Meet the team: Prof. Helen McIlleron (Division of Clinical Pharmacology). Research topics: PK and PK/PD studies of anti-TB drugs and antiretrovirals in adults and children with a focus on TB/HIV co-infection and special populations. buff.ly/3KR7XCx #CIDRITeam

Meet the team: Prof. Helen McIlleron (Division of Clinical Pharmacology). Research topics: PK and PK/PD studies of anti-TB drugs and antiretrovirals in adults and children with a focus on TB/HIV co-infection and special populations. buff.ly/3KR7XCx #CIDRITeam

Meet the team: #CIDRITeam PI Dr Hannah Hussey is the Director of C-SHARP which is an innovative urban HDSS. C-SHARP aims to integrate research surveillance components seamlessly into the routine provision of community-oriented primary healthcare. buff.ly/4982dBu

Meet the team: #CIDRITeam PI Dr Hannah Hussey is the Director of C-SHARP which is an innovative urban HDSS. C-SHARP aims to integrate research surveillance components seamlessly into the routine provision of community-oriented primary healthcare. buff.ly/4982dBu

On World TB Day, researchers from CIDRI-Africa have published landmark findings showing that advanced imaging technologies can detect evidence of asymptomatic TB in the lungs years before symptoms appear or routine tests are positive. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

On World TB Day, The Union calls for urgent action to break the chain of transmission through science-led, community-wide approaches. Read the full statement: https://ow.ly/8bCM50YxUVs

On World TB Day, researchers from CIDRI-Africa have published landmark findings showing that advanced imaging technologies can detect evidence of asymptomatic TB in the lungs years before symptoms appear or routine tests are positive. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

Meet the team: #CIDRITeam PI Dr Hannah Hussey is the Director of C-SHARP which is an innovative urban HDSS. C-SHARP aims to integrate research surveillance components seamlessly into the routine provision of community-oriented primary healthcare. buff.ly/4982dBu

Meet the Team: CIDRI-Africa PI Prof. Tony Figaji. His research interests include clinical neurology and neurosurgery, epidemiology, cellular neuroscience, neuro-immunology, brain physics, neuro-oncology, neuro-pharmacokinetics, and public health. #CIDRITeam

Tuberculosis (TB) isn’t just something that happens ‘somewhere else’. It could affect you or someone you know. The good news? TB is curable. Learn the signs to watch out for.

Meet the Team: CIDRI-Africa PI Prof. Tony Figaji. His research interests include clinical neurology and neurosurgery, epidemiology, cellular neuroscience, neuro-immunology, brain physics, neuro-oncology, neuro-pharmacokinetics, and public health. #CIDRITeam

Though on a disease-themed classic arcade note, this TB Eradicator game created for #WorldTBDay is fun. (please note that I am posting this outside of work hours 😐) 🎮🦠🫁💊 tberadicator.com

Meet the Team: CIDRI-Africa PI Prof. Tony Figaji. His research interests include clinical neurology and neurosurgery, epidemiology, cellular neuroscience, neuro-immunology, brain physics, neuro-oncology, neuro-pharmacokinetics, and public health. #CIDRITeam

Meet the team: #CIDRITeam PI Prof. Molebogeng Rangaka's research interests include translational research in the diagnosis and prevention of tuberculosis in vulnerable populations; and digital health innovation for HIV/TB care.

Meet the team: #CIDRITeam PI Prof. Molebogeng Rangaka's research interests include translational research in the diagnosis and prevention of tuberculosis in vulnerable populations; and digital health innovation for HIV/TB care.

Meet the team: #CIDRITeam PI Prof. Molebogeng Rangaka's research interests include translational research in the diagnosis and prevention of tuberculosis in vulnerable populations; and digital health innovation for HIV/TB care.

Meet the team: PI A/Prof. Sean Wasserman. His research interests include: new and repurposed drugs for #TB, with a focus on pharmacokinetics &resistance #CIDRITeam

Meet the team: PI A/Prof. Sean Wasserman. His research interests include: new and repurposed drugs for #TB, with a focus on pharmacokinetics &resistance #CIDRITeam

Interested in performing statistical inference? 📊 Upcoming R workshop👇🏼 🔗 Link: forms.gle/dUozjGaT3jQu... 📅 Fri, March 13 🕛 10:00-13:00 📍 In-person #UCTPublicHealth #RStats #Biostatistics #DataScience @uct-fhs-research.bsky.social @uctcider.bsky.social

Interested in learning how to perform longitudinal data analysis using R? 📊 Upcoming R workshop👇🏼 🔗 Link: forms.gle/P59uU2HqkKF8... 📅 Wed, March 11 🕛 10:00 -13:00 📍 In-person #UCTPublicHealth #RStats #Biostatistics #DataScience @uct-fhs-research.bsky.social @uctcider.bsky.social

New from the #CIDRITeam: "characteriz[ing] HLA diversity in individuals [...] to better understand T cell responses to COVID-19 vaccines in relation to their HLA profiles". Read more at www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #CIDRIPapers

Meet the team: PI A/Prof. Sean Wasserman. His research interests include: new and repurposed drugs for #TB, with a focus on pharmacokinetics &resistance #CIDRITeam

Meet the team: Prof. Andrew Boulle, co-lead: Biomedical Data Integration platform. Andrew's research interests focus on clinical & population health questions which can be addressed through routine clinical and administrative data, and data platform innovations. #CIDRITeam

