Past events

• Research Seminar - Advancing Cancer Research from Basic Biology to Organoid Innovations IDORI Research Seminar, presented by Prof. Mandeep Kaur, Naaziyah Abdulla and Ruth Aronson (Molecular and Cell Biology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa) – 15 October 2024.  
• Pushing the envelope: HIV vaccine discovery in Africa IDORI Research Seminar, by Prof Penny Moore (Antibody Immunity Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa) – 17 September 2024. 
• Interrogating cellular crosstalk in cancer progression IDORI & Wits Dept of Internal Medicine Research Seminar, by Prof. Richard Grose (Queen Mary University of London, UK), 10 September.
• Closing the cancer surveillance gap IDORI Public Lecture, by the National Cancer Registry, NHLS, South Africa) – 20 August 2024. 
• Sampling interstitial fluid from skin as a novel source of biomarkers IDORI Research Seminar, by Prof Mark Prausnitz (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) – 6 August 2024. 
• Convergence of gene therapy IDORI Research Seminar, by Prof Patrick Arbuthnot (Antiviral Gene Therapy Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa) – 16 June 2024. 
• Ending TB in our time IDORI Research Seminar, by (Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Dept of Paediatrics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa) – 18 June 2024. 
• Why is an infectious diseases epidemiologist focusing on cancer research? IDORI Public Lecture, by Prof Robert Breiman (IDORI Director, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa) – 21 May 2024. 
• IDORI Research Seminar, by Dr Kim Orth and Dr Vincent Tagliabracci (Howard Hughes Medical Centre, UT Southwestern Medical Center, USA) – 21 July 2023.