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Chronic lung diseases, One Health, Clinical Microbiology, Antimicrobial Resistance, Bacterial Virulence, Molecular Microbiology, Next Generation Sequencing
South Africa

Biography

Postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Pretoria. My primary area of focus is on the genomics and transcriptomics of the high mortality lung pathogen, Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis and other chronic lung diseases. My scope of research includes, antimicrobial resistance, virulence, genomics and the One Health approach, with regards to World Health Organization priority bacterial pathogens such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus spp., Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Salmonella spp.

Activities

Employment (5)

University of Pretoria: Pretoria, ZA

2022-05-01 to present | Postdoctoral Fellow (Medical Microbiology)
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Thabo Hamiwe

University of Pretoria: Pretoria, ZA

2021 to present | Trainee Lecturer (Medical Microbiology)
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University of Pretoria: Pretoria, ZA

2017 to present | Internal Examiner (Medical Microbiology)
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Lancet Laboratory: Gaborone, BW

2012 to 2013 | Medical Scientist (Microbiology)
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University of Botswana: Gaborone, BW

2012 to 2012 | Global science compiling research assistant (Soil Microbiology)
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Education and qualifications (4)

University of Pretoria: Pretoria, ZA

2018 to 2021 | PhD (Medical Microbiology)
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University of Pretoria: Pretoria, ZA

2015 to 2017 | MSc (Medical Microbiology)
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University of Pretoria: Pretoria, ZA

2014 to 2014 | BSc Honours (Medical Microbiology)
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University of Pretoria: Pretoria, ZA

2012 to 2012 | BSc (Natural and Agricultural Sciences)
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Professional activities (2)

Wellcome Connecting Science: Cambridge, GB

2024-03-16 | Poster Prize 1st Place (Genomics for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance in One Health Symposium 2024)
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Golden Key International Honour Society: Atlanta, US

2018-08 | Academic Excellence
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Funding (4)

Transcriptomic signatures associated with antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa from cystic fibrosis patients

2024 to 2024 | Grant
ResCom University of Pretoria (Pretoria, ZA)
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Lung microbiome and antibiotic resistome of cystic fibrosis patients attending clinics in the Gauteng Province, South Africa

2019 to 2021 | Grant
National Research Foundation (Pretoria, ZA)
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Thabo Hamiwe

Lung microbiome and antibiotic resistome of cystic fibrosis patients attending clinics in the Gauteng Province, South Africa

2018 to 2020 | Grant
University of Pretoria ZA (Pretoria, ZA)
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Molecular detection and characterisation of clinically relevant species of Staphylococcus and Enterococcus in water samples obtained from the Gauteng region

2015 to 2017 | Grant
Rand Water (Johannesburg, ZA)
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Works (19)

Detection of the epidemic <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> AUST‐03 (ST242) strain in people with cystic fibrosis in South Africa

Pediatric Pulmonology
2024-08-07 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 8755-6863
Part of ISSN: 1099-0496
Contributors: Thabo Hamiwe; Debbie Ann White; Stanford Kwenda; Prof Arshad Ismail; Susan Klugman; Lore Van Bruwaene; Ameena Goga; Marleen Kock; Anthony Smith; Marthie Ehlers
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Genomic characteristics of multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from people with cystic fibrosis at two public academic hospitals in Gauteng, South Africa

Wellcome Connecting Science, Genomics for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance in One Health Symposium
2024-03 | Conference poster | Writing - original draft
Contributors: Thabo Hamiwe
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Thabo Hamiwe

2023 Faculty Research Day Report

University of Pretoria
2023 | Report | Writing - original draft
Contributors: Thabo Hamiwe
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Thabo Hamiwe

Comparison of the MicroScan WalkAway and disc diffusion antibiotic susceptibility profiles of hypermutable Pseudomonas aeruginosa from cystic fibrosis patients in Gauteng, South Africa

