News at the IDM

Valerie Mizrahi has been elected as an international member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Step into the future of biomedical innovation as IDM hosts Professor Jan Gettemans from Ghent University—exploring how nanobodies are transforming research, diagnostics, and therapeutic development.

Researchers at the University of Cape Town (UCT) are playing a leading role in a significant international collaboration to fast-track the understanding of fungal diseases that claim about 2.5 million lives each year.

A recent article highlights a critical but often overlooked driver of South Africa’s tuberculosis (TB) epidemic: asymptomatic TB, these are individuals who carry active TB disease but show no symptoms.

Dr Tiago Beites shares insights into how Mycobacterium tuberculosis, adapts to one of the body’s more unusual defence environments.

IDM full member, Prof Kelly Chibale received special honours from the Royal Society of Chemistry.

A UCT summer School Excursion featuring the IDM, unpacked the fascinating journey from molecule to medicine

Seminar highlights from Dr Suzuki, Laboratory for Cellular Function Conversion Technology, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences.

Scientists from UCT have contributed to an international study that shed new light on why humans and animals are so susceptible to contracting tuberculosis.