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CLARITY BIOINFORMATICS MARKETPLACE

Bioinformatics Solutions for

Smarter Research

Clarity Bioinformatics Marketplace connects researchers with expert bioinformatics tools, ensuring that data-driven discoveries are robust, reproducible, and impactful. From research planning to advanced data analysis, Clarity supports scientists in navigating complex Omics research with precision and efficiency.

By offering cutting-edge computational solutions, expert guidance, and seamless access to bioinformatics expertise, Clarity helps researchers design better experiments, interpret results accurately, and accelerate scientific breakthroughs. Whether you’re new to bioinformatics or an expert needing support, Clarity is your gateway to unlocking the full potential of Omics data.

WE ARE HERE TO

GUIDE YOU

Patricia Swart

Dr Patricia Swart

Dr Swart is passionate about enabling others to do their best work and has a combination of laboratory and bioinformatic technical skills and experience in project management.

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After obtaining a PhD (Neuroscience) from the University of Cape Town and before joining DIPLOMICS, Dr Swart was a postdoctoral fellow in the Neuropsychiatric Genetics Group at Stellenbosch University.

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During her postdoc she was tasked with analysing multi-omics data, co-supervising postgraduate students and managing and co-ordinating several research projects.

Student supervision was her favourite part of her job and in 2022 was awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award. Dr Swart is able to provide guidance as to how to plan and tackle projects in terms of analysing and managing the data as well as communicating the results.


 

At present, Dr Swart coordinates the CLARITY platform alongside Dr Jongeneel. They will receive your query, assess your project needs, set you up with an expert consultant and be with you every step of the way to ensure you gain all the clarity you need.

Victor Jongeneel

Victor Jongeneel

Victor Jongeneel started his research career as a specialist in molecular genetics, working on viral DNA replication and transcription at several institutions in the USA and Switzerland. At the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research in Lausanne, Switzerland, he studied the key factors regulating inflammatory responses mediated by tumor necrosis factors. Later, he worked on large-scale transcriptomics and massively-parallel signature sequencing in differential cancer gene expression.

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Victor then turned to bioinformatics, developing new computational techniques for analysing complex biological datasets. He was a founding member of the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics and the Vital-IT HPC centre and later served as the executive director of a NIH-funded Big Data Center of Excellence at the University of Illinois and the Mayo Clinic.

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Victor is deeply experienced in managing scientific projects and institutions, and he is currently a consultant to the H3ABioNet African Bioinformatics Network.

MEET OUR

BIOINFORMATICIANS

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Dr Anel Sparks

OMICS FIELD

  • NGS

  • whole genome sequencing and assembling of reference genomes

SKILLS & EXPERTISE

  • High performance computing

  • R

  • C

  • bash

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Dr Yolandi Swart

OMICS FIELD

  • Human Genetics

  • Ancestry inference

  • Admixture mapping

  • Genome-wide association studies

  • eQTL mapping

  • Differential gene expression analysis

  • De novo assemblies of genomes/transcriptomes

SKILLS & EXPERTISE

  • R

  • Rstudio

  • High performance computing

  • Biostatistics

  • Unix/Shell programming

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Dr Tomasz J. Sanko

OMICS FIELD

  • NGS

  • Genomics

  • Metagenomics

  • Transcriptomics

  • Microbiomics

  • Genome Assembly and Annotation

  • RNA-Seq analysis

  • Population Genetics

  • Phylogenetics

SKILLS & EXPERTISE

  • Perl

  • Python

  • RBash

  • High Performance Computing (HPC)

  • Building computer clusters

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Ephifania Geza

OMICS FIELD

  • Population genetics

  • Statistical modelling

  • Climate modelling

SKILLS & EXPERTISE

  • Python

  • Unix/Shell

  • R

  • Mathematica

  • SageMath

  • High Performance Computing

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Shaun Garnett

OMICS FIELD

  • Proteomics

  • Transcriptomics

  • Biostatistics

  • Expressions Data Analysis

  • Precision Medicine.

SKILLS & EXPERTISE

  • R

  • Python

  • High-Performance Computing

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Etienne de Villiers

OMICS FIELD

  • Genomics

  • Metagenomics

  • NGS

  • GWAS

  • Parasite and Bacterial Genome Assembly and Annotation

  • Comparative Genomics

  • RNA-Seq Analysis

SKILLS & EXPERTISE

  • Perl

  • R

  • RStudio

  • Unix/ shell Programming

  • Python

  • High-Performance Computing for Bioinformatics

  • Database Design on Generic Model Organism Database (GMOD) Platform with PostgreSQL

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