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Official Account for the Division of Human Genetics, University of Cape Town, South Africa #genetics #genomics #rarediseases #research #Africa

Joined August 2022
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@UCTIDM Celebrating #DNADay and Photo 51 : Music, molecules and the legacy of Rosalind Franklin. Presented by Dr John Woodland with choral ensemble @VOXCapeTown @UCT_news @UCTHealthSci
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Check out these fabulous children's books, written by our #humgenalum Monica Araujo (Genetic Counsellor)! Links to the FREE books are in the comments. @UCT_news @UCT_NI @UCTIDM
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Scenes from the UCT Faculty of Health Sciences Graduation Ceremony last night. 🎓🎉 @UCT_news @UCTIDM @uct_bmhsl @UCT_NI
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Our latest research on #retinoblastoma has just been published with @SpringerNature in BMC Cancer Read here: rdcu.be/e73nH We investigated the molecular landscape and potential healthcare & economic benefits of implementing genetic testing for heritable RB in 🇿🇦
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A great collaboration on personalized medicine for #epilepsy in Africa! See the plain language summary here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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The lab component of the 1st African Genomics Short Course took place yesterday - Our team took the participants through 5 stations, from sample arrival to Next Generation Sequencing #AGSC2025 @AfSHG_Genetics @AfrBioInstitute @eventsWCS
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Wamkelelile means welcome in isiXhosa, and tonight we warmly welcomed 28 participants from 27 African countries for the inaugural African Genomics Short Course 🌍 #AGSC2025 #African #Genomics
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Thank you to Profs Gilissen and Hoischen, Inqaba, CERI and Radboud university for the excellent workshop on NGS analysis for Rare Diseases 🇿🇦🇳🇱🩺🧬💻 @ahoischen @gilissenc @Radboud_Uni @inqababiotec @ceri_news
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Day 1 of the Rare Diseases Workshop in Stellenbosch, with Profs Gilissen and Hoischen @ahoischen @gilissenc @Radboud_Uni @inqababiotec
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It was a treat to have Prof Stan Kmoch and friends give us a #TuesdaySeminar, and share his work in rare diseases. Thank you to @diplomics_sa for co-hosting!
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