Events

The University of VENDA TB Research Unit visits SAMRC.

SAMRC RCD Regional Grant Holders Conference, 20 - 21 October 2025
Annual RCD Grant Holders Meeting - 8-9 March 2023
Annual RCD Grant Holders Meeting - 2 March 2021 (Programme & Abstract booklet)
Annual RCD Grant Holders Meeting- 6 February 2020
Annual RCD Grant Holders Meeting - 5-6 February 2019

17th Early Career Scientist Convention - 19 & 20 November 2025 (Programme Book)
16th Annual Early Career Scientist Convention - 25-26 October 2022 (Abstract book)
14th Annual Early Career Scientist Convention - 26-27 October 2020 (Abstract book)
13th Annual Early Career Scientist Convention - 9-11 October 2019 (Programme book)
13th Annual Early Career Scientist Convention - 9-11 October 2019 (Abstract book)
12th Annual Early Career Scientist Convention - 17-19 October 2018 (Abstract book)

Flash talks (November 2025)

Usha Lalla	Improving Clinical Outcomes of Tuberculosis in the Critically Ill
Keila Neves	Immunogenicity of a prime-boost anti-HBV adenoviral and RNA-based heterologous vaccine regimen
Dhavina Naidoo	Mental health in South African elite and amateur female athletes participating in individual and team ball sports
Dylan Kairuz	Delivery of mRNA-LNP vaccines using cashew nutshell-derived ionisable lipids
Moyahabo Julius Rampya	Evaluating the implementation of acute stroke programmes at two South African tertiary hospitals
Nazia Samudh	Prophylactic and therapeutic potential of synthetic RNA vaccines against Hepatitis B virus
Susanna Magdalena Oelofse	Unfavourable outcomes and transmission dynamics in patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis receiving bedaquiline
Bakani Patrick Junior Dhliwayo	Enzymatic Synthesis of Alginate-Derived Glycolipids as Novel Vaccine Adjuvants.
Thlabane Mamello Mogashoa	Investigating risk prediction models for intermittent disease progress using machine learning.
Wealth Egbeaduma Okete	Evaluating EPI vaccines and RSV IgG response, function in iHEU and iHUU
Firdous Ahmed	Maternal microRNAs as predictors of infant birth weight in a South African population
Enrica Cowan	The Use of Aqueous Two-Phase Separation for the Recovery and Purification of pDNA
Bianca Davidson	Impact of pre-eclampsia on long-term kidney function in a low resourced setting
Siyabonga Eric Dubazana	HIV risk, perception, and PrEP preferences among young women in KZN
Michaela Joan Grimbly	Investigating the Associations between Retinal Age, Brain Age, and Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Bridging the Knowledge Gaps
Courtney Jeffery	Pathophysiology of pain and itch in keloid scars in people of African ancestry
Jeanette Maria Louw	A self-supervised modular transformer framework for multivariate time series in precision medicine
Mohale Gift Maake	The relationship between resting heart rate and cardiovascular risk factors among the Ellisras rural population
Riona Mohanlal	Immunogenicity of novel synthetic SARS-CoV-2 S proteins derived from South African strains
Aza Zizipo Mqulwa	Optimising Escherichia coli cell-free expression systems for cost-effective in vitro transcription enzyme production in mRNA vaccine manufacturing
Kruti Naik	Ocular Microneedle Delivery of Vaccine-Loaded Nanoparticles for Mucosal and Systemic Immunity.
Steven Gadisi Nthambeleni	Virulence of novel GBS Surface Proteins Vaccine Targets
Pamela Ntshangase	Evaluating the Efficacy of the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) for Assessing Heat Stress in Diverse African Climates
Susan Elizabeth Purchase	Risk of tuberculosis infection in young children exposed to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in the TB-CHAMP multi-site randomised controlled trial
David Richardson	Advancing diagnostic pathways in Hodgkin Lymphoma to improve patient outcomes
Ndivhuho Takalani Beauty	White tea aqueous extract and Ascorbic acid counteract oxidative damage in Human Sperm
Andrea Tonelli	Facilitated tissue regeneration of polymeric heart valves through optimized transmural outgrowth
Roland van Rensburg	HIV-associated non-communicable diseases in virally suppressed people living with HIV: Challenges in adherence and management
Sian Wood	An Automated Analysis of a Novel Flow Cytometry Assay for TB Vaccine Trials
Pretty Zungu	Influence of Lerumo™ and Air Immune™, on the Metabolism and Absorption of Ethinylestradiol (EE)
Nokukhanya Thembane	Ukuthaka-Based Polyherbal Formulations for Managing Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM)