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Stellenbosch University: Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

2023-06-01 to present | Associate Professor (Biomedical Sciences)
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Desiree Petersen

South African Medical Research Council: Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

2021-06-01 to present | Specialist Scientist (Centre for Tuberculosis Research)
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Desiree Petersen

Stellenbosch University: Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

2021-06-01 to 2023-06-01 | Senior Researcher (Biomedical Sciences)
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Desiree Petersen

Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research: Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

2017-09-20 to 2021-05-26 | Senior Research Officer (Genomics)
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Desiree Petersen

Garvan Institute of Medical Research: Darlinghurst, New South Wales, AU

2014-01 to 2017-03 | Senior Research Officer (Genomics and Epigenetics Division)
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Desiree Petersen

J. Craig Venter Institute: San Diego, California, US

2011-01 to 2013-12 | Staff Scientist (Genomic Medicine)
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Desiree Petersen

Children's Cancer Institute Australia: Randwick, New South Wales, AU

2008-02 to 2010-11 | Research Officer (Cancer Genetics Group)
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Desiree Petersen

Garvan Institute of Medical Research: Darlinghurst, New South Wales, AU

2006-12 to 2008-01 | Postdoctoral Fellow (Cancer Research Program)
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Desiree Petersen

Stellenbosch University: Tygerberg, Western Cape, ZA

2006-01 to 2006-12 | Medical Scientist (Medical Virology)
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Desiree Petersen

Education and qualifications (4)

Stellenbosch University: Tygerberg, Western Cape, ZA

2003-01 to 2006-04 | Ph.D. (Medical Virology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)
Education
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Desiree Petersen

Stellenbosch University: Tygerberg, Western Cape, ZA

2000-01 to 2002-03 | M.Sc. Cum Laude (Medical Virology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)
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Desiree Petersen

Stellenbosch University: Tygerberg, Western Cape, ZA

1999-02 to 1999-12 | B.Sc. Hons Cum Laude (Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)
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Desiree Petersen

Stellenbosch University: Stellenbosch, Western Cape, ZA

1996-02 to 1998-12 | B.Sc. (Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science)
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Desiree Petersen

Professional activities (34)

Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research : Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

2021-08-17 to present | Member
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Desiree Petersen

African Organisation for Research and Training in Cancer: Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

2021 to present | Member
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Desiree Petersen

Garvan Institute of Medical Research: Darlinghurst, NSW, AU

2017 to 2018 | Visiting Scientist (Genomics and Epigenetics Division)
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Desiree Petersen

Sydney Catalyst: Sydney, New South Wales, AU

2015 to 2018 | Member
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Desiree Petersen

University of New South Wales: Sydney, NSW, AU

2014 to 2017 | Conjoint Senior Lecturer (St Vincent’s Clinical School)
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Desiree Petersen

Australasian Genomic Technologies Association: Melbourne, Victoria, AU

2015 to 2016 | Member
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Desiree Petersen

American Society of Human Genetics: Bethesda, Maryland, US

2012 to 2012 | Member
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Desiree Petersen

Australasian Microarray Associated Technologies Association: Melbourne, Victoria, AU

2010 to 2010 | Member
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Desiree Petersen

Pennsylvania State University: State College, Pennsylvania, US

2009-06 to 2009-07 | Visiting Scientist (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
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Desiree Petersen

Australian Society for Medical Research: Sydney, New South Wales, AU

2006 to 2007 | Member
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Desiree Petersen

Poliomyelitis Research Foundation: Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA

2006 | Travel award
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Desiree Petersen

Experimental Biology Group : Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

2002 to 2006 | Member
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Desiree Petersen

Poliomyelitis Research Foundation: Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA

2005 | Ph.D. bursary
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Desiree Petersen

Garvan Institute of Medical Research: Darlinghurst, NSW, AU

2005 to 2005 | Visiting student researcher (Cancer Research Program)
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Desiree Petersen

National Cancer Institute: Frederick, MD, US

2004 to 2005 | Visiting student researcher (Laboratory of Genomic Diversity)
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Desiree Petersen

Poliomyelitis Research Foundation: Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA

2004 | Ph.D. bursary
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Desiree Petersen

Cecil John Adams Memorial Trust: Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

2004 | Travel award
Distinction
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Desiree Petersen

South African Medical Research Council: Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

2003 | Ph.D. bursary
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Desiree Petersen

Poliomyelitis Research Foundation: Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA

2003 | Travel award
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Desiree Petersen

Poliomyelitis Research Foundation: Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA

2003 | Ph.D. bursary
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Desiree Petersen

HUGO Mutation Detection Workshop 2003: Cairns, QLD, AU

2003 | Poster award (VII International Symposium on Mutations in the Human Genome)
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Desiree Petersen

Stellenbosch University: Tygerberg, Western Cape, ZA

2002 | University Medal for Research (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)
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Desiree Petersen

