Bioinformaticist at the University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Joined October 2015
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2026-10 - Inside a lion's gut - Wits University wits.ac.za/news/latest-news/… via @WitsUniversity
I am very pleased to share my first spousal co-authored paper -- a genuine science/art collaboration
Multimodal art–science ensembles: tracking the shift from a scientific data graph into wearable hand-loomed beadwork Joni Brenner, Scott Hazelhurst journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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Wits' Mobility and Electrification Research for Africa (MERA) Lab played a key role in supporting the CyberLocos expedition as it travels across Africa in pursuit of a world record for visiting the most countries in an electric vehicle.
During its South African leg, the international expedition was hosted by the MERA team under the leadership of Prof Lesedi Masisi and Dr Muhammed Aswat. The journey is testing the practicality of long-distance electric vehicle travel in regions where charging infrastructure is still developing.
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2025-06 - New resource illuminates gene activity in African populations - Wits University wits.ac.za/news/latest-news/… via @WitsUniversity
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"This is about long-term African data ownership", @UCT_news Nicky Mulder told me this week, speaking about Africa's new bioinformatics institute.
"Bioinformatics infrastructure is as essential as a lab. But it’s often invisible or taken for granted."
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Another paper from the LEAP-Epi has just come out. LEAP-Epi, a collaboration between the University of Leicester, SAMRC and Wits (@SBIMB1 , @DPHRU_SA and Agincourt Research Unit)
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The project investigated air quality and use of low cost sensors for monitoring. Particular shout out to Matthew Benyon, Ngwako Kwatala, @JoshVandeHey , @caradeeyael
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Dr Jean-Tristan Brandenburg, of @SBIMB1, speaking at the launch of #KidneyGenAfrica at the @AfSHGenetics Conference in Uganda on the 4th of Feb.
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I'm thrilled that our new article was published today in @AJHGNews. It was an excellent collaboration with @cschlebu, Yoro Diallo, Vaclav Janousek, and Viktor Cerny.
Population history and admixture of the Fulani people from the Sahel
#Africa #OpenAccess
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Out of Africa: celebrating 100 years of human-origins research nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
@WitsUniversity pioneering research for 100 years
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Prof Michele Ramsay, #Director of the @SBIMB1 giving a #KeynoteAddress at the African Society of Human Genetics Conference that is taking place in Uganda.
The subject of the talk was the AWI-Gen project.
Here is a link to the other speakers: bit.ly/40KkdOJ
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The African Bioinformatics Institute Stakeholder meeting was held over the last 2 days in Cape Town. There was excellent engagement and and lots of ideas for the establishment of this important organization.
Unravelling the Gut Microbiome: Insights from the AWI-Gen 2 Microbiome Project in Africa communities.springernature.c…
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TeX has commands for word-like math symbols such as \log and \cos. johndcook.com/blog/2010/02/1…
The AWI-Gen 2 Microbiome paper has just been published nature.com/articles/s41586-0… in Nature
We think this is the biggest African microbiome study to date. This briefing by Juicer Olubayo and Jane Cook gives a good overview. nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
The work relied on the generous time that our 1800 participants gave us, the hard work of all the scientists and field workers at the research sites. A particular thanks to the NHGRI/NIH @genome_gov who were the main funders as part of @H3Africa