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Dr Ntwasa gained his BSc Hons in Microbiology from the University of Cape Town. He gained his PhD at Cambridge University, where he studied the early development of the Drosophila fruit fly and Lipid Modification of proteins.
Dr Ntwasa joined the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the University of Cape Town in 1996 before relocating to the University of the Witwatersrand in 1999.
Dr Ntwasa is interested in the molecular basis of development and signal transduction. He is investigating the role played by a novel family of proteins characterised by a highly conserved N-terminal domain whose function is not yet defined. This domain now called Domain With No Name (DWNN) often occurs in combinations with a zinc-finger, RING finger motif, and several other conserved sequences involved in protein-protein interactions.
Dr Ntwasa is also interested in innate immunity and works in collaboration with several international partners in this area. Specifically, he is interested in the Toll signaling pathway that mediates innate immune system in Drosophila. There are equivalent systems in vertebrates.
Dr Monde Ntwasa,
Tel: +27 11 717 6354
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