University of Cape Town : Observatory, Western Cape, ZA

2002 to 2002 | Visiting Researcher (Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Health Sciences)
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Desiree Petersen

South African Medical Research Council: Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

2001 | M.Sc. bursary
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Desiree Petersen

Poliomyelitis Research Foundation: Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA

2001 | M.Sc. bursary
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Desiree Petersen

GT Searle: Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

2001 | M.Sc. bursary
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Desiree Petersen

Maastricht University: Maastricht, Limburg, NL

2001 to 2001 | Visiting student researcher (Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Health Sciences)
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Desiree Petersen

South African Medical Research Council: Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

2000 | M.Sc. bursary
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Desiree Petersen

Poliomyelitis Research Foundation: Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA

2000 | M.Sc. bursary
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Desiree Petersen

GT Searle: Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

2000 | M.Sc. bursary
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Desiree Petersen

Stellenbosch University: Stellenbosch, Western Cape, ZA

1999 | B.Sc. Honours Merit bursary (Stellenbosch 2000)
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Desiree Petersen

John Thompson Africa: Bellville, Western Cape, ZA

1998 | B.Sc. bursary
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Desiree Petersen

John Thompson Africa: Bellville, Western Cape, ZA

1997 | B.Sc. bursary
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Desiree Petersen

John Thompson Africa: Bellville, Western Cape, ZA

1996 | B.Sc. bursary
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Desiree Petersen

Funding (7)

Whole Genome Sequencing of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) patients and severe COVID-19 cases to contribute data to National and International consortiums for COVID-19 host genetics

2021-03 to 2021-12 | Grant
DIPLOMICS (Cape Town, ZA)
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Desiree Petersen

Prostate Cancer Metastasis (ProMis)

2014 to 2017 | Grant
Movember Foundation Australia and the Prostate Cancer Foundation Australia (Sydney, AU)
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Desiree Petersen

Genetic variants in the IL4-IL13-IL5 region and Prostate Cancer risk

2007 to 2008 | Grant
Cancer Institute NSW (Sydney, AU)
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Desiree Petersen

The role of chemokine and chemokine receptor genes in Prostate Cancer

2006-12 to 2008-01 | Award
Freedman Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship (Sydney, AU)
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Desiree Petersen

Genetic aspects of HIV-1 risk in an African setting

2004-06 to 2005-01 | Award
Medical Research Council (Cape Town, ZA)
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Desiree Petersen

Genetic aspects of HIV-1 risk in an African setting

2004-06 to 2005-01 | Award
Columbia University-Southern African Fogarty AIDS International Training and Research Program (New York, US)
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Desiree Petersen

Annexin V gene polymorphisms and Preeclampsia

2001-02 to 2001-05 | Award
Netherlands Medical Faculty Fellowship Programme for South Africa (Maastricht, NL)
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Desiree Petersen

Works (37)

Confirmation of HLA-II associations with TB susceptibility in admixed African samples

2024-09-26 | Preprint
Contributors: Dayna Croock; Yolandi Swart; Haiko Schurz; Desiree C Petersen; Marlo Möller; Caitlin Uren
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Confirmation of HLA-II associations with TB susceptibility in admixed African samples

2024-09-26 | Preprint
Contributors: Dayna Croock; Yolandi Swart; Haiko Schurz; Desiree C Petersen; Marlo Möller; Caitlin Uren
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Data Harmonization Guidelines to Combine Multi‐platform Genomic Data from Admixed Populations and Boost Power in Genome‐Wide Association Studies

Current Protocols
2024-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Dayna Croock; Yolandi Swart; Haiko Schurz; Desiree C. Petersen; Marlo Möller; Caitlin Uren
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Confirmation of HLA-II associations with TB susceptibility in admixed African samples

2024-05-31 | Preprint
Contributors: Dayna Croock; Yolandi Swart; Haiko Schurz; Desiree C. Petersen; Marlo Möller; Caitlin Uren
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Prostate cancer genetic risk and associated aggressive disease in men of African ancestry

Nature Communications
2023-12-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Pamela X. Y. Soh; Naledi Mmekwa; Desiree C. Petersen; Kazzem Gheybi; Smit van Zyl; Jue Jiang; Sean M. Patrick; Raymond Campbell; Weerachai Jaratlerdseri; Shingai B. A. Mutambirwa et al.
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The immunogenetics of tuberculosis (TB) susceptibility

Immunogenetics
2023-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Carene Anne Alene Ndong Sima; Dayna Smith; Desiree C. Petersen; Haiko Schurz; Caitlin Uren; Marlo Möller
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Author Correction: Human origins in a southern African palaeo-wetland and first migrations.

Nature
2021-04-01 | Journal article
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Desiree Petersen

A Custom Genotyping Array Reveals Population-Level Heterogeneity for the Genetic Risks of Prostate Cancer and Other Cancers in Africa.

