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The advISO Project – Towards accreditation of pathogen genomics and bioinformatics Peter Van Heuseden, Dr Dominique Anderson and Prof. Alan Christoffels hosted members of a multi country project called the advISO project, an initiative funded by the Wellcome Trust. The project began in 2024 and is intended to run for four years. At this stage,

Prof Placide Mbala–Kingebeni contributes to a model to improve predictions of Ebola outbreaks Dr Placide Mbala-Kingebeni, a professor with UWC’s South African National Bioinformatics Institute (SANBI), is part of an international team that has proposed an updated model for predicting where Ebola viruses could spill over from animals into humans. In a new paper, currently

Prof. Arun Prasad Pandurangan appointed extraordinary Professor at the University of the Western Cape. Prof. Arun Prasad Pandurangan FCPS, FLS, FRSB, a Teaching Associate at Gonville & Caius College and formerly an Assistant Research Professor at the University of Cambridge, has been appointed extraordinary Professor at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. The

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By Morgan Morris

By Morgan Morris

By Alan Christoffels, Sarah Mwangi and Emma Griffiths

Cancer remains a global menace, claiming countless lives. In 2020 alone, the world recorded 19.3 million new cancer cases and nearly 10 million cancer-related deaths. This grim reality set the stage for Nasr O M Eshibona’s doctoral research conducted at the South African National Bioinformatics Institute (SANBI) at the University of the Western Cape (UWC).

Applications from suitably qualified individuals are invited for a Doctorate (PhD) degree position at the South African National Bioinformatics Institute at the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town. Bioinformatics is a specialist discipline straddling the fields of biology, mathematics and computer science and is integral to modern biological research. The South African National