Can biomedical research be sustainable? 🌍🔬
At the IDM, we’re putting that question into practice.
Read the full story here👇
idm.uct.ac.za/articles/2026-…
#SustainableScience #MyGreenLab #UCT
🎓 What's next after your postdoc?
Join next week's #IDMSeminar: Career Paths in Science: Navigating the Transition from Postdoc to Independence.
Hear insights from Dr Sonwabile Dzanibe, Dr Melissa-Rose Abrahams & Dr Fezile Khumalo.
🎥 Highlights from yesterday's #IDMSeminar!
Dr Kathryn Wicht shared how medicinal chemistry and parasite biology are driving the discovery of promising new antimalarial compounds while revealing how malaria develops drug resistance.
Watch the highlights 👇
We are all responsible for the health of the Earth. The IDM has been on a journey to reduce the impact that biomedical science has on the environment. 🌱
Read more here: idm.uct.ac.za/sustainability
#SustainableScience #MyGreenLab #NetZero #ClimateAction #UCT #IDM
Missed yesterday's IDM Seminar with Prof Graeme Meintjes?
Here's a glimpse of the afternoon as Prof Meintjes shared findings and implications from the NewStrat-TB trial in patients with disseminated HIV-associated TB.
#IDMSeminars #Tuberculosis #HIVResearch #ClinicalResearch
Imaging Africa drew 26x more applicants than available spots, the most oversubscribed of 7 global microscopy training programmes studied. The gap isn't enthusiasm. It's access. 🔬
Read the full article: scopus.com/pages/publication…
#Microscopy #SciComm #GlobalHealth
What happens when a fungus enters the brain?
As part of the Cross Institute Research Exchange series, hosted by the IDM and NI, Dr Rachael Dangarembizi reveals how Cryptococcus interacts with brain tissue, accumulating around blood vessels and potentially disrupting CSF flow.
Catch Dr Ruby Bunjun's Seminar on Love, Loss and Lymphocytes: Exploring immunity to Chlamydia trachomatis on Spotify lnkd.in/dQWYt-cK OR Watch the full seminar on our YouTube Channel youtube.com/watch?v=xzOFlSYG…
This Youth Day: Investing in young people’s health means designing care that meets them where they are!
Read the full Article here - lnkd.in/dm6wpvbn
⚽Football Fridays are coming to IDM!
We’re inviting the IDM community to join the FIFA World Cup spirit, wear your favourite football jersey every Friday and show your colours! 🌎
Make your match predictions here - idmforms.jotform.com/2616026…
#FootballFridays #IDMCommunity
🦠 This week's must-read paper
Treating male partners alongside women with bacterial vaginosis (BV):
✅ Reduces recurrence
✅ Saves healthcare costs
✅ May reduce STIs & HIV risk
✅ Improves pregnancy outcomes
Read the article here: nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
HIV Disease modelling? At today's IDM Seminar, Assoc Prof Leigh Johnson (CIDER, UCT) unpacked the science of disease modelling utilising the Thembisa model, South Africa's leading model for tracking HIV and TB epidemics and informing public health policy.
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