Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics
Rare Disease Genomics
ALUMNI
Hiba Mohammed
MPhil Paediatric Neurology
Graduation: December 2023
(cum laude)
Project Title: Clinical utility of next-generation sequencing in children with cryptogenic cerebral palsy - a cohort study from a tertiary paediatric neurology clinic in the Western Cape, South Africa
Reine Greeff
MSc Human Genetics
Graduation: March 2023
(cum laude)
Project Title: Diagnosis of copy number variants using array-based
comparative genome hybridisation in fetuses and neonates with
congenital abnormalities in a South African population
Kimberly Coetzer
MSc Human Genetics
Graduation: December 2022
(cum laude)
Project Title: Optimising a clinical whole-exome sequencing pipeline: diagnosing South African patients with osteogenesis imperfecta
Dr Magriet van Niekerk
MPhil Paediatric Neurology
Graduation: December 2022
Project Title: The utility of Next Generation Sequencing at a Paediatric Neurology department at Tygerberg Hospital, Western Cape, South Africa
Dr Farida Essajee
MPhil Paediatric Neurology
Graduation: December 2021
(cum laude)
Project Title: Utility of genetic testing in children with developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (DEE) at a tertiary hospital in South Africa: A prospective study
Samantha Bayley
MSc Human Genetics
Graduation: December 2021
(cum laude)
Project Title: Hyperphosphatasia with Mental Retardation Syndrome in South Africa: Identifying a Recurring PGAP3 Variant"
Lucpah Nekati
Lucpah completed her MSc at UKZN in 2021. She joined the RDGSA in October 2021 as part of the HSRC Internship programme. As part of the internship, Lucpah learnt general lab management and research assistant skills.
