Festschrift: Peter Beighton
Cytogenetics at the University of Cape Town: A 45-year journey
Abstract
This article is a brief record of the cytogenetics laboratory from its birth in 1971, under the auspices of the University of Cape Town, throughout its development within the Department of Human Genetics, under the leadership of Professor Peter Beighton, to its present position at Groote Schuur Hospital, as a multidisciplinary unit run by the National Health Laboratory Service.
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R Smart, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cape Town; Department of Human Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town; and Division of Human Genetics, Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa
G Schutte, Department of Human Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Division of Human Genetics, Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa; and Cytogenetic Laboratory, National Health Laboratory Service, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
T Ruppelt, Division of Human Genetics, Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Division of Human Genetics, Department of Pathology, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa; and Cytogenetic Laboratory, National Health Laboratory Service, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
L J Greenberg, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Department of Human Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Division of Human Genetics, Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Division of Human Genetics, Department of Pathology, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa; and Genetics Laboratory, National Health Laboratory Service, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
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Date published: 2016-05-25
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