South African Society for Microbiology Congress
2023 | Conference poster | Writing - review & editing
Contributors: Thabo Hamiwe
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First report of an epidemic Pseudomonas aeruginosa ST 242 (AUST-03) strain in cystic fibrosis patients attending a public academic hospital in Gauteng, South Africa

European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
2023 | Conference poster | Writing - original draft
Contributors: Thabo Hamiwe
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Genetic adaptation of hypermutable Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonising the airways of cystic fibrosis patients attending public clinics in Gauteng

European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
2023 | Conference poster | Writing - review & editing
Contributors: Thabo Hamiwe
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Genomic determinants of colistin resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from cystic fibrosis patients attending two public academic hospitals in Gauteng, South Africa

South African Society for Microbiology Congress
2023 | Conference paper | Writing - original draft
Contributors: Thabo Hamiwe
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Thabo Hamiwe

Report of epidemic Pseudomonas aeruginosa AUST-03 (ST 242) strains and resistomes in South African cystic fibrosis patients

2023-10-23 | Preprint | Author
Contributors: Thabo Hamiwe; Debbie White; Stanford Kwenda; Prof Arshad Ismail; Susan Klugman; Lore Van Bruwaene; Ameena Goga; Marleen M. Kock; Anthony Smith; Marthie M. Ehlers
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Ciprofloxacin resistance and associated genetic resistance mechanisms in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from cystic fibrosis patients attending public hospitals in Gauteng

World Antimicrobial Awareness Week Research Symposium
2022 | Conference paper | Writing - original draft
Contributors: Thabo Hamiwe
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Lung microbiome of Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonised and un-colonised cystic fibrosis patients attending public hospitals in Gauteng, South Africa

European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
2022 | Conference poster | Writing - original draft
Contributors: Thabo Hamiwe
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Thabo Hamiwe

Phenotypic and genotypic profiling of antibiotic resistance and biofilm formation in Enterococcus faecalis isolates from urinary tract infection patients attending public clinics in Pretoria

World Antimicrobial Awareness Week Research Symposium
2022 | Conference poster | Writing - review & editing
Contributors: Thabo Hamiwe
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Thabo Hamiwe

2022 Faculty Research Day Report

University of Pretoria
2022-09-07 | Report | Writing - original draft
Contributors: Thabo Hamiwe
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Thabo Hamiwe

Molecular characterisation and phenotypic expression of biofilm formation genes harboured by Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from cystic fibrosis patients in Gauteng

PathRed Congress
2021 | Conference paper | Writing - review & editing
Contributors: Thabo Hamiwe
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Thabo Hamiwe

Molecular characterisation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonising lungs of cystic fibrosis patients attending public hospitals in Gauteng, South Africa

PathRed Congress
2021 | Conference poster | Writing - original draft
Contributors: Thabo Hamiwe
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Thabo Hamiwe

Genetic diversity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates colonising the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients at two academic hospitals in the Gauteng Province, South Africa

European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
2020 | Conference abstract | Writing - original draft
Contributors: Thabo Hamiwe
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Thabo Hamiwe

Genomic characterisation of six Panton-Valentine leukocidine-encoding bacteriophage types detected in Staphylococcus aureus isolates from South Africa and Nigeria

European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
2019 | Conference paper | Writing - review & editing
Contributors: Thabo Hamiwe
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Thabo Hamiwe

Molecular characterisation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus outbreak isolates collected from neonatal and burns patient wards at public hospitals in Gauteng, South Africa

European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
2019 | Conference poster | Writing - review & editing
Contributors: Thabo Hamiwe
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Occurrence of enterococci harbouring clinically important antibiotic resistance genes in the aquatic environment in Gauteng, South Africa

Environmental Pollution
2019-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0269-7491
Contributors: Thabo Hamiwe; Marleen M. Kock; Cliff Magwira; John F. Antiabong; Marthie M. Ehlers
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P3.190 High rate of repeat sexually transmitted infections among men who have sex with men in south africa

BMJ
2017-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Remco Peters; Oscar Radebe; Thabo Hamiwe; Lerato Maboko; Helen Struthers; James Mcintyre; Marleen Kock
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