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

Birkholtz, L

MSc PhD(Pret) - Senior Lecturer

NRF Rating: Y2

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Contact Details:

Telephone number: 012 420 2479
Fax number: 012 362 5302
E-mail address: lynmarie.birkholtz@up.ac.za

Research Interests:

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

Bioinformatics and computational biology

Research Output:

Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Birkholtz L, Van Brummelen AC, Clark K, Niemand J, Marechal E, Llinas M, Louw AI: 2008. Exploring functional genomics for drug target and therapeutics discovery Plasmodia. Acta Tropica, 105, pp 113-123, Full Text

Clark K, Dhoogra M, Louw AI, Birkholtz L: 2008. Transcriptional responses of Plasmodium falciparum to a-difluoromethylornithine-induced polyamine depletion. Biological Chemistry, 389, pp 111-125.

Birkholtz L, Blatch G, Coetzer TL, Hoppe HC, Human E, Ngcete Z, Oldfield L, Roth R, Shonhai A, Stephens L, Louw AI, Morris EJ, Morris E: 2008. Morris: Dual affiliation UP and WITS: Heterologous expression of plasmodial proteins for structural studies and functional annotation. Malaria Journal, 7 (197) / Oct, pp e1-20, Full Text

 

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