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Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Biochemistry

Verschoor, JA

MSc(Agric) DSc(Agric)(Pret) - Professor and Head

NRF Rating: C2

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Telephone number: 012 420 2477
Fax number: 012 362 5302
E-mail address: jan.verschoor@up.ac.za

Research Interests:

The biochemistry, immunology and molecular biology of parasites and bacteria of medical-veterinary significance in Southern Africa

Chemical synthesis

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Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Benadie Y, Deysel MSM, Siko DGR, Roberts VV, van Wyngaardt S, Thanyani ST, Sekanka G, Ten Bokum A, Grooten J, Baird MS, Verschoor JA, Pilcher (Collett) LA: 2008. Cholesteroid nature of free mycolic acids from M. tuberculosis. Chemistry and Physics of Lipids, 152, pp 95-103.

Thanyani TS, Roberts VV, Siko DGR, Vrey PJ, Verschoor JA: 2008. A novel application of affinity biosensor technology to detect antibodies to mycolic acid in tuberculosis patients. Journal of Immunological Methods, 332 (1-2), pp 61-72.

 

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