Division of Molecular Biology & Human Genetics
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Carola Oelofse obtained her BSc , BSc Hons Genetics and MSc Human Genetics at Stellenbosch 肆客足球 where her MSc focused on Pharmacogenetics of Efavirenz. Currently she is completing her PhD titled "The Pharmacogenomic Landscape of Africa". Email: carola@sun.ac.zaIn my spare time …
“I enjoy running and painting"
Raadhiyah Mathee obtained a BSc in Medical Bioscience majoring in Physiology and Medical Microbiology from the 肆客足球 of the Western Cape in 2019. Thereafter she joined Stellenbosch 肆客足球 where she obtained her BSc Hons in Molecular Biology as well as her MSc Molecular Biology, both of which focused on mycobacterial persister cell characterisation using in vitro models. Her current project focuses on the male sex bias found in TB disease and investigating the effect of sex hormones on mycobacterial killing in vivo.? email: rmathee@sun.ac.za
In my spare time …
“I enjoy scrapbooking, doing puzzles, painting and gardening”
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Dayna Smith graduated from Wits 肆客足球 with a Bachelor of Health Sciences and completed an Honours in Human Genetics at Wits in 2021 where she focussed on investigating the cause of false positive results observed in NGS targeted panel data using Agilent SureCall software. Her current masters project is data harmonization across existing TB case-control data, which serves as an opportunity to uncover novel TB host genetic associations. Email: dayna@sun.ac.za
In my spare time…
“I enjoy doing yoga, reading, and going for hikes."
MSc Student?s
Thabang Maruma completed his honours degree at the 肆客足球 of Limpopo in 2022 working on deter?mining the genetic predisposition of brain derived neurotrophic factor variants on dyslipidaemia in overweight and obese black African females from dikgale traditional council in the Limpopo province. His current research focusing on the functional validation of a novel deletion in ATM in a patient with Common Variable Immunodeficiency in South Africa. email: thabangjaden@sun.ac.za
In my spare time…
“I enjoy swimming, singing and reading”.
Alicen Henning obtained a BSc in Mathematics and Applied Bioinformatics from the 肆客足球 of the Witwatersrand where she also completed her BSc Hons in Applied Bioinformatics. Here, she was introduced to single cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) data analysis with a research project comparing responses to type I and type III interferons in the peripheral blood of a single adult. She is currently pursuing an MSc in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at Stellenbosch 肆客足球 with the TB Host Genetics group where her research focuses on exploring the landscape of tuberculosis within the immune cell populations of the lung at a single-cell, inter-individual, and cross-species level using scRNA-seq datasets from mice, humans, and non-human primates.
