Communicable Diseases

  • Discovery and development of novel natural plant products as leads against neglected tropical diseases: University of Basel, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, University of Pretoria
  • Impact of disease burden on schoolchildren’s physical fitness and psychosocial health: University of Basel, Nelson Mandela University
  • HIV drug discovery from medicinal plants: Esperanza Medicines Foundation, University of Pretoria
  • Evolution and epidemiology of rifampicinresistant tuberculosis in Khayelitsha, Cape Town: implications for biology and disease control: University of Basel, University of Cape Town
  • Development and characterization of Shigella glycoconjugate vaccines: Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, University of Cape Town
  • Nano-vesicle and micro-sponge Pheroid® drug delivery system for antimalarial drugs with probable reversal of drug resistance for chloroquine: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, North-West University
  • Protein bioinformatics resource development for important health-related pathogens: Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, University of Cape Town
  • Single cell analysis of peptidoglycan remodelling and resuscitation in Mycobacteria: implications for TB disease: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, University of Witwatersrand
  • Remodelling of Mycrobacterial peptidoglycan during cell division in tuberculosis disease: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, National Health Laboratory Service
  • Molecular mechanisms of propionate catabolism in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, University of Cape Town
  • Novel host-protective functions against Leishmaniasis using transcriptomics and cell-specific gene-deficient mice: University of Lausanne, University of Cape Town
  • Virulence of pneumococcal serotypes in human meningitis: University of Bern, National Institute of Communicable Diseases
  • Role of TRIM5 and CypA in the HIV-1 transmission and pathogenesis of a well-characterised South African cohort: University of Geneva, University of KwaZulu-Natal
  • Analyses of geographical patterns of malaria transmission and mortality in Africa using Bayesian spatio-temporal modelling: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, University of Witwatersrand
  • Medicines from marine microbes: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, University of the Western Cape
  • Gene engineering HIV-resistant cells: University of Zürich, University of Pretoria
  • Cultivation of marine algae for the development of valuable pharmaceutical agents: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, University of the Western Cape