IDM STEAM Seminar Program 2026
Every Wednesday from 13:00 - 14:00 | Wolfson Pavilion Lecture Theatre
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Indication Attendance for Seminar(s): March 2025
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5 March: Reimagine Global Health: The Time is NOW Round table discussion on impact of US funding cut (Speakers: Ntobeko Ntusi, Linda-Gail Bekker, Wendy Burgers)
12 March: Flow Cytometry Core Facility Overview & Applications of Flow Cytometry in Biomedical Research (Speaker: Tim Reid)
19 March: Looking at the past to go forward: Ethics and pathology (Speaker: Dr Celeste de Vaal)
26 March: Reimagine Global Health: The Time is NOW Targeting controller associated mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific T cell clones with novel mRNA vaccines (Speaker: Munyaradzi Musvosvi)
Indication Attendance for Seminar(s): April 2025
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2 April: A single cell atlas of pulmonary tuberculosis (Speaker: Zoltan Maligo)
9 April: Deciphering how D-CYPHR can unlock value in your science (Speaker: Liam Bell)
16 April: HIV and the Microbiome; A Deep, High Throughput Metaproteomic Analysis of HIV-Associated Clinical Microbiomes (Speaker: Tariq Ganief)
23 April: Angiotensin-converting enzyme and the road less travelled: Novel ACE inhibitors and post-translational modifications (Speaker: Ed Sturrock)
30 April: Reimagine Global Health: The Time is NOW” The RNA Dream: A 4X4 Trail or the High way to Public Health Solutions? (Speaker: Petro Terblanche)
Indication Attendance for Seminar(s): May 2025
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14 May: Histology Core Facility Showcase (Speaker: Matthew)
21 May: Targeting de novo purine biosynthesis for the treatment of tuberculosis (Speaker: Dirk Lamprecht)
28 May: The Role of the Enteric Virome in Early-Life Immune Development: Implications for HIV-exposed Infants (Speaker: Rachel Rachogo)
Indication Attendance for Seminar(s): June 2025
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4 June: Age-dependent differences in SARS-CoV-2 immunity (Speaker: Rubina Bunjun)
11 June: Beyond the Barrier: Driving Discovery in High Containment Pathogen Research. An inside look at the IDM’s Biosafety Level 3 research platform (Speaker: Selisha Naidoo)
18 June: A century of TB vaccine development (Speaker: Mark Hatherill)
25 June: A Platform for Immunogenicity of Locally made Vaccines (Speaker: Roanne Keeton)
Indication Attendance for Seminar(s): July 2025
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2 July: Reimagine Global Health: The Time is NOW - Implementation of vaccination programs in Africa: There is hope ahead! (Speaker: Benjamin Kagina)
9 July: From Data to Discovery: The IDM Bioinformatics Platform for Infectious Disease and Biomedical Research (Speaker: Ephifania Geza)
16 July: Beyond the Bench: Charting Alternative Career Paths in Science (Speakers: Pia Steigler, Inge Mendelsohn and Tamlyn Shaw)
23 July: Beyond the Cough: Non-Sputum Strategies for TB Diagnosis (Speaker: Simon Mendelsohn)
30 July: Spatial Transcriptomics: Discerning the Role of B Cells in TB Lungs (Speaker: Robert Krause)
Indication Attendance for Seminar(s): August 2025
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6 August: Targeting mediators of granuloma caseation to develop TB host-directed therapy (Speaker: Mohlopheni Jackson Marakalala)
13 August: Community and public engagement after funding cuts? (Speaker: Anastasia Koch)
20 August: Identifying & Applying to National & International Research Funding Agencies (Speaker: Rob Huddy)
27 August: The S-Curve: Nurturing a ‘TB Therapeutics Engine’ at the IDM, UCT – From a Postdoc to a Pioneer (Speaker: Vinayak Singh)
Indication Attendance for Seminar(s): September 2025
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3 September: Understanding the Capacity for Adaptive Mutagenesis in Mycobacteria (Speaker: Joseph Gitari)
10 September: Cell Sorting Core Platform Overview & Applications of Cell Sorting in Biomedical Research (Speaker: Rozanne Adams)
17 September: Beyond the Bench: Charting Alternative Career Paths in Science (Speakers: Melissa Thomas & Christopher Borrageiro)
Indication Attendance for Seminar(s): October 2025
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8 October: The Translational Hub: Guiding Research Towards Real-World Impact (Speaker: Fezile Khumalo)
15 October: The kidney slit diaphragm lookslike a fishnet (Speaker: Achilleas Frangakis)
22 October: Faculty of Health Science Social Accountability Showcase (Speaker: Philip Dambisya & Kelvon Vollenhoven)
29 October: Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection of human macrophages in time and space (Speaker: Maximiliano Gutierrez)
Indication Attendance for Seminar(s): November 2025
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5 November: Unfolding (mal)-adaptive infant immunity: imprints of early life HIV/ART exposure (Speaker: Sonwabile Dzanibe)
12 November: Cell Sorting Core Platform Overview & Applications of Cell Sorting in Biomedical Research (Speaker: Rozanne Adams)
19 November: Beyond the Bench: Charting Career Paths in Science (Speakers: Ed Sturrock, Nicola Mulder & Kelly Chibale)
26 November: Statins as Host-Directed Drug Therapy for Tuberculosis (Speaker: Reto Guler)
Indication Attendance for Seminar(s): December 2025
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3 December: Multi-modal modeling in precision medicine (Speaker: Olivier Gevaert)
Indication Attendance for Seminar(s) 2026
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10 June: Beyond the Bench: Navigating Careers in Science (Speakers: Nicki Adams)
13 May: Africa Identity as Leadership Power (Speakers: Akhona Tshangela & Duduzile Ndwandwe)
8 April: Navigating Unconscious Bias and Inclusivity (Speaker: Quinton Apollis)
4 March: Meet the IDM PIs: Navigating Academic Careers (Speakers: Wendy Burgers, Munyaradzi Musvosvi, and Benjamin Kagina)
18 February: STEAM Working Groups Showcase Seminar
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