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General Information
Name Vaughan Oosthuizen
Date of Birth 01 March 1967
Nationality South African
Qualifications PhD (UPE) 1995
Current Employment University of Port Elizabeth
Position Lecturer (Biochemistry)
Previous Employment Max Planck Instutitue for Biochemistry (Mansried, Germany)
Position Research Fellow
scientific funding / awards
MRC Funded Reasearcher (2001-2002)
NRF rated scientist (Y)
Fortbildungsstipendium der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
University of Port Elizabeth Research Council Bursary (1999 / 2000)
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research bursary (1989, 1990)
Medical Research Council bursary (1988)
publications / conference proceedings
6 International journal publications
4 International and 10 South African conference publications
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The Team
Mark Shuttleworth
Dale Cupido
Karen Sharwood
Lara Keytel
Danie Barry
Freddy Khan
Vaughan Oosthuizen
Ravi Naidoo
Vuyo Dwane
Richard Mills
Nicolette Cronje
Wayne Derman
Peter Ribton
Experiments (abstracts)
introduction
Stem cell
explanation
Research team
Physiology
explanation
research team
Crystallisation
explanation
researcher
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