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Awards

January 2011 Carnegie Foundation PhD Fellowship for the development of the next generation of academics

November 2013 Claude Leon Foundation Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship
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Other Memberships/Affiliations
ASGCT

Publications resulting from Research
“Bacteroides fragilis RecA protein over-expression causes resistance to metronidazole “. Laura S. Steffens, Samantha Nicholson, Lynthia V. Paula, Carl Erik Nord, Sheila Patrick , Valerie R. Abratt. 2010. Research in Microbiology
“The recA operon: A novel stress response gene cluster in Bacteroides fragilis”. S. Nicholson, D. Smalley, C. Smith, V. Abratt. 2014. Research in Microbiology.
“Progress and prospects of engineered sequence specific DNA modulating technologies for the management of liver disease. S. Nicholson, B. Moyo, P. Arbuthnot. 2015. World Journal of Hepatology
The roles of lncRNAs in the development of Hepatocellular carcinoma and chronic HBV. B. Moyo, S. Nicholson and P. Arbuthnot. 2016. Journal of Virology.

12thBiennial Anaerobe Congress Anaerobe Society of the Americas.
2025
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18th Biennial Conference of the South African Society of Microbiology.
2025
icon-pin-location Bela-Bela, Limpopo, South Africa
Meeting for the South African Society for biochemistry and molecular biology
2025
icon-pin-location Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa
International Academy of Law and Mental Health Symposium
2025
icon-pin-location Vienna, Austria
Annual Congress for the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy
2025
icon-pin-location New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
International meeting on the molecular biology of hepatitis B virus
2025
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International meeting on the molecular biology of hepatitis B virus
2025
icon-pin-location Bad Nauheim, Germany
Biennial Congress of the Anaerobic Society of the Americas
2025
icon-pin-location San Francisco, California, USA
Meeting for the South African Society of Microbiology
2025
icon-pin-location Cape Town, South Africa; Bela-Bela South Africa
Meeting for the South African Society for biochemistry and molecular biology
2025
icon-pin-location Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa
International Academy of Law and Mental Health Symposium
2025
icon-pin-location Vienna, Austria
Annual Meeting for the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy
2025
icon-pin-location New Orleans, Lousianna