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Of the US $15 billion annual funding for tuberculosis promised by world leaders at the 2018 UNHLM on TB, less than HALF has been made available. On #WorldTBDay, we call on the South African government 🇿🇦 to urgently step up to #InvestToEndTB and #SaveLives

Human genomics seminar by Prof Marlo Mooler, this Wednesday 9 March at the new state-of-the-art campus of Tygerberg! Hope to see many colleagues from Cape Town! to Register for in-person or online attendance: ceri.org.za/news/?token=536 Stellenbosch University Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics Centre for Epidemic Response & Innovation (CERI) krisp

The SU-HOST PATHOGEN MYCOBACTOMICS RESEARCH GROUP Research group at #MBHG has joined in the Stop TB Partnership #WorldTBDay social media campaign calling on world leaders to #InvestToEndTB and #SaveLives! It’s time to #EndTB 🛑✋🏼 Help us go viral by sharing your currency selfie 💰🤳🏼 using the #️⃣ below and tagging us!

We are overjoyed to have not one but TWO amazing #MBHG researchers being honoured at the SAMRC 8th Scientific Merit awards this evening ✨ Prof Grant Theron - SAMRC Gold Award ✨ Prof Marlo Moller, head of SU TB Host Genetics Research Group group - SAMRC Silver award Well done and congratulations!

We are incredibly proud of Prof Marlo Möller for being awarded the SAMRC Silver Merit award for her research. Well done and well deserved Marlo, we appreciate your incredible leadership and dedication. #tbresearch #womeninstem #science

Every day more than 4,100 people die from TB, an airborne preventable and treatable disease. We cannot simply stand by and watch people fall ill and die. the TB Host Genetics research group supports the #InvestToEndTB campaign. #worldTBday #savelives #endTB

#TBAwareness In South Africa, approximately half a million people fall ill with #TB every year 😷 and 55 000 lose the battle against this deadly pathogen 🥀🪦 #EndTB #StopTB #SciComm #ScienceCommunication #TBPrevalance #WorldTBDay #WTBD2022 #WorldTBDay2022 #MBHG #tuberculosis

There is a DEADLY DIVIDE ☠️ Investment of US$117 million for #TB vaccines vs US$100 Billion for #COVID19 vaccines 💰 One year to develop and start roll out of the COVID-19 vaccines versus 100 years to develop and roll out one new TB vaccine 💉 Why? #WorldTBDay #InvestToEndTB

Ahead of #WorldTBDay, Stop TB Partnership calls for an urgent increase in funding by fourfold to #endTB by 2030. Latest projections show an average of US$19.6 billion per year will be needed over the next eight years for TB prevention and care stoptb.org/news/increase-… #InvestToEndTB

Today marks the end of #TBawarenessmonth for 2022 🫁 This #WorldTBDay theme was #InvestToEndTB which aimed to underscore the urgent need to more resources and more political will in the fight against #TB 1/2 #TB #EndTB #StopTB #SciComm #ScienceCommunication SU, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

We are so excited to see our BSc Honours, Masters and Doctoral #graduates walk across stage this week in celebration of completion of their postgraduate studies at #MBHG🎓

To all our Muslim staff, students and friends: Wishing you a blessed Ramadan. ----- Aan al ons Moslem-personeel, -studente en -vriende: Seënwense vir Ramadaan.

A year ago, a non-academic friend listened to a talk I gave. I thought it went great. My friend disagreed. She said that academics are experts at making interesting stuff boring—and that we should all take a speech class. So I did. And here are 6 most useful things I learned.

We are so proud of you, Tina !!!

Today we held another successful launch event for the #TBtheHeartOfTheMatter community engagement project at Elsies River Clinic in commemoration of #WorldTBDay2022 🫁

In today’s #TBGenomicsFriday5 we talk about how TB infection and disease is diagnosed. Have you ever had a #TB test done? #tuberculosis #sciencecommunication #FridayFive #TBGenomics #Friday5 #scienceeducation #scicomm #tbinhumans #education #EndTB

#Graduation Last week Tuesday we celebrated the achievements of several #MBHG graduates as the walked across stage to receive their degree at #SUgrad 🎓 We are proud of the calibre of students that pass through our doors & privileged to be a part of their journey! #MBHGgrad

47 participants took part in a hybrid 'Human Population Genetics' workshop last week. Hosted Stellenbosch University at the BMRI building. Thanks to the team SU TB Host Genetics Research Group for facilitating such a great course. Online recording: youtu.be/WzbXSnp4ev4 #Training #Bioinformatics

Carene is also the Chairperson of the Stellenbosch University Tygerberg Postgraduate Student Council. Read an editorial, of which she is the 1st author, on the Project Africa Gradient initiative here: doi.org/10.1016/j.drud… Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics SU, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Tygerberg Postgraduate Student Council (TPSC) SAMRC DIPLOMICS

📢CoRE- #GenomicsForHealthInAfrica is pleased to announce its next #webinar on 8th April! Don't miss talks on #genomics for #rarediseases by Olaf Riess (Universität Tübingen, Uniklinikum Tübingen) and #TB host #genetics by Yolandi Swart (Stellenbosch University, SU TB Host Genetics Research Group): tinyurl.com/bdz97b52