CLIME Research Group

Today is World TB Day, highlighting the need for urgent efforts to eliminate tuberculosis (TB). With over 10 million cases in 2023, many are unaware of symptoms. Early detection, treatment, and community support are key to a TB-free world. Let's act now! #WorldTBDay2025

Exciting PhD opportunity looking at the microbiome during drug resistant TB treatment! Apply here: rb.gy/p29j93 🧫

The CLIME microbiome team, led by Dr. Charissa Naidoo, hosted international collaborators Leo Segal (NY) and Luis Murr (Wales) at the AMI symposium. Their engaging talks and interactions with the teams promise exciting future microbiome and metabolome research. Watch this space!

Rouxjeane Venter accepted the InnovUS 2024 Award for the CREDO Device, co-developed with experts. CREDO recycles materials from diagnostic tests, saving time, costs, and lives. Thanks, InnovUS! #CREDODevice #Innovation #TBResearch #Teamwork

Congrats to Dr Happy Tshivhula, named a *Top 5 Postdoctoral Research Fellow* for her outstanding impact on research and community. And to Prof Grant Theron, awarded for *Postgraduate Supervision* after guiding 3+ PhDs to graduation in Dec '23/March '24! 🎓✨👏#ResearchLeadership

Excited to share that Welile Nwamba, a PhD student, represented South Africa at the SeroSelectTB National Meeting in Hawaasa, Ethiopia! This EDCTP-funded study evaluates a rapid serologic test for active TB in high-burden African settings.

Want to join our awesome Microbiome Team ?🦠 We have a PhD position available! Deadline is 1st October 2024📆 Candidates are encouraged to familiarise themselves with the field (e.g. rb.gy/tfrbvn) 🧫 Apply here: lnkd.in/duanjM8i See the below ad for more info!

🎉 Proud moments at the 68th AAD! Our brilliant CLIME research team from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences showcased their dedication, innovation, and hard work. Engaging presentations, insightful discussions, and a well-deserved award. #clinicalresearch #tbresearch

Dr Anna Okonula presented on a new TB LAM urine based assay, with high specificity, in people living with -and -without HIV in South Africa and Uganda 🥼🧪Availability of accurate non-sputum based assays are vital! #clicnicalresearch #tbresearch #nonsputumtests #tblam #urinetest

Day 2 of the @SUhealthsci Annual Academic Year Day done and dusted! PhD student, Loide Shipingana, presented her research entitled “Association between systemic immune profiles and gut microbiome diversity during TB disease” 🧫🦠 #tbresearch #microbiome #immunology

Yonas Ghebrekristos, a CLIME PhD student, won the HD Brede Award for his 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘵 𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘦 article “ Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra on contaminated liquid cultures for tuberculosis and rifampicin-resistance detection: a diagnostic accuracy evaluation“ 🧬🧪 #tbdiagnostics

First day of the @SUhealthsci 68th Annual Academic Day! 📄 PhD student, Welile Nwamba, presented her poster entitled “Who, what, and how much: Sputum scarcity amongst people requiring tuberculosis testing”! 👩‍🔬 Pictured here next to her co-supervisor, Dr Anna Ojo-Okunola 🥼

First day of BMRI Open day done! It was so wonderful to engage with everyone! 🧫🔬 There’s still one day left so come by our table to learn more about our research, play our quiz for a prize 🍬 and find out which microorganism you are! 🦠

Dr Rouxjeane Venter shared some of our latest research on measuring the infectiousness of people with TB at the European Society of Mycobacteriology conference in Bugge, Belgium! #ESM2024 #InfectiousResearch

4-amazing oral presentations on the Innovative New Diagnostics section at the #ESM2024 @EsMyco . Amazing to see Dr R. Venter representing @SuMBHG Clime Research Group about a very interesting test 😃!

Also published in @LancetGH: Blood RNA biomarkers show promise for TB screening in ART-initiators, but do not exceed CRP's accuracy. Discover how they fare against traditional symptom screening and their clinical utility: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #Tuberculosis #HIV

Research done in CLIME on TB diagnosis in PLWHIV reveals promising results! CRP triage test outperforms traditional symptom screening, reducing unnecessary testing. Plus, sputum induction boosts accuracy of confirmatory tests like Xpert Ultra. 🙌 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Read more about our innovative CAGE-TB project in @natAfrica1 written by @engelbriewe: An app that hears could be first point for TB screening nature.com/articles/d4414…

We are elated to share this news on #WorldTBday today (24 March)! Scientists in the @CLIME_group in our @SuMBHG are developing an app that will be able to distinguish a cough caused by TB, from non-TB-related coughs. READ MORE here: sun.ac.za/english/Lists/…. (Photo: @unsplash)

📚 Introducing the Global #TBDictionary! This collaborative effort aims to standardize #TB terminology worldwide, fostering clearer communication in #tuberculosis research, policy & communities. 👀 Check it out now at 🔗 bit.ly/tb-dictionary and 🔗tbdictionary.org