Institute for Cellular and Molecular Medicine

This past month in journal club, we had the pleasure of listening to members of the NESHIE team, Lydia Sekoli, Dr Alexica De Canha and Carina Babbo present on their research. Well done to all our presenters! #Neonates #neonatalencephalopathy #ScientificResearch #MRI #hyperfine

A number of our members are showcasing their work at Faculty Day today. Here are a few posters you can view. We look forward to seeing you there!

Come by the Tswelopele Building Foyer this morning to meet Odette and Dr. Mellet. They will each be doing a short poster presentation on their work. We look forward to seeing you there!

One of our research focuses at the ICMM is Neonatal Encephalopathy with Suspected Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy, or as we call it - NESHIE. Two of our members will be delivering an oral presentation on this topic today. We'd love to see you there!

Come join us at the Tswelopele Square where two of our members will be taking part in the panel discussion: 23 Aug - Disruptive Technologies 24 Aug - The Future Research Terrain

Come by the Tswelopele Building Foyer this afternoon to meet Kimberly and Priyal. They will each be doing a short poster presentation on their work. We look forward to seeing you there!

This past month in journal club, we had the pleasure of listening to Fatima Barmania, Priyal Mistry and Kimberly Peta present on varying scientific research areas Well done to our presenters! #JournalClub #Research #Science #ScientificResearch #StemCells #Covid19 #HostGenetics

If you know your next step, take it. #mondaymotivation #thesis #writing #science

Answer: Sit down and put one word in front of another until it's done. It's that easy and that hard. #science #thesis #writing #data #nosleep

This past month in journal club, we had the pleasure of listening to Dr Candice Hendricks and Tsungai Mashingaidze present on scientific research in alignment with their interests. Well done to both presenters! #JournalClub #ScientificResearch #Immunology

Throwback Thursday! The ICMM was formally launched in 2015, and has grown progressively since then. It addresses several of the drivers of South Africa's disease burden including communicable and non-communicable diseases as well as maternal and newborn disease.

An opinion piece written by some of our members discussing their thoughts on the incorporation of #COVID special #regulations into the general #health regulations. theconversation.com/south-africa-i…

Graeme Ford (@G_Kodes), MSc candidate at the ICMM, received the best oral presentation by MSc candidate at the #BIO2022 #conference, hosted by the South African Genetics Society and South African Society for Bioinformatics. #bigdata #4IR #genomics #bioinformatics #biosciences

Public Health Webinar, 6 May '22. Understanding the malaria challenge: Transdisciplinary Research, Innovation and Education towards malaria elimination. Some of our approaches to malaria elimination. Go to malaria.up.ac.za #malaria #EndMalaria #UPISMC #lifechangers #shsph

#Obesity is now considered a disease easo.org/who-obesity-re…

Failure is a part of learning, you only have to succeed one time more than you've failed! Keep going! #mondaymotivation instagram.com/p/Ccx2mQAIy0h/…

This past month in journal club, we had the pleasure of listening to Candice Herd and Dr Adele Strydom present on scientific research in alignment with their interests! Well done to both presenters! #JournalClub #Science #ScientificResearch #CARTcelltherapy #OpenAccess

ICMM director, Professor Michael Pepper, ranked 3rd place in the 2022 edition of the ow.ly/vHgJ50IABmi ranking of Top Scientists in the area of Biology & Biochemistry in South Africa. World wide he ranked 3155th. Congratulations on this phenomenal achievement!

Molecular biology is the branch of biology that studies the molecular basis of biological activity. Living things are made of chemicals, a molecular biologist studies how molecules interact with one another in living organisms to perform the functions of life.