• DR. DHESHNIE KESWELL

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     POSITION

    • Post-doctoral Research Fellow, 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 (Cell Biology), University of Cape Town (2010)

      Thesis title: An assessment of molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in melanocyte migration in the skin

    • BSc (Med)(Hons), University of Cape Town (2003)

    • BSc (Biomedical Sciences), University of Kwa-Zulu Natal (2002)

    ESSM RESEARCH GROUPS

    • Health and well-being

    • Exercise in the management of chronic disease

    RESEARCH INTERESTS

    • Ethnic differences in fat deposition and its association with insulin resistance

    • Molecular interactions between adipocytes and muscle in insulin resistant patients

    CONTACT

     

    Tel:      +27 21 650 4567

    Email:  Dheshnie.Keswell@uct.ac.za

     

    PUBLICATIONS

    1.   Govender D., L.M. Davids & S.H. Kidson. (2006). Immunofluorescent Identification

         of melanocytes in Murine Hair Follicles. Journal of Molecular Histology. 37:1-3

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