?Division of Immunology
?IMMUNOLOGY RESEARCH GROUP
?????PHD STUDENTS???
?Innate Immunity Lab
munansangu@sun.ac.za??
Project Title: Immune metabolic profile of innate and adaptive cells in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection??
Candice I Snyders
?TB Diagnostic Biomarker Lab
cisnyders@sun.ac.za
Project Title: Assessment of the suitability of novel host biomarker-based approaches as tools for monitoring the response to TB treatment.?
Christian Otum
?Innate Immunity Lab
otumc@sun.ac.za??
Project Title: The impact? of the C-15T inhA promoter mutation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis on monocytes and macrophages??
Dannielle Kenny
?Walzl Lab
dannielle@sun.ac.za
Project Title: Investigation of Compartmentalised Humoral Immune Responses Against Tuberculosis and their Cellular Mechanisms of Action
?
Dr Donald Simon
?Walzl Lab
donaldsimon@sun.ac.za??
Project Title: Evaluating host blood and PET/CT biomarkers to predict TB treatment response.??
Dr Jane Shaw
Walzl Lab
janeshaw@sun.ac.za?
Project Title: Interactions between Mycobacterium tuberculosis and SARS-CoV-2?
Loide Shipingana
Walzl Lab
lshipingana@sun.ac.za?
Project Title: Evaluation of immunomodulatory properties of short-chain fatty acids produced by microbiome on alveolar macrophage function in TB patients?
Mbali Mkhonza
?Innate Immunity Lab
mkhonza@sun.ac.za?
Project Title: MR1-Restricted T Cells: Role in Differential Outcomes Following Mycobacterium tuberculosis Exposure?
?
Soyama Nyangwa
?Walzl Lab
soyama@sun.ac.za
Project Title: ?Understanding the Structural and Functional Response of gamma-interferon to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in macrophages
MSC STUDENTS
Armin O'Connor
?Adaptive Immunity Lab
aoconnor@sun.ac.za?
?
Project Title: Functional analysis of repurposed drugs as immune regulators in the protection against Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Ditshego Molepo
TB Diagnostic Biomarker Lab
dsmolepo@sun.ac.za?
Project Title: Optimization of host immunological biosignatures for point-of-care diagnosis of active tuberculosis?
Lesego Rantho
?TB Diagnostic Biomarker Lab
lrantho@sun.ac.za?
Project Title: Derivation of a unified diagnostic test for the diagnosis of active TB an?d for monitoring the clinical response to anti-microbial TB therapy.??
Monique van Molendorff
?TB Diagnostic Biomarker Lab
mvonmolendorff@sun.ac.za??
? ??
Project Title: Evaluation of new host transcriptomic biosignatures as biomarkers for the diagnosis of Tuberculosis.???
?
Rebecca Geldenhuys
Walzl Lab
rgeldenhuys@sun.ac.za??
Project Title: Is sarcoidosis a persistent form of tuberculosis???
Dr Odunola S. Adebiyi
?Innate Immunity Lab
sadebiyi@sun.ac.za??
Project Title: Spatial Transcriptomics of Human TB Granuloma??
Suzzanna Buabeng
?Walzl Lab
sbuabeng@sun.ac.za??
Project Title: Immunoregulatory impacts of diet-induced prediabetes on TB dissemination and its mitigation using the tool compound CS0640.??
Dr Sylvain Tenkeu
?Walzl Lab
szemsi@sun.ac.za?
Project Title: Exploration of Immune and Functional Status of Lungs Post-Tuberculosis?
Yastika Mahabeer
?Innate Immunity Lab
ymahabeer@sun.ac.za??
Project Title: Establishment, Optimisation, and Transplantation of a Three-Dimensional (3D) Tuberculosis Granuloma Model into C57Bl/6 Mice ?
BSC HONOURS STUDENTS
Alyce Kapisa
Innate Immunity Lab
akapisa@sun.ac.za??
Project Title: Investigating the role of red blood cells in the innate immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis
