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Dr Mohlopheni Marakalala
Investigation of C-type lectin receptors in immunity to
Candidiasis,Tuberculosis and Staphylococcus infections
Dr Jennifer Claire Hoving
Asthma and Allergy
Elective Students – part-time foreign
Saeeda Bobat
– University of Birmingham
Anita Masic
– University of Wuerzburg
Lianna Wood
, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute,
USA
Elective – Local
Leanie Kleynhans –
University of Stellenbosch
Nelita du Plessis –
University of Stellenbosch
Distinguished Visitors
Harukazu Suzuki
Riken Institute-Japan
Sugata
Roy
Riken Institute-Japan
Bernhard Ryffel
CNRS France
Daniel
Barber
Max Planck, Germany
Martin
Bachmann Cytos,Switzerland
Claudia
Jakubzic Virginia, USA
Mattias
Svensson Karolinska Institute, Sweden
Benjamin Marsland ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Gordon
Brown
Univ Aberdeen, UK
Luisa
Martinez
Pomares Univ Nottingham, UK
Cecilie
Svanes Univ Bergen, UK
Howard
Clark
Univ Southampton, UK
Jim
Alexander Univ Strathclyde, UK
Andrew
Mcdonald Univ Edinburgh, UK
Abhay
Satoskar Ohio State University, USA
Catherine Lawrence Univ Strathclyde, UK
Don
Sodora Seattle Biomedical Research
Institute, USA
Helen
Horton Seattle Biomedical Research
Institute, USA
Lianna
Wood
Seattle Biomedical Research
Institute, USA
Michael
Pepper
University Of Pretoria, SA
Guido
Ferrari
Duke University, USA
Mike
Betts
Univ of Pennsylvania, USA
Martin
Ota
MRC Gambia
Simon
Draper
Univ Oxford, UK
Mario
Roederer NIH/VRC USA
Steve
De Rosa Univ of Washington, USA
Gaelle
Breton
The Rockefeller University,
USA
Rick
Koup
NIH/VRC USA
Steve
Perfetto NIH/VRC USA
Tony
Moody Duke University, USA
Ken
Rosenthal
McMasters University,
Canada
Bill
Cameron University of Ottawa
Johanna
Spaans University of Ottawa
Stefan
Magez Vrije University, Belgium
Contact Details
Postal Address: Division of Immunology, Faculty of Health
Science, Private Bag X3, Observatory, 7935
Telephone: +27 21 406 6616
DIVISION OF Medical
Biochemistry
Head of Division: Professor Peter Meissner
The Division of Medical Biochemistry is a preclinical,
basic science division in the UCT Faculty of Health
Sciences and is associated, either wholly or partly, with
a number of advanced research entities. Some such
entities are laboratory research groups contained entirely
within Division, while some have certain components or
personnel falling within the Division, affiliated to other
Institutes or Departmental groupings.
Specifically: The Division incorporates the MRC/UCT
Research Group for Receptor Biology (co-directed by A/Prof
Arieh Katz and Dr Colleeen Flanagan, ex-UCT now at WITS,
and Prof Bob Millar, now a Senior Scholar in our Division); the
MRC/UCT Oesophageal Cancer Research Group (directed
by Prof Iqbal Parker); members of the Institute of Infectious
Disease and Molecular Medicine (IIDMM) at UCT (Profs
Sturrock, Blackburn, Meissner, Parker, Katz and Leaner);
and the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and
Biotechnology (ICGEB) (Prof Iqbal Parker). At the end of
2011, the Structural Biology research Unit (under Prof Sewell)
became an accredited URC-recognised entity.
Through 2011 there were 57 research postgraduate
students registered for either master’s or PhD (44 in 2010),
and a further 6 Honours students were based wholly in
Medical Biochemistry for the duration of their research
projects (April – November) (9 in 2010). The Division
graduated 6 PhD and 3 MSc students during the course of
2011 (1 PhD and 2 MSc during 2010). Together with various
scientific and academic staff our postgraduate students
and 18 postdoctoral fellows (13 in 2010) continued to form
the basis of a vibrant and on-going research thrust and
culture in the Division, forming the core of our Divisional
research strategy – out of which flows a contemporary and
effective approach to teaching at both under- and post-
graduate levels. During 2011 the Division and its’ affiliates
published 46 papers in ISI accredited science journals
and and 2 chapters in text books.