Tertius Kohn, PhD
Founder and director of the MyoLab.
During his studies at Stellenbosch University, he gained expertise in single muscle techniques at the Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre and the Swedish Agricultural University in Uppsala. During his post-doc, he established the permeabilised single fibre contracture test at the University of Cape Town. In 2019, he was appointed associate professor in the Department of Medical Biosciences at the University of the Western Cape and is continuing the research in muscle metabolism, contractility and morphology.
Dr Kathryn van Boom - PostDoc
Kathryn will be leading an investigation in carbohydrate metabolism in young South African males.
She is also involved in completing the cheetah data analyses and determining muscle structural proteins in ICU patients.
Luqmaan Adamson - PhD candidate
Luqmaan is currently registered as a PhD candidate registered in the Department of Medical Biosciences, University of the Western Cape. His project focuses on single muscle fibre contractile properties and ATP consumption in various species.
Zoƫ-Lee Appel - MSc candidate
Carbohydrate metabolism in healthy recreational active males
Charnelle Badenhorst - MSc candidate
The effect of combined intravenous, bolus amino acid supplementation and mobilization on skeletal muscle anabolism during the acute phase of critical illness: a randomized controlled trial.
Neha Pillay - MSc candidate
Carbohydrate metabolism in healthy recreational active males
Lesedi Nongawuza - Honours candidate
The effect of trauma on skeletal muscle glycogen content in ICU patients.
Gillian Hermanus - MSc candidate
Carbohydrate metabolism in healthy recreational active males
Mahmooda Martin - MSc candidate
The effect of combined intravenous, bolus amino acid supplementation and mobilization on skeletal muscle catabolism during the acute phase of critical illness: a randomized controlled trial.
Kuhle Kitsili - Honours candidate
Markers of insulin resistance and glucose transport in skeletal muscle of obese lions.