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Denver Hendricks was awarded a BSc cum laude (with majors in Biochemistry and Zoology) at the University of the Western Cape, in South Africa in 1981. He transferred to the University of Cape Town where he was awarded a BSc Med Hons First Class in Medical Biochemistry (1982), and a PhD in Medical Biochemistry (1989) on "HDL and LDL metabolism in HepG2 cells". Thereafter he held a Senior Lectureship in the Biochemistry Department, at the University of the Western Cape (1989 - 1995). In 1996 (up to 2000) he held an International Exchange Scientist and Visiting Fellow position in the laboratory of Michael Birrer at the National Cancer Institute, NIH, USA. Whilst there he examined the molecular mechanisms involved in the development of gynaecologic cancers (mostly ovarian and cervical cancers). In 2001 he joined the Department of Medical Biochemistry at UCT, as a Senior Lecturer, where he has been involved in his research programme exploring the molecular mechanisms of cancer and teaching medical biochemistry to medical students and BSc Hons students.