News archive

October 2024

Best publication award - Lwanda Buthelezi - Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:58

April 2024

Rising Star Award - Thu, 04/18/2024 - 15:18

March 2024

The SAMRC Scientific Merit Awards brings its 10th salutation for the ones who serve in health research science. - Fri, 03/08/2024 - 14:30
UCT researchers land prestigious fellowship for trailblazing African health research. - Fri, 03/08/2024 - 10:43

January 2024

MSc Opportunity in Immuno-Biotechnology subgroup - Thu, 01/18/2024 - 15:19

September 2023

DPATH TEC Amazing Race - Fri, 09/22/2023 - 11:50

May 2023

FameLab SA Competition - Mon, 05/22/2023 - 15:04
March 2023 Graduates - Fri, 05/05/2023 - 14:48

December 2022

December graduates - Tue, 12/27/2022 - 11:19

October 2022

The Division of Immunology is very proud of our PhD candidate - Wed, 10/19/2022 - 12:15

August 2022

Congratulations on your momentous achievements, graduates! - Fri, 08/12/2022 - 12:45

April 2022

Congratulations on your momentous achievements, graduates! - Fri, 04/08/2022 - 15:00

December 2021

UCT scientists recognised in prestigious L’Oreal-UNESCO programmes - Fri, 12/03/2021 - 15:30

November 2021

Promotion of protective anti-tumour CD8 T cell immunity – a new treatment for tumours - Fri, 11/26/2021 - 11:30
Alzheimer’s Disease – a potential vaccine? - Wed, 11/24/2021 - 13:00
Immune system evasion – the HIV-infected cell - Mon, 11/22/2021 - 14:15
Improving existing malaria vaccines – new insights - Wed, 11/17/2021 - 16:15
Detection of autoantibodies in patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) - Mon, 11/15/2021 - 15:45
Immunotherapy – new insights into how CD8 T cells become unresponsive to treatment - Thu, 11/11/2021 - 14:30
Toxoplasma gondii-Induced Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Activate Neutrophils and promote T cell recruitment - Thu, 11/11/2021 - 13:45
Predicting response to immunotherapy in patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) - Fri, 11/05/2021 - 13:45
Pregnancy and its influence on the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 - Fri, 11/05/2021 - 13:45
Neutrophils as potential early indicators of tuberculosis severity - Fri, 11/05/2021 - 13:45
Microbial fitness and IgA – a balancing act for the intestinal flora - Fri, 11/05/2021 - 13:30

October 2021

A novel immunogene CD47-targeting therapy inhibiting tumour growth - Thu, 10/14/2021 - 11:45
A novel inhibitor of dengue virus - Tue, 10/12/2021 - 12:45
Variations in leukocytes – three months following mild COVID-19 infection - Tue, 10/12/2021 - 12:45
Insights into the development of the blood and immune systems in prenatal bone marrow - Wed, 10/06/2021 - 15:00
New hope – a potential new treatment for sepsis - Wed, 10/06/2021 - 15:00

September 2021

Identification of D6R and C5aR2 as key molecules with the potential to combat inflammatory diseases - Thu, 09/30/2021 - 10:45
A new cell type contributing to inflammatory skin diseases - Wed, 09/22/2021 - 13:45
How does vitamin A enter our intestinal immune cells and what are the implications? - Mon, 09/20/2021 - 13:30
Worms can affect vaccine efficacy: lessons for COVID-19? - Thu, 09/16/2021 - 15:15

August 2021

Deletion of IL-4Rα signaling on B cells limits hyperresponsiveness depending on antigen load - Fri, 08/27/2021 - 10:30
Does B.1.351 SARS-CoV-2 variant escape T cell immune responses? - Fri, 08/27/2021 - 10:15
Neutrophil dominance leads to protection from P. falciparum blood-stage merozoites - Fri, 08/20/2021 - 15:30
A novel pathway of immune and host cell evasion by Mycobacterium tuberculosis - Thu, 08/19/2021 - 16:00
Pre-clinical evaluation of a vaccine that induces both SARS-Cov-2 and yellow fever virus immunity - Thu, 08/19/2021 - 15:45
IUIS Webinar: HIV prevention- antibodies and vaccine development (part 2) - Tue, 08/10/2021 - 15:30
IUIS Webinar: HIV prevention- antibodies and vaccine development (part 1) - Tue, 08/10/2021 - 15:30
Potent neutralising antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern - Mon, 08/02/2021 - 17:15
World Hepatitis Day: proof of concept HCV nanoparticle vaccine - Mon, 08/02/2021 - 17:00
Immunogenicity of heterologous SARS-CoV-2 vector vaccine prime-mRNA vaccine boost vaccination strategy - Mon, 08/02/2021 - 17:00

July 2021

Global Immunotalks Highlight: Immune responses after dengue virus infection: friend or foe? - Thu, 07/22/2021 - 13:45
What does HLA-DR expression on CD4 T cells indicate? - Mon, 07/19/2021 - 11:00
IUIS-Immunopaedia-Frontiers Webinar: Immunopathology of COVID 19 lessons from pregnancy and from ageing - Wed, 07/14/2021 - 16:15
Could infection with other viruses provide protection from SARS-CoV-2? - Tue, 07/13/2021 - 13:00
Microbes prime foetal immune cells during early human development - Thu, 07/08/2021 - 11:00
The role of emergent food allergies in rethinking vaccine strategies - Thu, 07/08/2021 - 10:45
How Sickle-trait hemoglobin protects against severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria - Thu, 07/08/2021 - 10:45