PIETERMARITZBURG CAMPUS
| Discipline | Research Area | Keywords | Researcher |
| Biochemistry | HIV Mucosal Immunology | microbiome, immune activation, STI, mucosal inflammation, HIV prevention, cell culture, vaginal health, hygiene practices, immune activation, adolescents | Gumbi, Pamela |
| Protein Biochemistry | biochemistry, protein, plasmodium, three-phase partitioning, chicken antibodies, peptide antibodies, copper metabolism | Goldring, Dean | |
| Protein and Immuno-Biochemistry | biochemistry, protein, trypanosome, theileria, thichinella, protease, three-phase partitioning, chicken antibodies | Coetzer, Theresa | |
| Protein Degradation | induced protein degradation, host proteosomal systems, ubiquitination, mitochondrial dysfunction, drug discovery, small molecules, protacs, metabolic disorders, zebrafish disease | Hewer, Raymond | |
| Stem Cells and Cellular Products | stem cells, regeneration, muscle, exosomes, zebrafish, growth factors, cell culture, cellular communication, cellular agriculture, disease | Niesler, Carola | |
| Genetics | Animal Breeding, Genetics and Genomics | snp genotypes, next generation sequencing, livestock breeds, adaptation, conservation, breeding value, genomic tools, breed improvement, genetics disorders, genetic variants | Dzomba, Edgar |
| DNA Barcoding, Metabarcoding, eDNA, Phylogenetics and Phylogeography | environmental monitoring, high-throughput sequencing, biodiversity monitoring, bioinformatics, evolution, population genetics | Willows-Munro, Sandi | |
| Redox Systems Biology | redox, systems biology, antioxidants, stress, oxidants, signaling, modeling, computational biology | Pillay, Ché | |
| Microbiology | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | bacteria, fungi, algae, bacteriophages, ciliates, antibiotic resistance, food, water, pollution | Schmidt, Stefan |
| Biocontrol Applications Utilising Aerobic Endospore-Forming Bacteria | biocontrol, endospore formers, lipopeptides, biosurfactants, ecotyping, genotyping molecular ecology, screening for novel compounds, biodiversity mining | Hunter, Charles |
WESTVILLE CAMPUS
| Discipline | Research Area | Description | Researcher |
| Biochemistry | Experimental Diabetes | Type 2 diabetes and obesity including animal model development, antidiabetic, anti-obesogenic and toxicological interventional trials, alternative medicine research for the management of non-communicable diseases. | Islam, Shahidul |
| Nano-Gene and Drug Delivery | Nanomedicine and non-viral therapeutic gene delivery. | ||
| Nanotechnology | Magnetotactic bacteria, nanoparticle synthesis and wastewater bioremediation. | ||
| Protein Biochemistry | Medicinal and commercially viable biologics. | Pooe, Ofentse | |
| Genetics | Animal Breeding and Veterinary Microbial Genetics | The application of population and quantitative genetics in animal breeding, veterinary microbial genetics, veterinary parasitology and vector-borne diseases. | Zishiri, Oliver |
| Apicomplexans | The genetics of apicomplexans particularly: eimeria, toxoplasma and plasmodium. | Adeleke, Matthew | |
| Epigenetics | Forensic epigenetics and development of DNA methylation markers for identification of human body fluids, methylation diversity in human population. | Ghai, Meenu | |
| Infectious Diseases and Bioinformatics | The genetics of host-parasite interaction, vaccinology, biodiversity evolution, and adaption and metabolite studies. | Okpeku, Moses | |
| Microbiology | Bacterial Quorum Sensing/ Biofilm Formation | Biofilm formation and bacterial quorum sensing of clinical, marine and/or aquaculture pathogens and identifying novel anti-virulence strategies to control them. Biosynthesis of nanoparticles using bacteria and assessing their potential bioactivity. | Chenia, Hafizah |
| Environmental Microbiology/ Biotechnology | The exploitation of microorganisms for bioremediation, biosensor development, metagenomics. | Olaniran, Ademola | |
| Microbial Biodegradation | Bioremediation using bacterial species. | Lin, Johnson | |
| Molecular Markers for Mycobacterium Tuberculosis | Antimicrobial molecular diagnostic makers for mycobacterium tuberculosis, genotyping of mycobaterium tuberculosis, epidemiological studies of ESBLs and CREs. | Maningi, Nontuthuko | |
| Tuberculosis Biomarker | Tuberculosis innate immune response, TB bioinformatics, transcriptomics | Mvubu, Nontobeko |