Malcolm Collins Advert
 

Prof Malcolm Collins is a Professor at HPALS@UCT within the Div. of Physiological sciences in the dept. of Human Biology. He obtained a BSc degree majoring in Biochemistry and Human Physiology  and a BSc (Hons) degree Cum Laude in Biochemistry from Stellenbosch University, followed by a PhD in Medical Biochemistry on collagen gene expression from the UCT. Prof Collins joined HPALS after completing his post-doctoral work in extracellular matrix protein (ECM) gene expression at the University of Washington in Seattle, USA. His doctoral and post-doctoral work in ECM, in particular collagen, gene expression, stimulated his current research focus on elucidating the molecular mechanisms causing common exercise-associated musculoskeletal soft tissue (tendons and ligaments) injuries.

 
Prof Collins has developed a very productive research team at UCT, which has published several seminal papers on the identification of genetic risk associated factors for common tendon and ligament injuries. The research group is currently internationally recognized as the pioneers and authority in this niche area of research. As a result, he has developed an international and national, interdisciplinary network of research collaborators, consisting of clinicians and scientists. He has supervised or is currently supervising, several post-doctoral fellows and nearly 40 masters and doctoral students. He has also published more than 150 peer-reviewed papers, review articles and book chapters. He has a B1 National Research Foundation rating, is a Fellow of the European College of Sport Science, a Fellow of the University of Cape Town, and Member of the Academy of Science of South Africa.

Our in-person meeting will be in held in Classroom 1 on the third floor of the Sports Science Institute of South Africa. For those watching online, we have a zoom link below. The meeting starts at 10:30 am. We will spend the first 10-15 minutes on announcements (grants, publications etc) and research centre business. The webinar starts at 10.45am. For those who are only joining us for the webinar presentation remotely, please only join at 10:45am.  Please note we have one zoom link for both meetings.

 

In terms of CPD points, there will be a google form link and QR code sent during the seminar that you will be able to fill out.