The IDM was established in 2004 as a cross-faculty postgraduate research institute based within the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa.
Joined June 2018
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⚽Football Fridays are coming to IDM!
We’re inviting the IDM community to join the FIFA World Cup spirit, wear your favourite football jersey every Friday and show your colours! 🌎
Make your match predictions here - idmforms.jotform.com/2616026…
#FootballFridays #IDMCommunity
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🦠 This week's must-read paper
Treating male partners alongside women with bacterial vaginosis (BV):
✅ Reduces recurrence
✅ Saves healthcare costs
✅ May reduce STIs & HIV risk
✅ Improves pregnancy outcomes
Read the article here: nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
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HIV Disease modelling? At today's IDM Seminar, Assoc Prof Leigh Johnson (CIDER, UCT) unpacked the science of disease modelling utilising the Thembisa model, South Africa's leading model for tracking HIV and TB epidemics and informing public health policy.
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Join us for next weeks IDM CPD-Accredited Seminar. Learn more here: idm.uct.ac.za/events/seminar…
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Ready to take your research career to the next level?
Join the IDM Research Funding & Career Accelerator Information Session and learn how the programme can help early- and mid-career researchers prepare for major funding opportunities.
🔗 Learn more: idm.uct.ac.za/events/online-…
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Join us for next weeks IDM CPD-Accredited Seminar.
Learn more here: idm.uct.ac.za/events/seminar…
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PhD candidate & Mawazo Fellow Adijat Jimoh shares new insights into the vaginal microbiome and virome among African women.
Watch on:
youtu.be/RQaWpVlqvWo
Or listen:
open.spotify.com/episode/5FT…
#WomenInSTEM #ResearchImpact #IDM
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Congratulations to @ValerieMizrahi who has been elected as an international member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Read more here - idm.uct.ac.za/articles/2026-…
#IDM #UCT #IDMExcellence #GlobalHealth #womeninscience
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IDM Scientific Talk Series Episode 2. Speaker Prof Jan Gettemans, hosted by Prof Stephan Barth on youtube- youtu.be/pv5prEbA63g?si=V1dR… and on Spotify- open.spotify.com/episode/5b8…
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UCT researchers are part of a £4.5M global effort to tackle deadly fungal infections affecting millions worldwide.
Proud to see IDM’s own Claire Hoving contributing to this critical work.
🔗 idm.uct.ac.za/articles/2026-…
#FungalInfections #GlobalHealth #UCT #IDM
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Yes! We Can End TB — Led by Countries. Powered by People. Driven by IDM Researchers.
At UCT’s IDM, our scientists are transforming research into action. Read more here: idm.uct.ac.za/endtb
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IDM SEMINAR SERIES
Dr Tiago Beites unpacked how TB uses (and resists) fatty acids to persist in infection. Read more here - idm.uct.ac.za/articles/2026-…
Join us every Wednesday at 13h00 for the IDM Seminar Series. #TBresearch #IDM
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🦠Skin microbes can help predict eczema:
• Skin nasal bacteria signal disease
• Streptococcus & Staphylococcus are key drivers
• Eczema increases skin–nose microbial overlap
• Environment shapes microbiome disruption
Read full article here:link.springer.com/article/10…
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🎙️ We’re live on Spotify!
The IDM Seminar Series Podcast brings cutting-edge infectious disease research to your ears.
Hear directly from the scientists shaping tomorrow’s medicine.
🎧 Follow & listen now: open.spotify.com/show/00lXJp…
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🎙️ Now on YouTube: IDM Scientific Talk with Prof Alan Landay
A leading immunologist, Prof Landay unpacks critical insights into immune activation, HIV pathogenesis and translational research shaping global health.
Watch the full seminar here: youtu.be/ysJWbwPzDbM
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