This is the news blog for the Division of Molecular Biology & Human Genetics and the Division of Immunology
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…
Written by Leka Mhlophe Children and scientists are more similar than one might think. There are many questions at the core of what both children and scientists are. For example, when a child asks “why?” several times for several hours, believe it or not, that is exactly what a scientist…
Written by Leka Mhlophe Look at that! Another year has passed and here comes the Eskom Expo once again! In my short time at the MBHG, I have realised that an integral part of what we do is connecting with the community. This makes sense because as biomedical scientists, the…
The Crick Africa Network (CAN) supported by LifeArc is offering African Career Acceleration fellowships for early-career biomedical scientists to develop translational scientific programmes which will enable them to establish scientific independence. The programme seeks ambitious early-career African scientists with postdoctoral experience who can demonstrate strong scientific and leadership potential, a…
Congratulations Prof Gian van der Spuy We would like to congratulate Professor Gian van der Spuy, SAMRC Scientist and head of the South African Tuberculosis Bioinformatics Initiative (SATBBI) at MBHG, on his promotion to FULL professor! This promotion is in recognition of your efforts to teach and train the next generation…
Congratulations Prof Elizabeth Streicher We would like to congratulate Prof Streicher, Senior Researcher within the TB Genomics Research Group at MBHG, on her promotion from Dr to FULL Professor! It is extremely rare for a researcher to skip associate professor altogether and get promoted straight to full professorship. This is…
Congratulations Dr Caroline Beltran We would like to congratulate Dr Caroline Beltran on her appointment as a Researcher within the Stellenbosch University Immunology Research Group at MBHG! This career advancement from postdoctoral researcher to scientist is no surprise and was just a matter of time until your drive and talent paid…
Congratulations Dr Tracey Jooste We would like to congratulate Dr Jooste on her appointment as a Researcher within the Stellenbosch University Immunology Research group at MBHG! Your dedication and diligence deserve to be recognized through this hard-earned promotion. We look forward to the exciting outputs to come from Dr Jooste’s…
Congratulations Prof Stephanus Malherbe We would like to congratulate Prof Stephanus Malherbe, head of the Biomedical Research Institute Clinical Unit and Clinician Scientist within the Stellenbosch University Immunology Research Group at MBHG, on his promotion to Associate Professor! All your hard work and dedications deserve this achievement.
Congratulations Dr Ndivhuwo Tshililo We would like to congratulate Dr Tshililo on her promotion from Junior Researcher to Researcher within the Mycobacterial Chemical Biology Research Group at MBHG! Your enquiring scientific mind and pursuit of excellence have brought you to this moment and we cannot wait to see what brilliant…