CAPRISA - Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa.
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Tribute to Dr Alan Berkman |
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Tuesday, 09 June 2009 11:07 |
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Left: Dr Alan Berkman, Vice Chair, Department of Epidemiology, Associate Clinical Professor of Epidemiology, and Associate Clinical Professor of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University . Dr Alan Berkman, a valued colleague, friend and founding member of CAPRISA, passed away on 6 June 2009 after a long illness. Dr Berkman was deeply committed to capacity development of South African scientists. He was a co-Director of the Columbia University - South African Fogarty AIDS International Training and Research Program and served as a mentor to many South African trainees who went to Columbia University for pre- and post-doctoral training over the years. |
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Human TRIM5α Expression levels and Reduced Susceptibility to HIV-1 Infection. |
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Tuesday, 09 June 2009 11:29 |
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 Results from the CAPRISA 002 Acute Infection study, exploring the role of TRIM5α in human susceptibility to HIV-1 infection, was recently published in the Journal of Infection Diseases. “Rhesus TRIM5α” (TRIM5αrh), a member of the tripartite motif protein family, was demonstrated in Old World monkeys to have potent anti-HIV type 1 activity and to restrict HIV-1 infection. TRIM5αrh has previously been shown to inactivate HIV-1 by binding to the viral capsid resulting in premature disassembly. |
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Masters of Science degrees awarded to talented young investigators |
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Tuesday, 09 June 2009 12:19 |
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From left: Tanuja Gengiah, Anneke Grobler, Sengeziwe Sebiko. CAPRISA congratulates three of it’s staff members who recently graduated with Masters degrees from Columbia University in New York. All three were funded by the Columbia University-Southern African Fogarty AIDS International Training and Research Programme and spent a year in New York completing their course work. The graduands reflect on their time spend at Columbia University below. |
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CAPRISA hosts a grant writing workshop in Namibia |
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Monday, 11 May 2009 11:22 |
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Quarraisha Abdool Karim and Marian Swart recently conducted a grant writing and research methods workshop at the University of Namibia in Windhoek at the invitation of previous trainee, Dr Scholastika Ipinge. The workshop was attended by approximately 15 faculty from the Department of Nursing both from the Windhoek campus and the satellite campus at Oshakati. |
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CAPRISA host biometric workshop |
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Tuesday, 09 June 2009 12:02 |
 A biometric workshop was recently held at the CAPRISA offices at the Doris Duke Research Institute in Durban to discuss and share a fingerprinting database for identifying co-enrolments and/or ineligible enrolments between studies. The workshop was also an opportunity to provide an update on some joint strategies that the Medical Research Council (MRC) and CAPRISA have put in place to address this issue which may be of interest to other organizations conducting clinical research. |
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Scientific Advisory Board Meeting 5-7 April 2009 |
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Thursday, 09 April 2009 12:05 |
 The CAPRISA Scientific Advisory Board meeting took place on Sunday 5th and Monday 6th April 2009. It was an opportunity for CAPRISA to get comments and feedback on its studies in the areas of HIV pathogenesis, TB-HIV treatment and HIV prevention. It also was an opportunity for colleagues and fellow researchers to get information on CAPRISA's research and to explore the potential for greater collaboration. Some of the research that was presented included some of the early data from the acute infection study, early results of the TB-HIV treatment studies, and baseline data from the Tenofovir Microbicide Trial. The proposed TB-HIV treatment studies and proposed HIV Prevention and Tenofovir gel research programme were also presented for feedback and discussion. Download CAPRISA SAB Report.
A webcast of the event is now available.(Click here). |
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Minister Hogan opens CAPRISA Scientific Advisory Board meeting |
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Monday, 11 May 2009 10:32 |
 CAPRISA hosted it’s Scientific Advisory Board Meeting earlier this month and was privileged to have Minister of Health, Barbara Hogan, give the Opening address. Thank you for the invitation to be here today and for creating an opportunity for us to continue to build bridges between government and the health research community. The importance of a respectful relationship between those in power and the scientific vanguard is illustrated by a story that I have always loved and that I am sure most of you know. It is the story that Galileo, when he was forced by the Roman Inquisition to disown his theory of that the earth moves round the sun, mumbled under his breath, “But it does move.” |
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