DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
This is the news blog for the Division of Molecular Biology & Human Genetics and the Division of Immunology
Written by Justice Ngom Ngom Congratulations to Dr. Liezel Smith on her notable achievement of being awarded the National Research Foundation (NRF) Competitive Support for Unrated Researchers (CSUR) for the next three years. The CSUR supports research by providing once-off grants that are competitive and discipline-based. The grant aims to…
Written by Justice Ngom Ngom Congratulations to Dr. Lucinda Baatjies, for her well-deserved recognition by the National Research Foundation (NRF) in being awarded the Thuthuka post-PhD funding for the next three years. The NRF Thuthuka funding instrument seeks to promote the establishment of a transformed, internationally competitive and sustainable research…
VALIDATE is excited to announce that we have been awarded a new UK Medical Research Council (MRC) grant, to enable us to continue our network activities until 2027! The £2.4million grant, via MRC’s ISPF (International Science Partnership Fund) and Partnership Grant funding streams, will enable VALIDATE to continue to provide…
We are delighted to announce the award of the prestigious Professor Bongani Mayosi Netcare Clinical Scholarship to Dr Jane Shaw, a pulmonologist in the BMRI Clinical Team at MBHG. This scholarship creates opportunities for deserving South African medical practitioners to further their studies and research in their respective fields…
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…
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
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 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…
We are delighted to announce the award of the prestigious Professor Bongani Mayosi Netcare Clinical Scholarship to Dr Donald Simon, a pulmonologist in the BMRI Clinical Team at MBHG. This scholarship creates opportunities for deserving South African medical practitioners to further their studies and research in their respective fields…