The Stellenbosch University Immunology Research Group (SU-IRG) was established in 2002 within Division of Molecular Biology & Human Genetics, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, at Stellenbosch University. The Immunology Research Group has since been involved in numerous international and local research collaborations, contributing to the fields of Tuberculosis Immunology, Tuberculosis in the context of comorbidities, including HIV coinfection and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and biomarkers for diagnosis, protective immunity and treatment response.