DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
This is the news blog for the Division of Molecular Biology & Human Genetics and the Division of Immunology
Congratulations to Prof Marlo Möller on the award of the SA Medical Research Council Silver Medal at the SAMRC 8th 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 Drs Caroline Beltran, Leigh Kotze and Haiko Schurz Three MBHG postdoctoral research fellows, Drs Caroline Beltran and Leigh Kotze within the Immunology Research Group and Dr Haiko Schurz within the TB Host Genetics Research Group at the Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics were selected for the Top…
Congratulations Dr Suventha Moodley Dr Moodley, a postdoctoral researcher in the Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics at Stellenbosch University’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, was recently awarded a three-year Career Development Fellowship from the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP). The EDCTP supports clinical research, research…
Congratulations Dr Rouxjeane Venter Dr Rouxjeane Venter, 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 to Professor Novel Chegou and Dr Charles Manyelo. Head of the TB Biomarkers Lab Prof Novel Chegou and PhD graduate Dr Charles Manyelo within the Immunology Research Group at Stellenbosch University’s Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences received Patent awards at the…
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…