Hons BSc Students
Class of 2025
Kayla van der Linde (Class Representative)
E-mail: 26018918@sun.ac.za
Research group: Centre for Cardio-metabolic Research in Africa (CARMA)
Project title: The association between CMD and cardiac conduction abnormalities in PLWH in a South African demographic
Supervisor(s): Prof. Hans Strijdom, Miss Kheya Mokoena and Mr Jakob Holm
E-mail: 20217528@sun.ac.za
Research group: Biomedical Research and Innovation Platform (BRIP)
Project title: Cheminformatics-driven investigations of Cannabidiol (CBD) and its metabolites for targeting inflammatory and fibrotic pathways
Supervisor(s): Prof. Afolake Arowolo, Dr Elliasu Salifu and Pritika Ramharack
- Thotloetso Buhle Kegopotsemang
E-mail: 24772070@sun.ac.za Research group: Biomedical Research and Innovation Platform (BRIP)
Project title: The impact of high-fat and high sugar diets on the intestinal health of Wistar rats
Supervisor(s): Dr Sylvia Riedel, Dr Abegail Tshivhase and Dr Hanel Sadievan Gijsen
E-mail: 26050447@sun.ac.za
Research group: Neuroscience Research Group
Project title: Investigating the effect of maternal exposure to sexual defeat and prenatal stress on inherited epigenetic modifications that alter susceptibility and to PTS-like symptoms in rat offspring
Supervisor(s): Dr Lihle Qulu-Appiah, Dr Tarryn Wilmer and Dr Marguerite Blignaut
E-mail: 26196379@sun.ac.za
Research group: Biomedical Research and Innovation Platform (BRIP)
Project title: The effects of pinocembrin on DNA methylation of the TBX2 gene in an in vivo breast cancer model
Supervisor(s): Dr Lawrence Mabasa, Dr Tarryn Wilmer and Dr Nonhlakanipho Sangweni
E-mail: 26243164@sun.ac.za Research group: Centre for Cardio-metabolic Research in Africa (CARMA)
Project title: Establishment of oxidative stress in insulin resistant cardiac pheroids
Supervisor(s): Dr Marguerite Blignaut
E-mail: 29794285@sun.ac.za
Research group: Biomedical Research and Innovation Platform (BRIP)
Project title: Investigating β-N-methylamino-L-alanine induced toxicity in insulin secreting β cells through vesicular monoamine transporter 2 inhibition
Supervisor(s): Dr Rianita van Onselen, Dr Marguerite Blignaut and Dr Nireshni Chellan
E-mail: 28339258@sun.ac.za Research group: Centre for Cardiometabolic Research in Africa (CARMA)
Project title: To investigate how chronic stress affects the hypothalamus in the regulation of the HPA axis, neuroinflammation, and neuroplasticity
Supervisor(s): Prof. Faadiel Essop and Dr Megan Cairns
E-mail: 23991496@sun.ac.za
Research group: Biomedical Research and Innovation Platform (BRIP)
Project title: Sex Differences in Gene and Protein Expression in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Fatty Liver Disease (MAFLD) in High Fat, High Sugar Diet Fed female and male Wistar rats
Supervisor(s): Dr Yoonus Abrahams and Prof. Carmen Pheiffer
- Francesca Nicola Savio
E-mail: 26081393@sun.ac.za
Research group: Biomedical Research and Innovation Platform (BRIP)
Project title: DNA methylation of T-BOX transcription factor 2 in breast cancer: An epigenetic study in South African women
Supervisor(s): Dr Tarryn Wilmer, Dr Lawrence Mabasa and Miss Ayesha Shaik
E-mail: 25330853@sun.ac.za Research group: Biomedical Research and Innovation Platform (BRIP)
Project title: Developing a pre-screening platform for corneal epithelial inflammation
Supervisor(s): Dr Nireshni Chellan and Bernie Groenewald
E-mail: 26420368@sun.ac.za Research group: Stellenbosch University Reproductive Research Group (SURRG)
Project title: Seminal PSA in healthy men: Investigating the association between PSA levels and sperm parameters
Supervisor(s): Dr Bongekile Skosana and Dr Lisa Marie Ferguson
