Research Groups & Projects

Malaria Research laboratory
Prof Goldring obtained his BSc in Biochemistry from the University of Dundee in Scotland and his DPhil from the University of Zimbabwe. The subject of his DPhil Thesis was “Acetyl-CoA carboxylase in the tsetse fly and other insects”.
Trypanosomiasis Laboratory
We study poultry pathogens and trypanosomes of importance in South Africa and the rest of Africa to develop diagnostic assays, therapeutic strategies and ultimately vaccines against the diseases caused by these infectious agents.
Cancer/Tuberculosis Research Laboratory
This Cancer/Tuberculosis Research Laboratory is headed by Dr Edith Elliott More information will be added
Stem Cell research laboratory
Dr. Carola Niesler is a cell biologist whose initial research interest focused on the use of stem cells to promote wound repair. She obtained her PhD from the department of Clinical Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, UK in 1999 after which she spent two years as a full time researcher in a Centre of Excellence for wound healing research at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester.