in the Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics at Stellenbosch University’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, is one of six South African researchers who were recently awarded a grant from the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science South African…
Congratulations Prof André G Loxton We would like to congratulate Professor André Loxton, head of the #LoxtonLab within the Immunology Research group at MBHG, on his promotion to FULL professor! It is indeed a rare event that someone gets promoted from senior scientist to full professor, skipping the Associate Professorship…