Immunology
Collaborators
The SUN-IRG functions within the Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics and works in close collaboration with the mycobacteriology groups of Prof Paul van Helden (HOD), Prof Rob Warren (molecular epidemiology, strain typing), and Prof Tommie Victor (molecular diagnostics and drug resistance). We form part of the Department of Science and Technology/South African National Research Foundation Centre for Excellence in Biomedical TB Research and the South African Medical Research Council Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology. The group has close links to the epidemiology and operational research groups of Prof Nulda Beyers, (Desmond Tutu TB Centre and Department of Pediatrics), the pediatric TB group of Prof Anneke Hesseling and the clinical trial unit of Prof Mark Cotton (KidCru). We work with several international consortia on large cohorts of participants with well characterized MTB infection and disease phenotypes to search for biomarkers of
TB.
They include:
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TBRU and Case Western Reserve Univ,
Primary Investigator: Prof. Henry Boom
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MRC Gambia,
Primary Investigator: Dr. Jayne Sutherland.
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Karonga Prevention Study,
Primary Investigators: Prof. Hazel Dockrell, Dr. Mia Crampin
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Makere University, Uganda,
Primary Investigator: Prof. Harriet Mayanja-Kizza
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Armauer Hansen Research Institute,
Primary Investigator: Dr. Rawleigh Howe
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EHNRI, Ethiopia
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LSHTM,
Primary Investigator: Prof. Hazel Dockrell
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Max Planck Institute, Germany,
Primary Investigator: Prof. Stefan Kaufmann
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Leiden University Medical Centre, Netherlands,
Primary Investigator: Prof. Tom Ottenhoff
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Catalysis Foundation for Health,
Primary Investigator: Richard Thayer
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UMDNJ,Primary Investigators: Prof. Gilla Kaplan, David Alland
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Colorado State University,
Primary Investigator: Dr. Anne Lennaerts
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Staten Serum Institute, Denmark
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Stanford University,
Primary Investigator: Prof. Gary Schoolnik
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TBVI, Netherlands,
Primary Investigator: Dr. Jelle Thole
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KidCru, Stellenbosch University,
Primary Investigator: Prof. Marc Cotton
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VPM,
Primary Investigator: Dr. Leander Grode
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Norwegian Institute of Public Health,
Primary Investigator: Dr. Carol Holm-Hansen
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Karolinska Institute, Sweden,
Primary Investigator: Prof. Markus Maurer
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Universiteit of Duesseldorf, Germany,
Primary Investigator: Dr. Marc Jacobsen
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Borstel Research Centre, Germany,
Primary Investigator: Dr. Christoff Lange
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K-RITH,
Primary Investigator: Prof. Adrie Steyn
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University of Namibia,
Primary Investigator: Dr. M van der Vyver
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