New paper from the #CIDRITeam: "Addressing pandemic-wide systematic errors in the SARS-CoV-2 phylogeny" in Nature Methods www.nature.com/articles/s41... #CIDRIPapers

Next week, we are reporting from CROI 2026. All of our #CROI2026 news stories and bulletins will be published on our conference webpage: https://www.aidsmap.com/conferences/croi-2026

Meet the team: Prof. Andrew Boulle, co-lead: Biomedical Data Integration platform. Andrew's research interests focus on clinical & population health questions which can be addressed through routine clinical and administrative data, and data platform innovations. #CIDRITeam

Your weekend read from the #CIDRITeam: "Host Serum Biomarker Signatures in Mycobacteriologically Cured Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients with Persistent Lung Inflammation on 18F-FDG PET/CT " in Diseases. Read more here: www.mdpi.com/2079-9721/14... #CIDRIPapers

🤔 Are you interested in using R for advanced data management? Register and join our in-person workshop on advanced data handling with R. 🖱️ Registration link: forms.gle/Q9bFdssqfCPb... 📅 Date: Wednesday 25 February 2026 🕛 Time: 10:00 – 13:00 📍 Format: In-person

We are less than one week away from CROI 2026—bringing together global experts, clinicians, researchers, and advocates to share the latest scientific advances. Join the conversation and share insights throughout the meeting using #CROI2026.

Meet the team: Prof. Nicky Mulder, co-lead: Biomedical Data Integration platform. Nicky's research interests include genetic determinants of susceptibility to disease, African genome variation, microbiomes, microbial genomics & infectious diseases. #CIDRITeam

Members of the #CIDRITeam recently attended the Wellcome Summit for Discovery Platforms at the Royal College of Physicians in London. Looking forward to a repeat in two years' time!

Members of the #CIDRITeam recently attended the Wellcome Summit for Discovery Platforms at the Royal College of Physicians in London. Looking forward to a repeat in two years' time!

Meet the team: #CIDRITeam co-director, Basic Science Platform Lead and UCT Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine Director Prof. Digby Warner. Research interests: mycobacteriology, molecular biology, mycobacterial metabolism, DNA repair, Vitamin B12.

Meet the team: Robert J Wilkinson, CIDRI-Africa Director, Wellcome Senior Fellow in Clinical Science at Imperial College London and senior Group Leader the Francis Crick Institute buff.ly/3mxSEZ3 #CIDRITeam

Your weekend read from the #CIDRITeam: "Mycobacterial α-glucans hijack dectin-1 to facilitate intracellular bacterial survival" www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #CIDRIPapers

New personal view article Controlled human infection with #Mycobacterium #tuberculosis: practical considerations for clinical trials www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #ClinMicro #IDSky #TBSky #TB #CHIM #OpenAccess #OA

ICYMI | Why are so many people in South Africa unaware and seemingly unconcerned about the extraordinarily high numbers of people infected with TB in our country? Could we take TB more seriously as a country? www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2026/01/13/i...

Meet the team: yours truly, Claire Whitaker. I have a background in biological research, extensive experience as a project officer and science communicator, and hold a PhD from UKZN on the seed biology of Welwitschia mirabilis. #CIDRITeam

"Ultimately, the project secured funding from the South African Medical Research Council and the Gates Foundation. It's about a twentieth of the original USAID grant and none of it is from the U.S. government."

New 📃alert: "Immunoglobulin M regulates airway hyperresponsiveness independent of T helper 2 allergic inflammation" elifesciences.org/articles/90531 #CIDRIPapers

Meet the team: #CIDRITeam member Nashreen Omar-Davies is our Diagnostic Radiographer; she also holds a certificate in Ultrasound Obstetrics and Gynaecology. She generates x-ray images as one of the screening tools for diagnosis of TB and also oversees clinical logistics.

Deadlines are approaching for the @keystonesymposia.bsky.social "Tuberculosis: Understanding the Disease Across Scales", this March in Cape Town! See abstract and discount reg dates: keysym.us/KSTB26 #KSTB26 Early Registration Deadline: January 22, 2026 Poster Abstract Deadline: March 2, 2026

We will be taking a short posting break and will be back in action mid-January 2026. See you then!

IDSA has selected Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH, FIDSA, as its next chief executive officer, effective Jan. 12, 2026. Learn more: bit.ly/4pHt2nF

Balancing risks: can one-month treatment safely prevent TB disease in people living with diabetes mellitus? Find out more about the BALANCE trial here:

Meet the team: #CIDRITeam Data Systems Manager Amanda Jackson. She develops data management systems for a range of health-related research studies using RedCap, OpenClinica, FileMaker and MS Access, and develops and oversees data entry, processing and validation functions.

Wednesdays are our #ProudestOf days at the Unit! This week, we are spotlighting Hanif Esmail, Professor of Infectious Diseases. We asked Hanif what he was #ProudestOf in his work at the Unit 👇

It's beginning to look a lot like... Microbial Christmas! 🦠🧫🔬🎄🎅🏻🛷🦌☃️

Meet the team: #CIDRITeam Senior Research Manager Rene Goliath is a qualified nurse with several diplomas. She supports regulatory affairs, clinical and staff management at CIDRI-Africa

🚨 Final deadline for #IBC2026 abstracts! After two extensions, today is the very last chance to submit and be part of the 19th International Biocuration Conference in Cape Town (20–24 April 2026). 🌍 🔗 Submit now (final deadline: 5 Dec 2025): www.bioinformaticsinstitute.africa/form/biocura...