Division of Medical Physiology
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Class of 2024
?Danelle BESTER
Email: 19198639@sun.ac.za?
Qualifications: BSc (Human Life Sciences-Cum laude), BSc Honours (Medical Physiology-Cum laude) and MSc (Medical Physiology- Cum laude).
Research Group: Centre for Cardio-metabolic Research in Africa (CARMA)
Research Project: Investigating a potential role for ATM protein kinase in the ER stress response in cardiovascular pathology
Supervisor(s): Prof Barbara Huisamen and co-supervisors Dr Marguerite Blignaut and Dr Derick Van Vuuren.
Email: 24467189@sun.ac.za
Qualifications: BSc (Human Physiology) (Ahmadu Bello 肆客足球, Nigeria) and MSc (Physiology) (Kampala International 肆客足球, Uganda)
Research Group: Neuroscience Research Group
Research Project: The Effects of Intergenerational Epigenetics of traumatic stress in a sexual defeat rat model.
Supervisor(s): Dr Lihle Qulu and co-supervisor Prof. SMJ Hemmings?
Lisa Marie FERGUSON
Email: 18546854@sun.ac.za
Qualifications: BSc (Human Life Science), BSc Honours (Medical Physiology) and MSc (Medical physiolog-Cum laude)
Research Group: Stellenbosch 肆客足球 Reproductive Research Group (SURRG)
Research Project: An Investigation into the Molecular Pathways through which Dopamine and Ritalin produce their effects in human sperm - an in vitro study.
Supervisor(s): Dr Bongekile Skosana and co-supervisors Prof Stefan Du Plessis and Dr Lihle Qulu?.?
Megan CAIRNS
Charnay CUNNINGHAM
Chelsi FORTUIN
Email: 18276407@sun.ac.za
Qualifications: BSc (Medical Bioscience), BSc Honours (Medical physiology) and MSc (Medical Physiology)
Research Group: Neuroscience Research Group
Research Project: Exploratory Study Investigating Differentially Methylated Genes in Adults with Depression and Anxiety: Epigenetic Links Shared Between Childhood Trauma, Mental Health, and Cardiometabolic Risk
Supervisor: Dr Lihle Qulu?. and co-supervisors Prof. Sian Hemmings and Dr Jani N?thling
Ilze Verona WILLEMSE
Email: 15171701@sun.ac.za
Qualifications: BSc (Human life sciences with Physiology Genetics and Microbiology), BSc Honours (Medical Physiology), PGCE and MSc (Medical Physiology)
Research Group: Centre for Cardio-metabolic Research in Africa (CARMA)
Research Project: Asphalathus linearis as a possible SGLT2-inhibitor: Investigating the anti-hypertensive effects of Green Rooibos extracts.
Supervisor(s): Prof Barbara Huisamen and co-supervisors Dr Erna Marais and Dr Shantal Windvogel?
Yashthi RAMSUNDER
Email: 21911886@sun.ac.za
Qualifications: BSc (Human Life Science), BSc Honours (Medical Physiology) and MSc (Medical physiology-Cum laude)
Research Group: Stellenbosch 肆客足球 Reproductive Research Group (SURRG)
Research Project: Beyond psychiatric care: Investigating Olanzapine's effect on male fertility potential by expanding on the role of septin proteins.
Supervisor(s): Dr Hanél Sadie-Van Gijsen and co-supervisor Prof. Liana Maree
Barend GROENEWALD
Email: 20697163@sun.ac.za
Qualifications: BSc (Human Life Science), BSc Honours (Medical Physiology-Cum Laude) and MSc (Medical physiology-Cum laude)
Research Group: Biomedical Research and Innovative Platform (BRIP)
Research Project: The potential of human derived corneal epithelial spheroids to study limbal stem cell deficiency
Supervisor(s): Dr Nireshni Chellan and co-supervisors Dr Marguerite Blignaut and Prof. Ben Loos
Hannah FOKKENS
Qualifications: BMedSci (Physiology-Cum Laude), BSc Honours (Medical Physiology-Cum Laude) and MSc (Medical Physiology-Cum laude)
Joshua MATTHEE
??Thato KGATLA
Qualifications: BSc (Biomolecular of Technology), BSc Honours (Medical Physiology) and MSc (Medical Physiology)
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Research Project: Modulating maternal health as a strategy to mitigate metabolic disease in offspring– a mechanistic study
Supervisor(s): Dr Sylvia Riedel and co-supervisors Prof. Carmen Pheiffer and Prof. Hans Strijdom
Qualifications: BSc (Human Life Sciences), BSc Honours (Medical Physiology), MSc (Medical Physiology)?
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Vuyolwethu? MBOMBELA
Email: vuyolm@sun.ac.za?
Qualifications: ?
Research Group: Centre for Cardio-metabolic Research in Africa (CARMA)
Research Project: Characterizing and comparing the effects of Olanzapine on systemic metabolism as modelled in male and female Westar rat white adipose tissue inflammation and bioenergetics
Supervisor: Dr Hanél Sadie van Gijsen
Rudzani RAMASHIA
Qualifications: BSc (Biochemistry and Microbiology), BSc Honours (Molecular Biochemistry) and MSc (Medical Physiology)?