Cancer research
2020-05-11 | Journal article
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Desiree Petersen

The Impact of Whole Genome Data on Therapeutic Decision-Making in Metastatic Prostate Cancer: A Retrospective Analysis.

Cancers
2020-05-07 | Journal article
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Desiree Petersen

Human origins in a southern African palaeo-wetland and first migrations.

Nature
2019-10-28 | Journal article
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Desiree Petersen

African KhoeSan ancestry linked to high-risk prostate cancer.

BMC medical genomics
2019-06-04 | Journal article
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Desiree Petersen

Whole-Genome Sequencing Reveals Elevated Tumor Mutational Burden and Initiating Driver Mutations in African Men with Treatment-Naïve, High-Risk Prostate Cancer.

Cancer research
2018-09-14 | Journal article
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Desiree Petersen

Development, Evaluation, and Implementation of a Pan-African Cancer Research Network: Men of African Descent and Carcinoma of the Prostate.

Journal of global oncology
2018-09-01 | Journal article
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Desiree Petersen

Effective Project Management of a Pan-African Cancer Research Network: Men of African Descent and Carcinoma of the Prostate (MADCaP).

Journal of global oncology
2018-09-01 | Journal article
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Desiree Petersen

Optical mapping reveals a higher level of genomic architecture of chained fusions in cancer.

Genome research
2018-04-04 | Journal article
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Desiree Petersen

Altered mitochondrial genome content signals worse pathology and prognosis in prostate cancer.

The Prostate
2017-11-14 | Journal article
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Desiree Petersen

Next generation mapping reveals novel large genomic rearrangements in prostate cancer.

Oncotarget
2017-04-01 | Journal article
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Desiree Petersen

Mutational load of the mitochondrial genome predicts pathological features and biochemical recurrence in prostate cancer.

Aging
2016-10-01 | Journal article
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Desiree Petersen

Spectrum of mitochondrial genomic variation and associated clinical presentation of prostate cancer in South African men.

The Prostate
2015-12-10 | Journal article
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Desiree Petersen

Revised timeline and distribution of the earliest diverged human maternal lineages in southern Africa.

PloS one
2015-03-25 | Journal article
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Desiree Petersen

Clinical presentation of prostate cancer in black South Africans.

The Prostate
2014-04-09 | Journal article
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Desiree Petersen

Complex patterns of genomic admixture within southern Africa.

PLoS genetics
2013-03-14 | Journal article
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Desiree Petersen

Genetic diversity and population structure of the endangered marsupial Sarcophilus harrisii (Tasmanian devil).

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2011-06-27 | Journal article
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Desiree Petersen

Inflammatory genetic markers of prostate cancer risk.

Cancers
2010-06-08 | Journal article
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Desiree Petersen

Interpretation of custom designed Illumina genotype cluster plots for targeted association studies and next-generation sequence validation.

BMC research notes
2010-02-22 | Journal article
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Desiree Petersen

Complete Khoisan and Bantu genomes from southern Africa.

Nature
2010-02-01 | Journal article
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Desiree Petersen

Genetic structure of a unique admixed population: implications for medical research.

Human molecular genetics
2009-11-05 | Journal article
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Desiree Petersen

Correlation between HIV-1 seropositivity and prevalence of a gamma-secretase polymorphism in two distinct ethnic populations.

Journal of medical virology
2009-11-01 | Journal article
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Desiree Petersen

Assessing high-resolution melt curve analysis for accurate detection of gene variants in complex DNA fragments.

Human mutation
2009-06-01 | Journal article
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Desiree Petersen

No association between common chemokine and chemokine receptor gene variants and prostate cancer risk.

Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
2008-12-01 | Journal article
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Desiree Petersen

Novel Plexor SNP genotyping technology: comparisons with TaqMan and homogenous MassEXTEND MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry.

Human mutation
2007-09-01 | Journal article
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Desiree Petersen

Effects of human TRIM5alpha polymorphisms on antiretroviral function and susceptibility to human immunodeficiency virus infection.

Virology
2006-08-02 | Journal article
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Desiree Petersen

Risk for HIV-1 infection associated with a common CXCL12 (SDF1) polymorphism and CXCR4 variation in an African population.

Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)
2005-12-01 | Journal article
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Desiree Petersen

Functional analysis of novel SLC11A1 (NRAMP1) promoter variants in susceptibility to HIV-1.

Journal of medical genetics
2004-04-01 | Journal article
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Desiree Petersen

African-based CCR5 single-nucleotide polymorphism associated with HIV-1 disease progression.

AIDS (London, England)
2002-11-01 | Journal article
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Desiree Petersen

Novel mutations and SNPs identified in CCR2 using a new comprehensive denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis assay.

Human mutation
2002-10-01 | Journal article
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Desiree Petersen

Novel mutations identified using a comprehensive CCR5-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis assay.

AIDS (London, England)
2001-01-01 | Journal article
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Desiree Petersen