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Prof Gian van der Spuy
Bioinformatician
Contact Info
Tel: +27 21 938 9949
Email: gvds@sun.ac.za
Education
Msc, PhD

Prof Gain van der Spuy completed his undergraduate training at the University of Cape Town, majoring in Biochemistry and Microbiology, with a BSc. (hons) in Medical Biochemistry. He then moved to Stellenbosch University for a MSc. in Neurochemistry followed by a PhD in Biomedical Sciences on the molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis

The focus of Prof van der Spuy’s research is in data management, bioinformatic and statistical analysis, predictive modelling and research software engineering as a member of the South African TB Bioinformatics Initiative (SATBBI) at Stellenbosch University. As such, he collaborates with a number of research teams both locally and internationally in the areas of molecular epidemiology, immunological biomarker discovery, high-throughput immunological studies, vaccine trials and human genetics. Prof van der Spuy is also passionate about training the future generation of scientists and, in addition to supervising post-graduate students, he also coordinate and teach our honours programme biostatistics module.