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Also: South Africa: People: By occupation: Biologists: Geneticists Pages in category "South African geneticists" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Himla (Himladevi) Soodyall (b Durban, 1963 [1]) is a South African geneticist involved in finding some of the oldest human genetic lines, mainly focusing on Sub-Saharan Africa. [2] Her work on DNA has pointed to southern Africa as the most likely geographic region of origin of the human species. [1] [3]
Trefor Jenkins (born 1932), human geneticist from South Africa, noted for his work on DNA. Aaron Klug (1926–2018), Lithuanian-born British chemist and biophysicist, who won the 1982 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He moved to South Africa at the age of two and studied at the University of Witwatersrand and the University of Cape Town.
Aaron Klug (1926–2018), Lithuania/South Africa/UK, Nobel Prize for developing electron crystallography; Al Knudson (1922–2016), US pediatric oncologist, geneticist, formulated two hit hypothesis of cancer; Georges J. F. Köhler (1946–1995), German, Nobel Prize for hybridomas making monoclonal antibodies
Genetic Counselling is a developing field in South Africa. [86] As of 2023, there are about 30 registered genetic counsellors practicing in the country, up from around 20 in 2018. [81] South African genetic counsellors work at academic institutions, in the private health sector and more recently, private genetic laboratories.
Jeremy Levin was born in South Africa, where his family had a farm, De Hoek Farm, in Piketberg, Western Cape. His father Archie (died 1977) was a political journalist. His mother, Leah Levin (died 2024), was an honorary doctorate from the University of Essex [3] and was appointed OBE for services to international human rights in 2001.
A geneticist is a biologist or physician who studies genetics, the science of genes, heredity, and variation of organisms. [1] A geneticist can be employed as a scientist or a lecturer . Geneticists may perform general research on genetic processes or develop genetic technologies to aid in the pharmaceutical or and agriculture industries. [ 1 ]
Toggle Africa subsection. 1.1 Kenya. 1.2 Namibia. ... South Carolina. Clemson Center for Human Genetics; Greenwood Genetic Center;