Dr Wendy Burgers is an Associate Professor in the Division of Medical Virology and a full member of the Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine at the University of Cape Town. Dr Burgers’ research group focuses on studying HIV-TB co-infection. Particularly, how HIV …
Interviews
November 2017
Mohlopheni Jackson Marakalala
Our November Immunologist of the Month is Mohlopheni Jackson Marakalala, Senior Lecturer at the University of Cape Town and Visiting Scientist at the Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health. Mohlopheni obtained his PhD...
Guido Ferrari
Dr Guido Ferrari is an Associate Professor of Surgery and Associate Research Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at Duke University. Dr Ferrari is interested in understanding HIV-1 specific immune responses and how they work to eliminate HIV-1 infected cells. Understanding this may help …
October 2017
Narinder Mehra
Professor Narinder Mehra is a researcher at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. His research interest lies in all aspects of the human MHC, ranging from...
Georg Hollander
Professor Georg Hollander is an experimental immunologist jointly based at the University of Oxford, England and University of Basel, Switzerland. His research focuses on understanding the development and function of the microenviroment of the thymus and how that can be translated in primary immunodeficiences. Georg spoke to …
September 2017
Juan Carlos Zúñiga-Pflücker
September's Immunologist of the Month features Professor Juan Carlos Zúñiga-Pflücker, a Senior Scientist based at the Sunnybrook Research Institute in Toronto...
Timothy Ray Brown
30th September, 2020
The Immunopaedia team is a saddened to hear about the passing of HIV advocate, Timothy Ray Brown (the "Berlin Patient") one of only two people cured of HIV. Timothy took time out to speak with the Immunopaedia team about his journey from being infected with HIV, how he was eventually cured...
The Immunopaedia team is a saddened to hear about the passing of HIV advocate, Timothy Ray Brown (the "Berlin Patient") one of only two people cured of HIV. Timothy took time out to speak with the Immunopaedia team about his journey from being infected with HIV, how he was eventually cured...
August 2017
Bob Hancock
Bob Hancock is the Director of the Centre for Microbial Diseases and Immunity Research (CMDR) and a professor at the University of British Columbia. Prof Hancock and his laboratory focus on new therapeutic...
July 2017
Gary Entrican
This month we focus on Gary Entrican, a veterinary immunologist and principal research scientist based at the Moredun Research Institute in Scotland. Gary spoke to Immunopaedia about conducting studies in ruminants as well as the...
June 2017
Dhafer Laouini
Dhafer Laouini is a researcher at the Institut Pasteur de Tunis in Tunisia. We recently spoke to Dhafer about leishmaniasis and how his research has aided...