Director at SAMRC/SU Centre for TB Research. Research interests: TB Immunopathogenesis and HDTs. Views are my own.
Joined July 2021
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We are excited to host Prof Eric Rubin (Harvard and NEJM) for a Special Seminar at the SAMRC/SU Centre for TB Research tomorrow. @MRCza @SUhealthsci @StellenboschUni
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It’s World TB Day 🌍🫁
Our researchers will be sharing their insights at the @MRCza Council Centre for TB Research #WorldTBDay2025 Mini Symposium
#WorldTBday #WTBD #WTBD2025 #Tuberculosis #TB #TBawareness #MBHG #SAMRC #CTR #DOI #TBResearch
To commemorate #WorldTBDay2025, we hosted a symposium at @StellenboschUni & @MRCza Centre for TB Research. The 2025 theme: 'Yes! We Can End TB: Commit, Invest, Deliver'. We were privileged to have speakers covering areas relevant to the theme. @SuMBHG @SUImmunology @SUhealthsci
Great to be part of this amazing meeting. Thanks to the organizers for the invite!.
AHRI 📸 at the Bacterial Morphogenesis, Survival&Virulence meeting in Cape Town 🇿🇦 Invited speakers @SteynTBLab & @mohlopheni gave talks yesterday on mycobacterial cell wall genes required to survive host immunity & bioenergetic & metabolic shifts in Mtb cells exposed to TB drugs
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"Scientists need to re-imagine their role in society, incorporating new models of public service & mutual learning with communities to ensure science remains relevant, impactful & transformative for society." - @Thumbi_Ndungu for @ImmunityCP 'service' ➡️ cell.com/immunity/fulltext/S…
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We were delighted to host @wellcometrust director of infectious disease Dr Alex Pym, head of infectious disease prevention @DrCharlieWeller & research manager Dr Sophie Higham this week for a site visit and engagements with AHRI faculty members ahead of #ICID2024
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Coming up today at #SATBconference
Don't miss 'Track 1, Session 1: immunology & therapy' in Hall 1 from 2pm. Chaired by AHRI's Prof Mohlopheni Marakalala @mohlopheni and featuring talks from AHRI postdoc Dr Thabo Mpotje & PhD student Delon Naicker @Lord_Mortuus
#StopTB
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AHRI director for clinical trials Associate Prof @LimakatsoLebina chairing #SATBConference plenary session 2 'Re-imagining TB care: a people centred approach', including excellent talks from Dr Karen du Preez @DTHF_SA Prof @BulieMagula Prof @NNdjeka & Dr @mavhunga_farai
#EndTB
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The 8th SA TB Conference officially declared open @DurbanICC. The week-long deliberations will be focused on ending TB as a global public health threat. #satbconference2024 #satbconference
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Excited to be at @wellcometrust attending the 2024 Discovery Research meeting. @AHRI_News @MRCza @uclmedsci @UCLInfectImm
Excited to speak at the HIV Prevention Workshop at the Drakensberg, jointly organised by @CAPRISAOfficial @AHRI_News @ragoninstitute @HPP_Research. Thanks for the invitation and for all discussions with colleagues in the field. @uclmedsci @UCLInfectImm @MRCza @wellcometrust
Excited to give a Seminar on TB Inflammation and HDTs at University of Porto @i3S_UPorto. Thanks for the invite. @AHRI_News @MRCza @UCLInfectImm @uclmedsci @UCLTB
📣 Tomorrow we will receive Dr. Marakalala at @i3S_UPorto ! He will give a seminar at noon. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet the inspiring scientist @mohlopheni 🔬🧫🧪
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📣 Tomorrow we will receive Dr. Marakalala at @i3S_UPorto ! He will give a seminar at noon. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet the inspiring scientist @mohlopheni 🔬🧫🧪
SA Tuberculosis Conference still open for Abstract submission. Please submit by 02/02/24 #SAtbconference2024
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The SAMRC is thrilled to announce the appointment of Prof Ntobeko Ntusi as its new President & CEO, effective 1 July 2024. Prof Ntusi will succeed the esteemed Prof Glenda Gray, who has been the SAMRC President for the past ten years. samrc.ac.za/press-releases/s…
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Congratulations to Prof Ntobeko Ntusi & @MRCza on this appointment! @ntobekona is also a member of AHRI’s scientific advisory committee & we're incredibly proud to be associated with him. We look forward to strengthening our long-term partnership & collaborations with the SAMRC
The SAMRC is thrilled to announce the appointment of Prof Ntobeko Ntusi as its new President & CEO, effective 1 July 2024. Prof Ntusi will succeed the esteemed Prof Glenda Gray, who has been the SAMRC President for the past ten years. samrc.ac.za/press-releases/s…
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📢 We are delighted to announce 2⃣ recent faculty appointments:
✅ Prof Refiloe Masekela @UKZNCHS HOD paediatrics & child health leads an asthma intervention clinical trial at AHRI
✅ Dr @xanthehunt is the new lead for AHRI's adolescent mental health research area
Welcome 👏🏾
