DR. ALISON SEPTEMBER

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POSITION

  • Senior Research Officer, UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine (ESSM), Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town

 

QUALIFICATIONS

  • PhD (Human Genetics), University of Cape Town (2003)

    Thesis title: The molecular investigation of Stargardt disease in South Africa

  • MSc (Medicine) (Human Genetics), University of Cape Town (1999)

  • BSc (Med)(Hons) (Human Genetics), University of Cape Town (1996)

  • BSc, University of Cape Town (1992)

 

ESSM RESEARCH GROUP

  • Injuries and medical conditions associated with sport and exercise

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Identification of the genetic risk factors underlying overuse tendon injuries such as Achilles tendon injuries

 

CONTACT

 

Tel:      +27 21 650 4559

Email:  Alison.September@uct.ac.za

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PUBLICATIONS

 

1.      September AV, Cook J, Handley CJ, van der Merwe L, Schwellnus MP, Collins M. Variants within the COL5A1 gene are associated with achilles tendinopathy in two populations. Br J Sports Med. 2008 Apr 28. [Epub ahead of print].

2.      Posthumus M, September AV, Schwellnus MP, Collins M. Investigation of the Sp1-binding site polymorphism within the COL1A1 gene in participants with Achilles tendon injuries and controls. J Sci Med Sport. 2008 Mar 18. [Epub ahead of print].

3.      The COL12A1 and COL14A1 genes and Achilles tendon injuries. September AV, Posthumus M, van der Merwe L, Schwellnus M, Noakes TD, Collins M. Int J Sports Med. 2008 Mar;29(3):257-63. Epub 2007 Oct 25.

4.      Saunders CJ, September AV, Xenophontos SL, Cariolou MA, Anastassiades LC, Noakes TD, Collins M. No association of the ACTN3 gene R577X polymorphism with endurance performance in Ironman Triathlons. Ann Hum Genet. 2007 Nov;71(Pt 6):777-81. Epub 2007 Jul 12.

5.      September AV, Schwellnus MP, Collins M.  Tendon and ligament injuries: The genetic component (Review) Br J Sports Med. 2007;4:241-6

6.      September AV, Mokone GG, Schwellnus MP, Collins M.  Genetic risk factors for Achilles tendon injuries (Review) International SportMed Journal 2006;7: 201-218

7.      Mokone GG, Gajjar M, September AV, Schwellnus, Greenberg J, Noakes TD, Collins M.  The guanine-thymine dinucleotide repeat polymorphism, within the tenascin-c gene is associated with Achilles tendon injuries.  Am J Sports Med 2005; 33:1016-1021

8.      September AV, Vorster AA, Ramesar RS, Greenberg LJ.  Mutation spectrum and founder chromosomes for the ABCA4 gene in South African patients with Stargardt disease. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2004 (6):1705-1711

9.      Ramesar RS, Roberts L, Rebello G, Goliath R, Vorster A, September A, Ehrenreich L, Gama D, Greenberg J. Retinal degenerative disorders in Southern Africa: a molecular genetic approach. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2003;533:35-40.

10.  Goliath R, Bardien S, September A, Martin R, Ramesar R, Greenberg J.  Rhodopsin mutation Gly109Arg in a family with autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa. (1998) Human Mutation: Supplement 1: S40-41

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