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Division of Molecular B​iology and Human Genetics

Rare Disease Genomics

​​​​ALUMNI​


Alannah Theron

MSc Human Genetics

Graduation: December 2023
(cum laude)

Project Title: A novel Python-based variant prioritisation tool for diagnosing patients with monogenic disorders​


Rafiya Ismail

MSc Human Genetics

Graduation: December 2023

Project Title: A phenotypic approach to diagnosing Neurodevelopmental disorders in South African patients using clinical exome sequencing and bioinformatic pipelines​



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BSc (Hons) ​Human Genetics - currently a Medical student at SU!

Graduation: December 2023
(cum laude)

Project Title: Exome sequ​encing ends the diagnostic odyssey for patients with complex eye abnormalities



Dr 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

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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 - Winner of 2023 Best Postgrad student award and Winner of 2024 L'Oreal Women in Science award!

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


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Jessica Cormick

BSc(Hons) Human Genetics - Top student of the Class of 2022!

Graduation: December 2022 

(cum laude)

Project Title: Diagnosing South African Patients with Overgrowth Syndromes Using Whole Exome Sequencing





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​​​​

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Samantha Bayley

​​MSc Human Genetics - Now a qualified Genetic Counsellor!

Graduation: December 2021 
(cum laude)

Project Title: Hyperphosphatasia with Mental Retardation Syndrome in South Africa: Identifying a Recurring PGAP3 Variant"  

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Lucpah Nekati

​​Intern​

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.

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